In Search of Holy Places
It feels like the circus has come to town. I watch amused as politicians court every dame and damsel and seeing them magically change their masks, as they jump from one courtier to another. Everything is a big drama and all I behold, merely players. Fanfare, a glitz of color, superstars and an abundance of […]
MoreAdvent begins today. No one minds advent anymore. I don’t have a distinct memory of it except of lighting one purple candle and anticipating the joyful pink one, which meant gifts are just around the corner. Still I didn’t really know what Advent was for except that it meant preparing. Preparing for that eve when […]
MoreI wonder how that feels? Killing. Having someone murdered. Butchered. Not someone you hate. But anyone in your way: people who have never laid a finger on you; blameless; but were just there, that diabolical moment when you decided you could play God and rid them of their lives. I just read it today. 50 […]
MoreI adjudge myself brat and irritated by the slightest inconvenience. Noise, smoke, perfume, waiting and people not paying attention, I am provoked. Shrill voices screeching on the radio, chatter, booming phone conversations, the same words repeatedly chanted on my ear. Pollution like poison slowly wafting into my lungs. And perfume, the smell of after-shave or […]
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The Girl and the Grail 