little wheels, big hands
A sudden storm forces campers to enter an abandoned farmhouse that turns out to be no farmhouse, nor abandoned, as it is inhabited by a family under witness relocation, upset about the intruding campers, eager to win trust of the witnesses to secure shelter from the storm, for themselves and their children, playing oblivious to circumstances with the kids of the safe-house family, like little wheels in a wind-up watch, every bit as important as the big hands.
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
