-
N. A Few Snapshots (con’d)
Bringing these old negatives to light in such an utterly different time and place felt a bit like recovering bodies from centuries embedded in ice… In some photos, the girls of Weru-Weru (circa 1980) are shown in the classroom or posed in extracurricular duties. Other photos show the girls in their day of rest from…
-
N. A Few Snapshots (intro.)
Introduction: I have not abandoned the hope of organizing a legacy package of family photos and videos. Such a project will involve much photoshopping and video-editing–– work which grows more daunting as time dwindles… In the meantime, I have several more themes to explore.’ Perhaps the editing of raw journal excerpts is rather like ‘photoshopping’.…
-
M. A Few Clearings (intro.)
It felt strangely intimate this morning to be lying in a chilly darkened room with a young female technician standing beside me. Her wrists protruding from the long sleeves of a wool jacket looked delicate. With one hand, she tapped a computer keyboard while her other briefly tugged her brown ponytail. On the monitor screen…
-
M. A Few Clearings (con’d)
It was only when we moved from the table to the sofa that the conversation turned to the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life (SETI). I asked my old classmate in his capacity as the acting president of the western chapter of the Canadian UFO Research Centre, if he really believed any claims of direct contacts…
-
V. A Little Levity: (intro.)
Introduction After thumping dirges, the old fingers need a break. It is time to play a few lighter pieces. The common thread of the following vignettes is a certain levity of tone. The humour tends to be dark so the ‘levity’ in some pieces applies more to the manner in which the self-flagellating lash is…
-
V. A Little Levity (con’d)
“You must be the fella wants a coupla pet mice!” The door was opened by a grinning Herman Munster holding a spoon. “Com’on in fellas–– I was just feedin’ our kitty. Don’t worry about the shoes.” My son gave me a nervous glance as we followed the tall man with a large forehead into his…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
