Serenity… an expedition


Archive for the 'hope' Category

The only kinds of fights…

… worth fighting are those you are going to lose,  because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of other people have got to be willing – [...]

Saturday, February 6th

Gimme Shelter

Well, not me. I have a roof over my head and I suspect most of you do, too.
Some people in Haiti (among other places) are in a bad way though, and the people of Daily Kos are doing something about it.
Inside a Shelter Box
I know, I usually think [...]

Saturday, January 30th

Spinning

There were maybe a hundred “illegal” people milling about, but it’s that little girl spinning in the Miami sunshine, her ribboned braids flying while her dress billowed, making those skinny legs look even skinnier that I remember. She was only about 6 or 7 and so beautiful and hopeful and expectant. And so loved. Her [...]

Tuesday, January 26th

waiting for who knows

Lately I’ve been remembering a short story I read a few years ago in one of those little Ellery Queen or Alfred Hitchcock magazines. I think it was by Bill Pronzoni. It went something like this:
A series of letters between a woman and her husband, who was in prison for stealing a large amount of [...]

Saturday, January 9th