 By Jim Sim …..no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.”
If you know the carol ” away in a manger then you know these words and they conjure up thoughts of a happy Christmas card scene of tranquility and feelings of gentleness and smiling sheep and cows gathered around a trough with Jesus inside it smiling.
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 By Jim Sim My wife being Finnish didn’t grow up with the handy Scottish phrases, metaphors, sarcasm and what I like to call wittiness, that I grew up with.
Not every Scottish joke is funny but I have to say that with her Finnish accent, a few well placed Scottish-isms can be hilarious.  By Jim Sim When I was a kid I would choose running or hide under the covers if it was at night in the house. REALLY? Hide under the covers?
As if that would stop a bear, a monster, or otherwise.  By Jim Sim One of my favorite characters is Donkey from the movie Shrek. And at one point he sings a song, trying to illicit sympathy and manipulate Shrek into being his friend. The words go something like this, 'I'm all alone, there's no-one here beside me, all alone, no one to deride me....'
 By Jim Sim "Deserve has nothing to do with it”.
This is a line from a movie with my favorite actor Clint Eastwood, right before he kills a corrupt sheriff who murdered his friend. The self-righteous sheriff who used his power to intimidate and run his town with impunity has finally met his match and is about to get the same type of justice that he has meted out to others; summary execution...  By Jim Sim Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Matrix, Dr.Who; the list goes on of fascinating and absorbing stories. Depending on your taste you may not enjoy any of the above, or you may like them all. You may actually be thinking about other stories, tales, movies, or plays that are prompted by the titles I just listed.
You began to remember these and similar stories and dramas that evoke your imagination... |
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