ever

wonder

a

b

o

u

t

stories

.

.

.

.

his

aunt

told him

his first real

story when he

was three years old

.

.

.

.

a story 

about how his

grand mother Esterela 

wrestled a grizzly bear at a 

roadside show for a five dollar coin

during the depression years when coins were 

r

a

r

e

.

.

.

.

the

bear

being

overfed

and quite

uninterested

in wrestling anyone

simply rolled over

onto its back

waiting for 

a belly 

rub

.

.

.

.

but

the story

retold was

rather embellished 

the beast was ten foot 

tall when standing

and fearsome 

mean and 

hungry

.

.

.

.

Esterela

being fearless

entered the bear's cage

strode up to the bear before 

it had a chance to react grabbed 

the beast by its right ear twisting it

with all her might all the while scolding 

the bear as she often did of her own children

bewildered the grizzly collapsed to the ground

and remained there as the watching crowd cheered

.

.

.

.

so

it

goes

with 

stories

.

.

.

.

so it goes

                             

                             

she
was
beautiful
he
was
handsome
she
was
the
head
cheerleader
he
was
the
football
star
t
h
e
y
d a t e d
she
was
prom
queen
he
was
prom
king
t
h
e
y
graduated
she
was
top
of
her
class
he
well
he
graduated
they were engaged
they married
they had
babies
they
w
e
r
e
happy

s o m e t i m e s  t h a t  i s  t h e  w a  y  i t  g o e s

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ever
notice
how the
space alien
s
t
o
r
y
has slowly and
persistently been i
                           n
                          j
                         e
                        c
                       t
                      e
                     d
into
the public narrative
in
1947
it was the
reporting of area 51
a
n
d
space aliens were heavily
promoted by the holly(wood) movie system
a
t
that
time
it was
considered
tin foil hat material
by the majority of the public
and mainstream science
h
o
w
e
v
e
r
after
seventy
years of promotion
aka
m
a
r
k
e
t
i
n
g
there
are
now
main stream scientists
promoting the likelihood of life
on other planets in far flung galaxies
and
there
are
the
alleged
leaked military
documents and video footage of ufo's
it
is
true
that
we
all
enjoy
a
good
story
and
this
is
a
good
story seventy plus years in the making
what
are
we
to make of all of this ....
it
may
be
relevant
to
take
note
that
all
of
this
rides
on
the
coat(tails)
of .... communications technology
perhaps
better
seen
as
e
n
t
r
a
i
n
m
e
n
t
technology ....

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just
before
d
a
w
n
he
would
sit on the
balcony of his
tenth floor apartment
w
a
i
t
i
n
g
watching
for the coyotes
to cross the bridge
then traverse the shoreline
single file toward the city park
where they would shelter in the low
growing bushes beneath the towering douglas firs
and
wait
for
the
off
leash
miniature schnauzers
miniature poodles
pomeranians
chihuahuas
shih  tzus
malteses
that
the
tourist
crowd
s
u
p
p
l
i
e
d
for
lunch ....

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days
come
days
go
she locked herself
out of her third story
a
p
a
r
t
m
e
n
t
someone suggested
that she call the fire department
so
she
did
the fireman
said
so you locked yourself out of your apartment
and you left your stove on
no
she said
i locked myself out of my apartment
the fireman
said
so you locked yourself out of your apartment
and you left your stove on
no
she said
i locked myself out of my apartment
the fireman said
so you locked yourself out of your apartment
AND YOU LEFT YOUR STOVE ON
oh
she said
yes i locked myself out of my apartment and i think i left my stove on
the fireman
said
we will be right over to help you
t
h
e
fire trucks arrived
a handsome young fireman
met her at her apartment door
weilding a very large fire axe in his hands
she said
what are you doing with that
the fireman
said
breaking your door down
what
she shouted
NO NO NO
you can't do that
the fireman
said
well how did you think we are going to enter your locked apartment
she said
i don't know
but not by breaking my door down
the fireman
said
well you think you left your stove on and we have to enter your apartment
the fireman
s
m
i
l
e
d
he was very handsome .....

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she
said
if you
do not know
where you're going
how can you arrive there
he
said
w h a t
are you talk  ing about
she
said
l
i
f
e
he
said
ahhhhh
live
and
let
l
i
v
e
she
said
fine
and
walked
out the front door ....

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                                   10" x 10"
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a
small
number
of works
to be shown
and available for
p
u
r
c
h
a
s
e
at
Blue Iris Studios
179 woolwich street guelph ontario