by Warren Gaston | Dec 19, 2021
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo We are safe behind the Maginot Line the Siegfried Line dug in, fortified, We placed cannons pointed out at the enemy, Look !!! Over there !!! ...
by Warren Gaston | Dec 11, 2021
“You know the name you were given, you do not know the name that you have” ― Jose Saramago, All the Names Today I spent designing tomorrow. I want it to be a radiant solar day. At least I think that’s what I want. I’ll see. I set the time for the...
by Warren Gaston | Dec 6, 2021
We name the stages of our very human ages: Epochs. Eras. Periods. Phases. ਯੁੱਗ. The Stone Age. The Iron Age. The Ice Age. The Dark Ages. The Age of Enlightenment. The Middle Ages. How did they know? To locate time in the middle, you have to know two things: the...
by Warren Gaston | Dec 2, 2021
Yesterday, while driving, the car behind me honked. My offense: I stopped at a yellow light. I could have gone through, glimpsing up at the glimmer of red as I shot past the intersection on my way down the road. Chances are I would have safely made it, and the tailing...
by Warren Gaston | Nov 13, 2021
My 50 year-old friends are impolite. They discuss my life within earshot, as if I wasn’t there. Sooner or later, I won’t be. I’m happy to hear them rehearse my biography. I listen, a eulogy of sorts, the good, the bad, the ugly, characteristics, habits, hobbies,...
by Warren Gaston | Nov 3, 2021
You cannot be at home until you leave and return, having experienced the difference between away and back, You did not miss what the house lacked until the celebration of your homecoming when you felt the burden of what wasn’t there. . The eagle goes a long...
