The Sickness came out of nowhere… Or maybe it was in the air. I don’t get sick often and this feeling is so rare.

I am so grateful that I can stay in bed and nothing will be finer if I don’t wake up dead.

Is there anything more complicated?      Intertwined? A more contentious duo is hard to find. They need each other in subtle ways. They criticize on the road to praise. It’s visible and unseen too, and to learn so much from all of you.

Wilf said,

“Life is a journey from point A to B… However, instead of thinking about the journey as a straight line; think of it as a spiral.” He continued. “Everytime we go around a day, a year, we gain experience and the spiral gives the straight line new meaning.

I gave without a thought of repayment and when the return came years later… With reimbursement in hand, I thanked God, not so much for the money which was greatly needed and appreciated, but for that change in attitude.

Harold said, “During the Depression, I worked from sunup until sundown, chopping down trees, up to my arse in snow for a dollar a day.”

I understood why they called it the depression.

Dennis Mantin

I came from those who worried. I know they had good cause. Never late and always hurried. Obedience to rules and laws. Now they call me reckless. Of that I’m not as sure. I just didn’t see the risks. In the worry of being poor.

It’s about order and wisdom and about of course, of course.

Don’t tell me about all you know and then put the cart before the horse.

Its ancient and outdated, antiquity for sure, for sure.

Its like when you give advice and I wonder why it is you’re poor.

Dennis Mantin

There’s a snowstorm in the city, in fact its cold as hell.

I’m going to see my baby and she’s not feeling well.

It’s warm I’m guessing somewhere, but I am staying here.

I know where I’m needed. That much to me is clear.

What am I trying to do tonight? Sleep well. What am I trying to do in the morning? Continue writing… What am I trying to do before returning to work? Finish my book. Writing is my Action Now…

She said she was into family history… I knew she’d not heard my version. Being old, I was concerned about shocking her. I weighed the moment and delivered the truth. She said she believed it all and we concluded that dealing with the truth was superior to not.