time is a truth local to the moment
Now is not an insertion cursor between the words of my life story. A blinking I-beam sliver of moment cannot be seen while living in it.
Now does not appear as some thin Here between Once-was and what Will-occur. There’s no There where there is no cursor, for Now is both Recall and Guess the future.
Now is a truth local to the moment. An expression of imagination, convenient but disappointing temporal travellers who wish for worlds beyond the blink.
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.”
