Beating Swords Into Plowshares
Noel Laflin
11-11-20
I had a great-uncle
who, one hundred and two years ago today, was waiting to board a train in order
to enlist in the army. News of the just announced armistice in Europe suddenly
began to spread among all the folks standing on that platform.
So the young man
turned around and walked back to the farm where he was needed more.
Nuts
Noel Laflin
11-1-20
Santa Ana winds shook down a gazillion acorns in the park across the street the other day, so I filled my cap as the pickings were plentiful - with maybe fifty or more - and brought them home.
I lined up ten acorns on the backyard fence where the squirrels like to run, and scattered the rest throughout the garden, thinking I might confuse them into wondering where the oak tree has been hiding all this time.
Two days later, and not one acorn can be found out there.
They might have been momentarily confused, but determined little hoarders nonetheless.
