SNIPETS AND SNAILS AND PUPPYDOG TALES
YES, that’s an intended paraphrase of the adage, “What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of? Snips, snails And puppy-dogs’ tails That’s what little boys are made of” In case you’re wondering, other stanzas concern girls, babies, young men, young women, sailors, soldiers, nurses, fathers, mothers, old men, old women, and all folks are made of [sic]. But, hey, while the world waxes non-binary, I still catch myself thinking in terms of male and female. Forgive me. It’s really the AI-in-my-brain/computer’s fault. It keeps trying to correct everything I say, including of course everything that can possibly be genderized.
Being “male” is a lot about snipets. Like being “female” it’s not a comprehensive one-time package. It’s about rolling through childhood, achieving sexual maturity, dancing the so-human dance of sexuality and parenthood, contributing to society, attaining one’s best self-actualization, passing on what one has learned while making way for the next generation. It’s the journey rather than the destination. It’s about being utterly human — kind, compassionate, helpful and cheerful — while letting oneself fully experience each step of life’s journey.
It’s about also about snails: Taking it slow, wet, slimy. Sharing power. Never giving up, but always willing to consider another path, not mattering whether it’s the longer or shorter trail. It’s about the unusual over the usual. It’s about the small things that in the end really matter.
And it’s about puppydog “tales.” While others fight the fight, attempting to accumulate money or power, attempting to somehow thwart, dismiss or even forget the very mortality that makes our lives so valuable, while others live in the past and future, it’s about living in the present, immersed in the many intertwining “tales” of humanity. In the very end, it’s not about truth, knowledge, understanding, consciousness or reality; it’s about having enjoyed the journey and every stop along the way, every adventure we write into our life story, and doing so to the fullest.
Surprisingly, to some, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor seems the antithesis. I would claim, however, that read with an open heart, the journey traveled by my three protagonists is, indeed, all about snipers, snails and puppydog tales alongside the “Sugar and spice, And everything nice” that little girls are made of. Then again, there’s — https://shinyhappypeebles.files.wordp...
#RaymondGaynor #TheEdgeOfMadness #boy #man #father #grandparent #girl #gender #nonbinary #life #journey #present #appreciate #mortality #Savant #Aignos #book #ebook #audiobook #AwardWinning #author
Being “male” is a lot about snipets. Like being “female” it’s not a comprehensive one-time package. It’s about rolling through childhood, achieving sexual maturity, dancing the so-human dance of sexuality and parenthood, contributing to society, attaining one’s best self-actualization, passing on what one has learned while making way for the next generation. It’s the journey rather than the destination. It’s about being utterly human — kind, compassionate, helpful and cheerful — while letting oneself fully experience each step of life’s journey.
It’s about also about snails: Taking it slow, wet, slimy. Sharing power. Never giving up, but always willing to consider another path, not mattering whether it’s the longer or shorter trail. It’s about the unusual over the usual. It’s about the small things that in the end really matter.
And it’s about puppydog “tales.” While others fight the fight, attempting to accumulate money or power, attempting to somehow thwart, dismiss or even forget the very mortality that makes our lives so valuable, while others live in the past and future, it’s about living in the present, immersed in the many intertwining “tales” of humanity. In the very end, it’s not about truth, knowledge, understanding, consciousness or reality; it’s about having enjoyed the journey and every stop along the way, every adventure we write into our life story, and doing so to the fullest.
Surprisingly, to some, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor seems the antithesis. I would claim, however, that read with an open heart, the journey traveled by my three protagonists is, indeed, all about snipers, snails and puppydog tales alongside the “Sugar and spice, And everything nice” that little girls are made of. Then again, there’s — https://shinyhappypeebles.files.wordp...
#RaymondGaynor #TheEdgeOfMadness #boy #man #father #grandparent #girl #gender #nonbinary #life #journey #present #appreciate #mortality #Savant #Aignos #book #ebook #audiobook #AwardWinning #author
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