Heather Haley's Blog, page 5

FREEDOM’S JUST A WORD

  FREEDOM’S JUST A WORD Neither winter nor crumbling highways will impede truculent truckers transporting empty containers fueled by misguided millions. American-aping, high achieving neo-Vikings off to conquer snowflakes, smash Ottawa walls beneath a shape-shifting Freedom banner. Machinery as weaponry mission. Blind to delusion, roadside placarded converts eagerly buy their cheap wares. Infodemic intrudes yet […]

Reading, Ruminating, Composing, Editing …

…after months of being away. Finding much inspiration in Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel “Crossroads,” a pastor protagonist inciting me to investigate theology. I was raised in a secular household by lapsed Catholic parents but would often attend church in order to sing in the choir. I’ve realized that being well-versed in Bible verses informs my […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ON THE TO DO LIST

Starting off 2022 with challenges, not so new challenges, challenges that resemble last year and the year before that’s challenges. We appeared be over the hump, looking forward to the holidays, seeing loved ones and celebrating together when Omicron hit. Oh well, I must accept that life is struggle. And joy and sorrow. It still […]

MELANCHOLY LANE…

    I’m stuck! It’s a long and arduous process but I’ve been archiving my archives which include thousands of photographs and memorabilia in a vast array of formats and media. I’m nearly half-way through one box. *sigh* Oh well, the only way out is through. It will get done. I’m going to sell off […]

HOME FRONT WAR ZONE

  More heavy rain, thinking of everyone in BC affected by flooding. I pray, in my devout atheist fashion for them. Speaking of victims, this Sharon Olds poem brings to mind my sisters and our upbringing. My take; it’s about family, the “Senior Officers,” parents. Ours should have been indicted. I suppose they were until […]

“CONSTELLATION OF DAMAGE”

Been so busy I’ve been neglecting my site/blog; find nearly a hundred spam messages upon returning. Apparently I can learn how to trim my dog’s nails, make a fortune with passive income/cryptocurrency, acquire free advertising on Google, buy a super backpack or team up with a group of highly qualified ethical hackers for a small fee […]

Bragging Rights-My Son the Influencer

First blog post in a long time. I’m over the hump with my move, just need to hang pictures. I’m much happier in my new space so the stress and upheaval was worth it.  And with this post this proud mama wants to say I got to spend a pleasant evening of lively conversation with […]

IF I SHALL HAVE DESCENDANTS

  The life force and the pandemic persist. We abide. Endure this volatile time of anti-vaxxer protests holding up hospitals and a fourth wave. I think of the future, my son, my one and only precious offspring and wonder what have I’ve gotten him into. At 27 he is in no hurry to settle down […]

TWO COOKS

Food is love. TWO COOKS Until Dex she’d thrived on conflict, intrepid illusions and huge whacks. After the previous Pan Man left and took all the best knives she’d cut off her hair, roamed the earth, concealed behind a balaclava; fly fishing in Yosemite, paddling beneath the borealis, climbing Transylvanian Alps and the stairs of […]

PETER IS A POET

        Ah, the Internet, where anyone can express an opinion however vociferously. It makes one long for the days before virtuality. Trolls. And print. I still enjoy reading books and magazines and recently learned of Renaissance poet Laura Battiferri in an excellent article by art critic Peter Schjeldahl, whom I admire greatly.   […]