what we do with what we have shows what we are
Moving the oak table, I bumped the light fixture into a crystal wave, transforming two of the cylinders. The clerk made a suggestion that took me by surprise, leaning in to whisper and look me in the eye.
Could be she was projecting personal experience. Then again, this might pass for common business practice. Take another box. Use the parts you need. Take the rest to Returns. Refunds guaranteed.
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.”
