Sylvia Shawcross In late autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere when the wind picks up it is as if the forests themselves are trembling with impending cold. The mostly now yellow leaves colour the sky itself behind them a tinged ochre between branches. There is snow. Just a touch. Just enough to wash out the …
Sylvia Shawcross There is a kind of dark twisted amusement that strikes me sometimes. I don’t know about you. Oh I know. There is not a dang thing funny about a dang thing in this world right now but if you become jaded enough well, it is almost pure comedy. Today I’m indulging my jadedness. …
Sylvia Shawcross Anyways…. I was thinking about history again. I’m thinking maybe “they” are right. The ones who live in a perpetual future and only spend their present tearing down, deleting, rewriting and burning the past for the creation of a golden tomorrow. I mean, what the hell good was and is history anyway if …
Sylvia Shawcross The Canada geese are honking now in great swathes in the sky riding currents to where the water will not freeze over and there are bits of greenery to feed on. They are the harbinger of a winter coming and the sound of their farewells cause us all to huddle closer to the …
Sylvia Shawcross Oh, the changing definitions of words we’re being subjected to these days. It boggles the best of minds. Ukrainian refugees are now Ukrainian draft dodgers. Vaccines e.g. used to be weak or inactive germs mixed and injected but now they’re also mRNA technology. Freedom used to be a word of hope and peace …
Sylvia Shawcross Okay. The important thing is not to panic. It’s all going to be fine. We of the world may be going down in blazes not of glory but probably in blazes of gory and horrible, or whimpering and snivelling and all that but there are possibilities we haven’t yet considered. For instance, they’ve …
Sylvia Shawcross So I’m looking at the watermelon and thinking about the world we live in. It’s one of those small happy watermelons all round and conveniently small. It is on sale. It is $8.99. This is a big savings because it is down from $14.99. And I’m thinking how much I love watermelons in …
Sylvia Shawcross The foolish-hearted people exist in this world more than we really know. The foolish-hearted people do foolish-hearted things because their heart has its own language and sense of life that others do not understand. The foolish-hearted person feeds a stray raccoon when the skies are smeared with smoke and the night feels mean-spirited …
Sylvia Shawcross Come with me now down this path. It is a path soft with the fallen frailties of the forest, rusted leaves and bits of seeds and twisted twigs. I brought you here to see something, down there at the end of the path where the canopy of trees opens to an awakening sky …
Sylvia Shawcross We are human beings. We are brilliant, superior adaptive creatures who have roamed about the planet for a good long time; eating, drinking and evolving to the point where we have become our dog’s technology. You knew that, right? Whereas we human beings push buttons to get things done, dogs have evolved exponentially. …
