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On The Good Side of Things...
Dev.
Hults
Editorial
Now & Then
Who, what, when, where, and why; the five ‘W ’s’
of journalism. “Rev. Hults fell off his stool Friday
night at Bill’s Tavern laughing,” is a declarative
sentence that satisfies the W5 rule for a first line in a
news article. Though the quote above tells you
something, a lot is left out. Like; “What was he
laughing about, how long had he been at Bill’s, how
many Buds, was it that old stool, didn’t they fix that,
who is this Rev. Hults and does he do that every
Friday night?” The point being all things are flawed.
The Upper Left Edge is, as described by Uncle
Mike, a ‘Post-Journal ism Monthly’, so the W5 rule
is not enforced here. We don’t give you the news,
we give you our thoughts, impressions, attitudes and
ideas. We do our best, but, your beloved Rev., the
humble Ms. Sally, and literally tens of folks who
have tried to proof read the paper, and make it
flawless, inevitably fail. Each time the paper comes
back from the printer we look it over and always,
always find a mistake. A sin of commission or
omission stares us in the face. Ask any Christian,
we are all sinners, and if we are not, according to the
carpenter we are allowed to throw stones. The First
Folk of the Navajo Tribe refuse to make ‘perfect’
blankets and rugs, we are told, because it offends the
‘gods’, because, we assume, they are perfect. Or,
for monotheists, ‘he’ is perfect. But, ‘we’ are not.
Thus this month’s headline.
Yes, all Saints have feet of clay. What did St.
Augustine say, “Lord, give me chastity, but not
yet.”? And the opposite is of course operative.
Human beings are no more or less than simply
beings that are human, and being that is not easy.
We are an interesting type of being, us humans. Our
weaknesses are often our strengths and our strengths
are often fatal. (He’s babbling again, when will he
get to the point?)
The point is this; Globally and locally we are
getting to a point where we do what we do so well,
that it might just kill us. Your beloved Rev. won’t
probably be around to see it but he, nonetheless, has
an interest in it. Globally, we know what is
happening, India & Pakistan, Ireland, Bosnia,
Russia, oh hell, name it, but in each circumstance a
choice is available. Human beings can demand that
things be made right, or else they can deal with what
is, and understand that it will never be perfect. Much
to our delight, human beings are actually working
with each other in these countries and hope is
possible. Locally, our little village is becoming more
and more ‘perfect’, like a theme park, and we are
losing some of our human beings. Economics,
esthetics and entropy thin the ranks. But, hope is
possible here as well. The Chamber of Commerce
has allowed as how the Chamber Building, created
by local human beings, will be made more accessible
to local human beings. (They reduced the rental fee
for folks with a 436 phone number to $35 from
$100, so local artists can afford to share with other
local artists their art.) We were told that this year the
Masters Division of the Sand Castle Contest was
canceled because they wanted corporate logos and
perks, and whatever. Instead a Master Sand Castle
Builder was invited to teach a class, open to
everyone. We are not fond of what happens to the
village on Sand Castle Day. On the other hand, we
love the sandcastles. The idea of creating a beautiful
work of art that will last for twelve hours, max., is
very Zen. The children love it because it is real,
thus, imperfect and short lived, like all human
things. Your beloved Rev. thinks that if we can see
some human stuff in each other, if we can tolerate the
visible vices in each other, and still treat each other as
human beings, we will have no need for saints, and
no desire to cast stones. But, beware those without
sin, for they are often also without humanity.
Saintship is the exclusive possession of those who
have either worn out or never had the capacity to sin.
Elbert Hubbard
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by T. Dunn
First Contacts
Rachel graduated from 4th grade and we went to
pick up her contacts - test ones... only they didn't
have anyone in the ophthalmologist’s office, except
the receptionist, so there was no one to show us how
to do it. We took the stuff home; the lady said we
could come back on Monday, but Rach was so
excited... so we read the directions and tried to put
them in. First she tried, then I tried — and we were
sitting around the dining room table yelling at one
another. No, do this. No do that. Mo-ohm! It was
funny. (This is on my lunch hour yesterday, so I
have to get back to work to make up hours from the
week before). Finally, I put one in, then I put the
other one in - those great big soft, jelly ones. Scary
to touch eyes. I've never even held a contact before.
So then we got a book and she was amazed she
could read holding it at arm's length or close or
anywhere. She said, Mom the carpet looks so
bright; it looks brand new. Then we did the distance
pace holding up letters and seeing what she could see
in the kitchen. Then we got the bat and some tennis
balls and 1 pitched to her in the driveway and she
sent one sailing across the street into the neighbor's
driveway. I got back in my car to go back to work
and burst into tears. Taking them out when I got
home was another story. But we are both excited
and getting used to this... I had no idea how bad her
vision was until last week when I had her tested for
these. I cried then, too. It was bad. Imagine, she
has been doing so well with extremely limited
vision... (Peter took her for the glasses when she
got those prescriptions, but she would immediately
"lose them" or lie about wearing them — extremely
sensitive at this age about appearances, vain.). Now
I think I can see why she had such difficulty with
space. She always crowded me or Charlie or
Hannah - and we talked a lot about respecting space.
She couldn't see. I'm crying again. My baby can
see.
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BASEBALL
So, the Cubs are safe at second. Yes, it is a fun
place to be. And Sosa and Grace and the Kid and
the K iller are doing the job. And yes, we called
for Leyland to coach, but it looks like
Rigelman is taking a page from the old pirate,
and using what he's got to win, and getting a
team together So, what are the odds for a
Yankee/Cubs Series, and who's holding the
money? Okay, we know that Atlanta is out
there, and must be dealt with, but hell, they’ re
nothing but the Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta
Braves, and we be the Chicago Cubs, period.
Go Cubbies!
This Year!
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