The Fire Next Time

Broken sky, torn blue. No hail of comets but the dinosaurs shall fall again. You and I, friend, shall fall.   Again the world shall shake and heave, the sea all stained and muddy will cast up its dead and the once seamless firmament will tear its stitches.   Uproot the trees and rend the Earth yet nature…

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Green Turns to Brown

Watching aspirations blow away upon breezes of despair and I can’t help wondering where all the time went. Once I was young and the days stretched before me like the proverbial gold paved highway of opportunity. Yet the seconds ticked away and were carelessly spent. The days added up into years until… One day I awoke in fear,…

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Wrong Voltage

These American plugs don’t fit European sockets – you need an adaptor to charge your phone or your electric razor. And even then, the current runs a bit hot on the other side of the pond. Well, people are just like those razors and phones: they try to adapt but it’s rarely a perfect fit. The current runs…

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Journey to the Centre of the Onion

A Vırtue of Necessity We were half way across Lake Van when we saw Mount Ararat looming out of the mist… but wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. For two summers my son and I had wanted to go home to Canada to see our friends and family and particularly my ailing mother. Unfortunately, due to the strict…

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The Net of Indra

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