I like a moody start to my workday, dark, a bit gloomy. And today I’ve met my mark. Lights out, air off, nobody around. Colleagues have, at different times, wondered if I was once a vampire, and nickname me The Lone Wolf. I prefer to think of it as a return to the womb, where …
Author Archives: Radutti
Ngo 38.5
Everyday is filled with spectacular moments. Seek them! – Laila Gifty Akita Everyday magic. The gift of inertia that rescues a speeding but stalled motorbike and eases it to the curb. A hand-drawn marauder’s map, guiding a wayward soul to buried treasure. A tow-truck push from a kind stranger, rescuing the one who doesn’t know …
Ngo 38.4
Our narrow tributary floods into a river of traffic, 6 lanes wide, and it’s time for the truck to end its tow. My good samaritan gives me a final push and yells above the fray of the street My shop is here! She points around the corner as I slow to a halt and hop …
Ngo 38.3
I trail my patronus cart for half a block before the next intersection and peer up at the signpost. Ngo 38 I double check the map, confused, and peer down the lane. There’s not much to it. looks like an alley this can’t be it a road to nowhere But this adventure has been a …
Ngo 38.2
I am a salmon Making my way upstream, doing my best to avoid random grizzlies With one key difference. A salmon heading to spawn is all purpose and faith. These resolute fish are steadfast, spurred on by instinct, assured by ancestral wiring that they will reach their goal. Procreation is a powerful motivator. As for …
Ngo 38.1
From the first spin The drive engine on our e-bike has done a share of cutting in and out. Usually after a little bit of whacking or tapping (I’m the Fonz) the drive kicks back into gear. But since the lay-down, it’s gotten worse. This is called foreshadowing. A couple of days have passed since …
contemplation
I have thoughts in a state of preponderance Just moments out of a self-care special, a massage, tea, and a sit. I’m calm on the out, but my in is busy Considering future, ruminating on past. Contemplating. I wander up the concrete ramp, eager to hop on our bike and meet the family at the …
screened
Reflecting today on a piece I drafted a year ago, written with hopes that Distance Learning would be a short-term deal. And what might be, today and tomorrow. A flash. Third floor J in the middle of a Zoom with one of her EAL students. She smiles and solicits a response to a prompt, the …
miscom
Just out for a stroll. We take the long way around today, which allows us to jump through the short cut. It sneaks us under the scaffolded awnings and into the 3-metre wide corridor, past the usually abandoned restaurant. Once again today, it is dark, fish tanks arrayed in front, pumps busy, ready for the …
stick
I sit in the abandoned classroom, accompanied and hassled by the squad of flies, diving in, alighting on my neck and flitting away, just enough nuisance to distract. There’s so many at this time of year Where do they all come from? I hear a couple voices down the way and peek at the clock …
Get Up Eight 