Godless Gadhimai

Godless Gadhimai

Godless Gadhimai – I have written about religion and religious festivals before and the methodology that religion uses to justify whatever ends it wants to achieve. Historically religion has been used to control people through intimidation – fear – persecution and threats of banishment. Not much has changed.

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 19, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 19, 2004

Mary 3

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 19, 2004 – Life goes on and it was determined after an eight week stay at the hospital that my mother was functioning well enough to live in a nursing home. My father decided on a location on the east side of town, close to our family home where he could visit easily and often.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 18, 2004

 Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 18, 2004

Mary 2

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 18, 2004 – My telephone rang at work one morning in July. It was my father calling to tell me that the hospital had a bed available for my mother, and asking me if I would come with him when he took her to the long term care ward. I left the next day for home. I turned into our familiar driveway and stopped my car at the bottom of the lane. I sat there looking up at my family home and trying to filter through the memories that flooded my mind.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 17, 2004

 Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 17, 2004

Mary 1

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 17, 2004 – I was having tea with my mother one afternoon when I was about seventeen years old. I was past the ‘summer of my rebellious teenage angst’ at fifteen and my ‘Sauble Beach summer’ of sixteen. I realized that my parents, while not as cool as the parents of some of my friends, were smart, kind and generous. I also knew they trusted me.

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 16, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 16, 2004

I’m Not Alone

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – April 16, 2004 – I had an extremely busy day with client showings, errands, banking, some grocery shopping and a trip to my favourite gift haunt – “Felicia’s on the Danforth. She carries scarves, sweaters, handbags, sunglasses and a healthy supply of my number one weakness – sterling silver jewellery. She carries different jewellery lines , but is also a skilled artisan. She makes a lot of her own one-of-a-kind pieces.