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Reflection For Sunday February 26, 2023

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Sunday February 26, 2023

Today I am @ home all day recouperating from my Radio Frequency Lesioning procedure yesterday. I am still sore & in pain. I get to chill out in front of the TV today by catching up with all of my favorite shows. And with the foot of snow outside, I’m perfectly comfortable @ home. I love being @ home.

Bobo’s Gang

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Wednesday October 2, 1991

Bobo’s Gang

By:  Tara Kimberley Torme

       Bobo was a clown. He used to work in the circus. At first he was your average, everyday clown in his ordinary clown suit topped with a brown floppy patched hat with a worn out flower on top. His face was masked in bright white with gleaming red lips and the eyes hidden under the flower design on the left and a heart imprint on the right.

       Two new people joined the clown act. Their names were Binky and Krusty. Binky’s favorite saying was: “Hey kids!” He wore a very colorful checkered suit with three bright red pom-poms down the middle. His rainbow-colored hair was truly outstanding. It beamed with all the colors of the largest crayon set. His white face was punctuated by red hearts on both cheeks. His eyes were dark and piercing and required no make-up.

       Krusty was Binky’s twin brother. Their costumes were identical. There was no way of telling them apart, except for the scar. Binky had a curved thin scar on his right cheek, while Krusty sported the mirror image on his left cheek.

       On the day of the opening performance in the big city, Bobo had the opportunity to learn more about the newcomers. As is the case with most seasoned performers, Bobo felt unsettled and fidgety until he finally heard the crowd roar with laughter. When the applause for his antics reached his ears, he had lost his jitters and could finish the show totally at east with himself.

       “Hey Binky! Hey Krusty!” he called out to the newcomers with his powerful voice, “Are you a little nervous?” They both folded their arms, smiled and replied in unison: “Naw, we ain’t nervous for nobody! For we worked for the BIG BOYS before we got bust.”

       “You…you are…I mean YOU WERE CRIMINALS?” asked Bobo gasping for air. But their reply had to wait until after the show. The crowd loved the twins and thanked them with their laughter and applause. But Bobo still felt ill at ease after the show. He had to get the whole story from the. After the finale he made sure to be in the same dressing room with them. After some prodding, Krusty and Binky began to unravel their tale:

       “Nineteen years ago we were part of a gang called THE IMPORTERS. There was eight of us. Our boss was Oroku Saki. Along with Flattop, Mumbles, me and my brother, Tatsu, Babyface and Snicker we was the best gang around there was. We was couriers to export drugs down south, but we never touched the stuff. Oroku Saki was real strict on that rule. So we had a respectable address on top of a toy factory and the Teddy Bears were our legit cover. Except we used to stuff them with the stuff, ‘cause nobody checked on kid’s stuff back then. But then Snicker started  to supply a dame with the stuff and before you knew it we all got bust by the cops. We got sent up for twenty years nine-and-a-half years ago, but my brother and me got out early for good behavior.”

       Bobo listened to the tale in awe. Yet he was still concerned about his circus.

       “Don’t worry,” Krusty piped in, seeing the frown on Bobo’s face. “We learned our lesson. We did a lot of thinking and reading in the joint and one thing we know for sure we never want to go back there again.

       “Yeah and after hearing that crowd today. We always wanted to do stuff for the kids. I can’t believe that something so much fun can be legit!” his brother added, “besides, Bobo, we like your gang!”

Bob

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Wednesday November 8, 1995

Bob

By: Tara Kimberley Torme

       The father on the ship was holding his young daughter in his arms while looking out at the blue sea. It had been a month since his life was torn to pieces-first his wife was murdered and then his house caught fire. He lost everything because by the time the firemen came to put out his house, it burned to a crisp. Someone was definitely after him, to destroy all that he had. His daughter, only 2 years old, suspected nothing. All she knew was that “they were going away on a long vacation.” The father whose name was Bob, has a very successful job as a criminal lawyer. He was making good money (as all lawyers do) and supported his wife and child Melissa on his income. Bob was a good and just lawyer. Apparently when he was presenting his case in court, his opponents whom were sentenced for life decided to get even. Suddenly, there was an explosion on the boat. Fire sprang everywhere. There on the bottom of the sea lay the remains of Bob and his daughter Melissa.

Big Foot

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March 28, 1995

Big Foot

By: Tara Kimberley Torme

Melissa was struggling to get back to shore. She had managed to lift one foot and as she went forward a big blob of mud fell off of her shoe. With her thin arms flailing, her other foot finally emerged shoeless and then sunk into them mud. She now dug for her shoe and once she had found it, she held it stretched out in front of her. She did not see the TV cameras or people looking at her, as she desperately tried to negotiate her way across the mud filled bottom of Beaver Lake. On this beautiful spring day, the lake that was drained every fall was drying out from the rigorous of the winter past. We were at the end of our spring outing in Mount Royal Park. Melissa ran into the lake across the boards to greet her friend Jessica. Unfortunately, the happy reunion ended in tears because she chose to take the shortcut back to shore. We were also in tears laughing so hard because she looked like a slow motion cartoon as she tried to pull herself out of the mud with every step. By the time she reached us at the shore, she was quite hysterical. When we told her about the TV cameras, she got worse. After the wash-up my mother convinced my 10yr old friend over hot chocolate that her mother was not going to kill her for having soiled her new running shoes.

An Evening in Never Never Land

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An Evening in Never Never Land

By: Tara Kimberley Torme

       Wendy was all excited about her first date with Peter. She didn’t mind bringing her two brothers along, for she knew her parents were going to a New Kids On The Block concert.

       “Beep! Beep!” Her date was here. “Bye, mom! Bye dad! Come on Michael! Come on John! Peter’s here.”

       “Were ready!” they chorused. They always came prepared with a Walkman and two headphones with plenty of tapes and a novel to read. Wendy and her brothers stepped into the Tinkerbell. There was Peter dressed in a clean tuxedo and a red bow tie to match with a new top hat. “Hop on the Tinkerbell!” The Tinkerbell was a large convertible. It was a six-seater and had double seatbelts. It was like a stretch limo, only better.

       “What can the Tinkerbell do?”

       “First of all, it’s pink. It has a see-through bubble when you press a button. It has a great music system. The doors in the middle open to wings. This car drives through the air, on land, and on water. On water, the wheels flip sideward. And last, I have a hood ornament of Tinkerbell.”

       The car took off towards Never Never land. It stopped on water. Not far from them was the pirate ship with Hook fishing for supper.

       “Let’s go for a swim!” And so the foursome took a swim. Wendy was taking a dive when the pirates accidentally caught her.

       “Help! Peter save me!” Wendy’s voice filled the Neverland night air. As soon as Peter heard Wendy’s voice, he took his flying car into the air and dashed quickly to where she was held captive.

       “Ok, Hook, let Wendy go!” Peter called from his car.

       “Never! She’s mine now, and I won’t let her go without a game of chess!”

       “If it’s a game of chess you want, chess you’ll get!”

       They played 5 games. Peter won. “I won, so give me Wendy!”

       “All right. But I’ll get you yet! Ha ha ha ha!”

       “Hook, I hope you get eaten by a crocodile!”

       “Oh, Peter! Thank you!”

       “Let’s continue our date, shall we?” And so they did.  They went next to Heidi’s mini gold. They played ten games in all. They added up all the scores. Peter had 600 points, Wendy had 500, Michael had 200, and John had 100 points. To celebrate, Wendy took everyone to McDorothy’s-the best ice cream around. To make it a perfect night they all went to the town movies. They saw 5 of them: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, CHILD’S PLAY 2, HONEY, I SHRUK THE KIDS, DREAMS and TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

       All of them, they agreed were scary, funny and sad. On the way home they stopped at the park and took a long walk. By midnight, they were ready to go.

       They had a nice ride home. Since Wendy was 16 and it was summer, she had no curfew. And her parents trusted her.

       It took one hour, ten minutes and five seconds. It didn’t matter because in the Tinkerbell the ride is always smooth. They weren’t bored either.

       They had music from all sorts of stations: CJAD, CHOM, 9.90 HIT, etc. Not to mention of all the great tapes there is in the car. Talk about a well-equipped car!”

       When they got home, Michael and John went inside, for they both knew Wendy and Peter would like some privacy for a few minutes. At least Mr. And Mrs. Darling were back from the “New Kids On The Block” concert. They enjoyed it, too.

       Before Peter left and Wendy went in, they took one look at each other and kissed. And thus ends another chapter in the life of a hero.