Archive for December, 2008

Country Stop-Over

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Minus ten degrees celsius. It’s immaculately covered in white outside. Snow. The house stands between the garage and the outhouse within the area of thirteen acre land littered with eight assorted small trucks and cars, and a boat under an old pine tree. The first one you see at the corner of Two Queen Street. [...]

JOYless CHRISTMAS

Monday, December 8th, 2008

a one-year old journal entry…
If I were Santa Claus, I’d stuff all my negative emotions, sad thoughts, painful memories, core issues and whatnot, in a sack.  When the emotional baggage is tightly secured in the sack, I will drop it straight down the chimney to the burning fireplace below.
Wham!  Phffft!  The fire had consumed it [...]

THE ANGELA IN OUR LIVES

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

What’s with the pinoy label of the mother being “ilaw ng tahanan” and the father being “haligi ng tahanan”? In the absence of either one, it’s hard to keep a balance in the home. In the absence of both, much harder still… or no balance at all. There may be caregivers for [...]