Monthly Archives: January 2015

Ice-struck

Posted on January 13, 2015 by jonwolston

Last night our pond froze. This year my skates are ready and I am too.

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Long Road to Freedom

Posted on January 11, 2015 by jonwolston

A purloined mother-of-pearl shell from Robben Island cradles my orange earplugs at the bedside. How lame I feel in the shadow of Nelson Mandela, how inconsequential. Have I hit as many rocks? A few fossils in Nova Scotia was about … Continue reading →

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The Meat Grinder

Posted on January 5, 2015 by jonwolston

One day my parents left me alone in a butcher shop in Belgium. My uncle was buried outside the village in one of those cemeteries with zillions of headstones sticking out of the ground like white dominos ready to fall … Continue reading →

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