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Give the Sky A Rest

"A watched kettle never boils" (Proverb) When my schedule allows I like to stand my hand on the rumbling my eyes outside noting the way the rain drops cling to the wired grid of the cat yard roof. I'm reminded of Elon Musk how he's netting the Earth in satellites. While I debate space travel … Continue reading Give the Sky A Rest →

abigfatcanofworms Climate Change, nature, Personal Reflection, science 23 Comments July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 1 Minute

Waiting…

Waiting rooms are the assigned place for this hideous hobby but it's inescapable. And once you’re signed up, you don’t choose when to jump off the hobby train. Not after this appointment and maybe not for years. In the community, you won’t recognise the people are who are waiting. They will be in the dappled … Continue reading Waiting… →

abigfatcanofworms Personal Reflection 9 Comments March 16, 2021March 17, 2021 2 Minutes

Waiting for Election Day

Blow on a dandelion - is he? isn't he? is he? isn't he? - until it begins to look like him in a fuzzy, funny way. Nobody knows when he caught the bug. Nobody knows if it's let him go. The secrets swirl mistily around that great, white house and the man - his irate … Continue reading Waiting for Election Day →

abigfatcanofworms politics 3 Comments October 19, 2020October 21, 2020 1 Minute

Waiting..

(I wrote this for a competition in which there was a 1000 word limit. It didn't win so, several months later, I think I will publish it here.) It turns out that waiting is the hard part. You decide that waiting needs to be redefined to mean “empty space; opportunity for useless worry.” As the … Continue reading Waiting.. →

abigfatcanofworms bushfires 2 Comments October 4, 2020October 21, 2020 4 Minutes

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