527 words, 3 minutes read time. "Oh, come now, Bill. You don't believe that. You don't believe in suicide." "Mel, I don’t know what to believe anymore. But, wait! I do believe in one thing. I believe that I love these peanuts!" I’ve been shelling one peanut after another for some time now. Who knows... Continue Reading →
~ Easter Break #2
The narrative depicts a conversation between Bill and Mel at a bar, where Bill expresses his disillusionment with his role as a preacher. He feels disconnected from his congregation, perceiving them as uninterested and distracted. Bill questions the value of his preaching, suggesting faith is a personal choice rather than a mandated belief.
~ Easter Break
434 words, 2 minutes read time. Maybe it's these stupid allergies I try so hard to disclaim, or maybe the thick New Delhi smog that drifts thick here on the northern breeze. It clogs my nose, crusts my eyes, makes me thick, but only after everything inside of me runs out to them. A breeze... Continue Reading →
~ poodle piddle ~
382 words, 2 minutes read time. This isn't going to go over very well and will be less than politically correct, not to mention terribly unwoke. This issue has nagged me for the longest time. It's that I have this irresistible urge to scratch and bite people when they drag their so-called ESA (Essentially Stupid... Continue Reading →
Breathe, and retire early~
392 words, 2 minutes read time. I know how the world of recent has encouraged us all to become more goal-conscious than ever before. A person can barely board a bus or pay a toll without being asked what their goals are. Their short-term goals, their life goals. financial goals, you name it. And some... Continue Reading →
~ on the road to Jaipur
447 words, 2 minutes read time. There is little to entertain me during these five-hour rides from Delhi airport north to our farm outside of Jaipur. Whether we're coming or going, night or day, every trip is tedious, familiar, and seemingly perpetual. If not for the people we pass outside the windows, their faces, their... Continue Reading →
~ between destinations ~
432 words, 2 minutes read time. World travelers know Jaipur, the Pink City of India, as the jewel of Rajasthan. My wife and I are blessed to own a farm on the outskirts of this picturesque, "world destination city". We are fortunate to escape the city's summer heat and the monsoon seasons by skipping across... Continue Reading →
~ the immediacy of arrival.
272 words, 1 minute read time A number of readers and some concerned subscribers have contacted torncorners through it's parent company, Tacklebarn Press, to inquire about my series "What May Be Found?" Have I abandoned it, or simply forgotten about the serial and my readers, as I'm prone to do? I have done this with... Continue Reading →
Reyn’s interlude…
And what of time? Why must it remain? Such a bother... I know, I try, but I never catch those birds. They are outside, and though I'm a cat, I will never manage to open the sliding glass door or break a window. I simply do not have the body weight for that. Nor is... Continue Reading →
Eat at Joe’s (part one)
(two-minute read) If we can not identify this type of bird as simply being one in the bush, then we must cross-reference it to some similar species, or at least find some way to relate it to a genome featuring related sequencing characteristics. Otherwise, we should universally call the bird Bill, short for a new... Continue Reading →
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