Formative Years
“The ship will sink, ‘tis a mathematical certainty.”
– Chief Engineer aboard the Titanic
Buckle Up!
“Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish,
Whatever seemed easier…….,”
– Lake Marie – John Prine
In Community
“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” – S. Kelley Harrell
Defying Gravity
“I am so tired I can’t stand up; it feels like somebody tripled gravity” – COVID Patient
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Buy me a flute, and a gun that shoots
Tail gates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
– Bob Dylan
The Road Less Traveled – New England
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
– Robert Frost
Tron Doras
To know where you come from is to know where you are going.
– Russell Paton
Cuba Libra
When the waiter came by, he told us that the guests who had just left were descendants of Fidel Castro.
Time and Tide – The Maritimes
“Time and tide wait for no man”
– Geoffrey Chaucer
From Ashes to Phoenix
“How can you rise, if you have not burned”
― Hiba Fatima Ahmad