Last night I dreamed about chickens. After a tooth-grinding review of how badly mistreated we have been by past employers — Garry’s and mine — somehow I slid sideways into an old house in the country. It looked a lot… Read More ›
Myths and Fables
WHEN LEGEND BECOMES FACT – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Ransom Stoddard: You’re not going to use the story, Mr. Scott? Maxwell Scott: No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. I am writing this with mixed emotion. It comes in the wake of… Read More ›
TONTO RIDES AGAIN
I grew up with the Lone Ranger and Tonto racing around my bedroom. No, not live, but I had authentic Lone Ranger wallpaper. Until the wallpaper was installed, I was sure he was the Long Ranger … as in “he… Read More ›
A MAGICAL WALK IN A WOODS
The Ray Bradbury Noun List Twist My list? A shiny scroll, vacuum taffy, a cake, a tool box, armor, a rainbow turtle, a bottle, a bottle of Allergone, a laser. I shall use the first seven of these nine items, with modifying adjectives… Read More ›
AMERICAN HISTORY FOR NON-AMERICANS
The Revolutionary War was about money — like every war. Mostly taxes (especially on tea, which was very big until America discovered coffee) and who should pay what to whom. The Colonists (us) felt we should keep all our money… Read More ›
PESKY PIXIES – BE WARNED!
One of these days I’ll catch them in the act! This is not the first time our house pixies have hidden my belongings. My favorite necklace disappeared for two years, eventually reappearing at the bottom of Garry’s sock drawer. My favorite bracelet vanished, appearing a… Read More ›
REASON TO BELIEVE IN WHAT?
Reason to Believe In Reason to Believe, Bruce Springsteen sings, “At the end of every hard-earned day / people find some reason to believe.” What is your reason to believe? Believe in what? God? Fate? Myself? The wheel of Karma? The… Read More ›
ALEXANDER LEARNS VIRTUE – A JEWISH FOLKTALE
Judaism is a religion, but even more it’s a philosophy and an ethnicity. An identity. We have special foods, customs, stories derived from wherever “our people” came from — or at least came from most recently. It was during the… Read More ›
LEDA AND THE SWAN – THE MUSICAL
Back in my bright college days, I was a music major. I hung out on the quad with other wannabe musicians on warm sunny days where we planned projects which would make us famous. Symphonies. Great achievements as conductors and… Read More ›
THE ACQUISITIVE EYE – A JEWISH TALE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Judaism is a religion, but even more it’s a philosophy, an ethnicity and an identity. We have special foods, customs, and stories from wherever “our people” have lived through the centuries. It was during the time among the Babylonians, and… Read More ›
GALAHAD AND HIS MUM
Originally posted on Cei:
The grail hero was originally Peredur/Perceval. He is present in the oldest extant “Arthurian” stories and is the most common grail hero in Arthurian literature. He also seems to have the older elements associated with him;…
Anthology Baobab: African Story Tree
Originally posted on Tish Farrell:
“Knowledge is like a baobab tree; one person’s arms cannot encompass it.” Ghanaian proverb This baobab in Zambia’s South Luangwa was used as a poachers’ look-out * At the moment I’m working on…
