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“So where do you go? Back to the bottle And back to a tiny room somewhere. And wait. And wait, and wait. That’s all.” ― Charles Bukowski We all need something to inspire us; a holy book, a motivational speaker, a great painting, a work of art, poetry, friends, a muse or a prompt fromContinue reading “Movements and Hot Air”

This is my fictional contribution to the above prompt.. It’s a noisy world. So much information screaming at me …..it fries my brain. Should I press the mute button? Retreat and dialogue with my inner self for a saner discourse. Except there is no discourse just confusion, boredom and lack of ideas. My thoughts refuseContinue reading “Follow the Leader”

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11 I grew up in East London the second eldest of six siblings, three boys and three girls.. We lived, mostly, inContinue reading “Childhood”

The heavens wept and the thunder boomed its lamentation for the folly of human endeavour. It had been raining continuously for twenty four hours. The sky a sea of black swirling clouds, the roads a raging torrent of storm water, spilling onto the sidewalk. Cold, hard rain beat on his face, uncomfortable, but clearing hisContinue reading “The Covenant”

I believe in the one God, the first cause. outside of time and space, infinite. I believe in the one son, made concrete by the abstract, to show us a path to love and understanding. I believe that I do not exist but for the grace of God. I believe that I am forever changedContinue reading “Credo”

People once present to me with all their charisma and lust for life are now phantoms in my mind. I try to recall some image that captures their life’s essence but come up empty. My wife says ” Do you remember Richard, that tall, skinny guy, bald head which he covered with that outlandish hat.Continue reading “Memory”

Pay careful attention to the New Catechism of Climate Change. Commit these words to your memory and repeat them daily so we can never forget. The planet is all. We are nothing. Humans have no value. We are just leeches sucking the life blood from our planet. Rise up and strike down the evil climateContinue reading “Climate Fundamentalism versus Climate Science”

I’m taking a rest from the computer and social media till August. Summer is here and I don’t want to miss a minute from being outside. Life and Summer is too short and I don’t want to miss a moment. I’m not doing anything exciting. Going over to the high school race track every morningContinue reading “Summer Break”

June 20, 2019 lensdiary Part 1: Teresa’s bit: Every summer since Charlie turned six was spent on Grandpa’s Iowa farm. Charlie loved to run through the fields chasing butterflies and spent his nights laying on the cool grass, watching the fireflies and Milky Way. Life was perfect until the train arrived. “I don’t believe it,”Continue reading “Finish the Story: The Locomotive Part Six”

In the Summer of 1958, on a visit to Ireland, I haunted the two kilometre stretch of country road that ran from Moolum to the village of Kilmacow. It was an adventurous route for a ten year old. Blackberry bushes were my favourite target as my siblings and I would go armed with one gallonContinue reading “An Irish Country Road”