October 19, 2016, Prescott-
“Rigged” is a slippery slope.
Success depends, entirely,
on saying what one believes,
and doing what one says.
“Rigged” is a slippery slope.
Blame games can be ubiquitous,
and consistent.
They bring no success,
unless one has sym-PATHETIC
judge and jury, at one’s back.
“Rigged” is a slippery slope.
Tell me, whose fault is it,
when one slides back down
to the bottom?
October 10, 2016, Chula Vista-
All Canada offers thanks,
for a successful harvest.
Canadian Thanksgiving
is a true celebration
of the farmers’ fruition.
It has ever been a rejoinder
to the Columbus Day tradition.
First Nations people, across the nation
would gather to honour the Holy People
and the Creator,
for all that was given them
to stave off deprivation.
The Europeans across the north,
tried to snuff out many traditions,
in the name of “civilization”.
What they meant by “civilized’ were things like
private property, walls, fences and speaking
one of two European languages.
Harvest, and sharing, made the cut, though.
Love is one thing, no one can long disparage.
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
October 6, 2016, Prescott
Far from here,
mothers slog through the water-logged
streets of Les Cayes and Petit-Goave,
carrying their babies,
to shacks on higher ground.
Their own shanties are now home
to snakes and vermin,
which can better thrive
in a watery place.
An American expatriate,
yesterday lay on the beach
at West End, Grand Bahama.
Today, he sits on his cot,
in a Bahamian Red Cross shelter,
wondering about his faithful dog.
A Cuban woman, dazedly wandering
the streets of Baracoa,
remembers the day
when Pope Francis blessed her.
“What is he thinking”, she wonders,
“about the most powerful storm
to hit Cuba, in decades?”
In Fort Lauderdale,
the image of the Governor
appears on a TV screen.
“Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate”,
he says, as the storm of the century,
plods on- over Lake Wales and Apopka.
In Virginia’s Tidewater,
a young mother gathers her family’s
necessities, for the third time this year.
Matthew has brought water, debris and mud,
change agent that he is.
October 3, 2016, Prescott-
The once powerful octogenarian,
having survived and beaten cancer,
shuffles and gingerly steps his way
across the floor.
He will be around, for his family
and others who revere him,
for quite some time yet.
Another elder,
in a place far from here,
left this earthly plane,
this morning,
after an extended time
of palliative care.
He leaves a legacy
of civic pride and
overcoming disability,
in his midlife.
My blessed son,
in late youth,
is facing,
and overcoming,
an injury that
has him somewhat
laid up.
He is setting up a
a network,
that will see him
through these six weeks
of sedentariness.
Each of us survives
until its time
for a different setting.
October 1, 2016, Flagstaff-
A Jill of all trades has been
working tirelessly,
for nearly a decade,
to keep her children on track.
A long-lost friend
surfaced today, to give
a scholarly presentation.
He and I will be
at another location,
tomorrow.
Feast or famine,
with certain friends.
What seemed like
a rivalry between
two institutions
for which I care deeply,
is more a matter
of systemic transition.
These are things I learned, today.
September 28, 2016, Prescott-
I work with whimsical people,
including a child who thinks
playing tag in a church would be a trip.
Another, believes the Universe
is seeking his destruction.
I am trying to impart self-knowledge
as a goal, to my students,
so that, when they reach their teen years,
they will be less likely to self-medicate-
or otherwise engage in self-harm.
Animals in the wild
engage in self-preservation.
Why should we humans
be any less vigilant?
Isn’t it odd,
that someone capable of gnosis,
should be less self-preserving,
than a praying mantis, electric eel
or gnu?
September 20, 2016, Prescott-
The world is rife with givers and takers.
Most of us fall somewhere in between.
Where I was raised,
children are expected to need.
Adults are expected to stand tall
and provide.
There was a time, not long ago,
when my little family and I
were sorely in need.
Temporary help came,
and was repaid, in due time;
not quickly enough to suit some of my readers,
but fast enough for the creditor.
I have made a life’s work,
of providing for children and teens
in need of comfort and reassurance.
This continues,
and my little ones are secure,
in knowing they will not be left behind.
There are those who react to need,
with rage, coarse insults and threats
to life and limb.
Their way will not be ascendant,
for long,
if at all.
Love survives.
September 19, 2016, Prescott-
The child had had enough.
He stood and told off a surreptitious bully,
who of course denied having said,
what I heard him say,
under his breath,
from across the room.
The intended target of abuse
does not have to suffer,
for the colour of his hair.
I think red, to be a fine hue
for a coiffure.
All colours of hair are good.
A certain public figure
voiced the opinion
that some, who hold views
contrary to hers,
are deplorable.
Have we not had enough
of tossing human beings
into one scrap heap,
or another.
Outmoded or disreputable viewpoints
can be deplorable.
People are not;
regardless of their opinions,
or their physical attributes,
or their life experiences.
People are worthy of being treated
with dignity,
even when they don’t carry themselves so.
Children are always worthy of dignity,
because they are still works in progress.
September 15, 2016, Prescott-
How affirming it was, today
to have a know-it-all admit
to being clueless,
and to ask my help.
We solved a knotty issue
as a team.
Remember that word, which has no “I”.
September 14, 2016, Prescott-
Practicing defensive stances
guaranteed to put a raging child
in a place safe from harm to self and others.
Use these techniques properly,
I am told, and the child will
feel stability.
I will guard their precious souls
with my own life, if necessary.
There is a fine line, though,
between security and retaliation.
Let no one cross that line,
lest they deal with me.
“No child thrown under the bus”
has been my oath,
for years upon years.
Thanks, “Handle With Care, Inc.”
for the training today.
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