Chingachgook Has Flown

July 1, 2025 11:19pm

Chingachgook has flown; an arrow straight and true, shooting to the eternal endless sky. 12:30am the call came, 3am the decision made, 4:05pm the arrow loosed.

No more the endless talks, no more the steadfast advice, no more the prayers, no more the quirky humor.

Goodbye Chingachgook. I hope you were right. I learned a lot. I will not forget.

Dialog 101

July 9, 2025

Exchange between a recently widowed 90-year-old woman (on her own after 71 years) and her 65-year-old daughter at twilight:

“is it morning or night?”

“night”

“what do we do now?”

“now we sleep.”

Yes, now we sleep…

Silk Screen World

July 11, 2025 12:56pm

In Lake Woebegone, everyone is above average but the next time you look into someone’s eyes, remember- there’s a 50/50 chance they’re below average.

Random observations as we attended estate sales today:

(1) An overweight granny with varicose veins had a tattoo on her foot. I couldn’t determine if it was more veins or something put there on purpose. I suspect it made her feel young, or unique, or something.

(2) An almost road rage incident….one driver wouldn’t let another merge so the infuriated merger followed right on the bumper until he could race around the offending driver. This is all a display of dominance that we see in the animal kingdom. Is it really necessary to establish your place in the hierarchy of idiots?

I was about 17 when I began to feel a sense of alienation….to question the nature of reality. I didn’t deal with this on a conscious level but just began to feel a constant unease.

The world most people see is like a thin silk screen through which the truly conscious, perceptive observer can see the reality of our illusory existence while the mass of people see only the obvious and superficial.

Two Lives

July 12, 2025 8:59

“I was born to myself between 1946 and 1948, I then opened my eyes on the world, until that moment, I have been blind.” – Albert Caraco

9:57
I got myself into this mess and I don’t know how to get out. I can’t quit now with others depending on me and I must hide all my true feelings.

The character Rust Chole described a pessimist as one who is not good at parties. I find that I am not good at existence but who wants to be around that guy? Not even me; so I live two lives.

Sophie

July 30, 2025

“The real damage is done by those who don’t want their lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves.  Those with no sides and no causes. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies.  Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only stories.” – Sophie Scholl