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Homage

Until yesterday, she was here,
in the country, in the city;
living nearby and the door always open.
Until yesterday, the border patrol
never bothered to bother her,
to tell her she couldn’t stay,
to tell her that she wasn’t welcome.
Wasn’t welcome by whom?
The badge of the Canadian Customs Officer?
The Immigration Department?
None of these people showed any interest at […]

More Reflections over Coffee: I now have a job

That’s correct, all; I have been hired. I got the job that I was looking for and striving after. I will begin my job as a Starbucks barista tomorrow, and that is an answer to my many prayers. In fact, today the situation was just that. I sat down with my late breakfast and began […]

Reflections over coffee

All of my recent days have been revolving around coffee. When I wake up, I’ll put on a few cups, let it brew and have it by the end of my breakfast. Often times I’ll have another cup or two at night, in the evening to just sit back and ponder with. Lately, all my […]

Run-in with the Mason [Jar Lady]

On one particular day this week, there was a particular fifty-percent off everything sale, at a particular Village. Being the person that I am, I thought that this would be the perfect to get some neat stuff for cheap. So did a thousand other people.
I walked into the store and began perusing the racks for […]

Return of the Phantom Menace

I mentioned once that my family’s Passat is quite possibly haunted. Well, Tim (Penner) thinks that this epidemic of the vehicular paranormal is a lot more serious than first thought.
Let me recount:
The Passat
It had this shifting and alignment problem for a while where the alignment would arbitrarily turn in one direction without warning. This made […]

Endeerment

The littlest one of the Clan, affectionately called Pip, is probably the most interesting character I have ever met. She is a ten year old of which words cannot really describe. Imaginative, is one thing she is. Pip is also quite random in the things she says, filling in the tangents from one topic to […]