Archives for 2018

Yes we said. Maybe they said.

We persuaded them.

Everybody thanked the person next to them.

The bankers, the lawyers, the bricklayers, the hairdressers.

All singing in harmony.

This is Not a one-time offer!

These great benefits are always available.

Every time you need something, somewhere, perhaps in the back room…it exists.

The last available one went two days ago, but you know what you want, look, look differently, ask differently and it will appear.

After all, if nothing is offered, then it’s time to start with a new word, place, item or idea.

This loose concept is loose for a good reason.

Clad in neoprene boiler suits and chrome-paneled belts they started to take photos for a new magazine they might publish one day.

But years later they were professional sailors, taking wealthy travelers on two-week gargantuan rough-sea voyages.

Their relatives were post office employees by and large.

Friends worried about their safety, but they were “survivors,” so no need!

In the back of a rail freight car, a new cafe was under construction, part of a chain owned by the Savory Sidings Group.

Focus, they said, there’s just too much going on in the world to know about it all.

Nonsense, we felt. We know it all, sometimes!

On a yellow board and in bold type, it said “No Loitering”.

We sat uncomfortably on the plush velvet sofa below the sign.

A few minutes later, while we were still debating which magazine to look at ( using a phone was forbidden), a voice said: “Mr. Stanford-Galeone will see you now”.

Standing up was almost impossible, perhaps a drug had been added to the coffee, and each step taken seemed so conscious and planned as if walking was a new skill.

The elderly man smiled as we walked into the mahogany-paneled office.

“We’ll pay you twice what you asked for” he beamed, “just sign this confidentiality agreement then you can start any time you like.” “Oh, and call me Stan”.

Glad we loitered!

Considering everything, we had nothing.

Nothing unnecessary that is.

Thinking about the alternatives we had made the best decision.

All in all, it was a sunny day with a favorable disposition.

The grumpy tree was a rarity and knew me well enough to end with a joke.