by Jude | Jan 2, 2022 | My Life
I thought long and hard before committing it to cyber space. This is not a new year resolution (2022), not by a long shot. But I felt it was a case of absent logic that should be addressed in some small way at least. “A sick animal!” “A sick dog!” I have lost count of...
by Jude | Dec 19, 2021 | My Life
This is a super hero. May not be as fast as Flash, but definitely one of them. My father always wanted me to be one of these among a host of other roles. He was, he is, a super hero. Unfortunately, I’m still a work-in-progress. Simply put, finish the job, finish what...
by Jude | Dec 12, 2021 | My Life
It truly is. I’ve been gunned down, stabbed and ambushed on countless occasions; over the past twenty-three years. I was wounded badly, always shot emotionally. But I never shed a drop of blood. It’s a crazy war, and as with all wars, totally unnecessary. It stinks...
by Jude | Nov 8, 2021 | My Life
Looks that way. Perhaps we did, perhaps not. Yes, we lived to tell the tale, some of us; but the images of bodies rotting on streets, people falling to the ground without warning, smoke from countless funeral pyres painting blue skies with shades of grey. Part of us...
by Jude | Oct 17, 2021 | My Life
How many people have enjoyed this dream and how many times before actual retirement? Too many. That’s a safe assumption. I have and still do. What does retirement mean? I guess, hunched backs, slow gaits, silvery or no hair and at least more than four decades of toil...
by Jude | Sep 26, 2021 | My Life
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford had not entered my fantasies as 007, Indiana Jones or Han Solo, yet. The idiot box was already a permanent fixture in our living room, but did not get the attention it never deserved, from me. I was an avid reader, and the TV was no...
