From the poem "Ice", by Gail Mazur ( read it here )
In the little scene above that graces our living room coffee table there is no warming hut...just a pretend fire in a barrel to the right of the stone pillars, where two skaters warm their hands.
I often sit in our living room at night...
Not everyone can...a reminder as we approach year's end that organizations like Mel Trotter Ministries do good work with the homeless population all year 'round and need our support.
Another great ministry that could use your year end gift is Forgotten Man Ministries They work with jail inmates here in Michigan, helping them find hope, purpose and direction again during a time of crisis in their lives.
For many people, a stint in jail can either be the spark to a reformed life or the stepping stone to prison. Forgotten Man Ministries stands in the breach, offering a spiritual path back to productivity and usefulness for those who have stumbled onto the wrong side of the law.
However your passion for helping may express itself, may we all be generous...as we're reminded in Luke 12:48, "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required..."
And as Mr. Dickens points out in his timeless classic, A Christmas Carol...
Merry Christmas, y'all...
So imagine you're buck naked, about to step into the shower when you hear something above you.
In this day and age of drones, it's not outside the realm of possibility someone could decide to take a little unauthorized peek.
You quickly cast your gaze skyward...and what to your wondering eyes should appear...
...here's a little closer look whether you want it or not...
It's been informative to research archival photos and film from that era. The changes it ushered in all across the world were truly transformative as the entire European continent cast off functioning monarchies and switched to more representative forms of government.
It was of course the silent movie era...
...and I've come across a scaled down, inexpensive, modern day equivalent...
...the Lomokino 35, a hand cranked movie film camera that uses 35mm file. Interesting concept and something I may pursue as a hobby.
...you've already missed the narrow window of opportunity when you could have legitimately panicked...now it's simply too late and all is lost...if you haven't bought gifts, sent out cards, sung carols, communed with your inner Santa, eaten figgy pudding, suffered an allergic reaction to mistletoe, decked the halls and cursed the 1,000th repetition of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", there's only one reasonable course of action left open to you...
...buy a pair of Groucho Glasses and assume a different identity.
It's easy and it's foolproof; I do it all the time.
Whenever I need to skirt some important deadline I've missed due to circumstances completely beyond my control (how was I to know time would pass and I'd be expected to actually DO something?) I just don my Groucho Glasses and voila!
No one recognizes me and I'm off the hook.
Definitely a winner; and it's your only hope of having a Merry Christmas after screwing things up so badly.
No need to thank me; it's tidbits of wisdom like this that keep you coming back to The Atomic Monster Cafe.
later, mcm fans...
10 days, folks...
It's easy and it's foolproof; I do it all the time.
Whenever I need to skirt some important deadline I've missed due to circumstances completely beyond my control (how was I to know time would pass and I'd be expected to actually DO something?) I just don my Groucho Glasses and voila!
No one recognizes me and I'm off the hook.
Definitely a winner; and it's your only hope of having a Merry Christmas after screwing things up so badly.
No need to thank me; it's tidbits of wisdom like this that keep you coming back to The Atomic Monster Cafe.
later, mcm fans...
