Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Snow Sea





My grippers are now attached to my shoes —almost as permanent fixtures.

But nothing is really permanent. Shorelines alter with time and storms, dunes change their positions, shift with the winds. Mountains, over time,change contours. Read a book and then reread it five years later, ten years after that and what once seemed like a strong ending now has flaws. Or perhaps it now opens up new vistas—philosophical openings.

Relationships—love, friendship— mired in sameness wither. Think a relationship is permanent and forget about it and it will turn and shrink. The life blood will dim.

But some things stay almost the same—I've been eating cold cereal forever—or at least since I lived in the Bronx and listened to Snap, Krackle and Pop when I added milk to a bowl of Rice Krispies. Over time I changed my allegiances—now I'm into healthy cold cereal.

Now I know things change—I just heard the news about the Nativity scene at the Vatican.It seems that this year the scene will include "His father's workshop." —I believe they are referring to Joseph.

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