by Raphael O’Suna

My mother knew from an early age, that among the highways of America, I was not a through road. Her expectations for me were, therefore modest.

She once told me to become a postman. Aware of my one talent as a storyteller, she suggested that as I made my rounds delivering mail, I could be simultaneously writing my stories in my head.

Although I never became a postman, and later did realize that I had a few other talents, I have always written stories in my head when I walked or drove.

Of all my talents, falling without injury has been the greatest gift. I have fallen frequently. The kind of falls only stuntmen make after preparation, and always walk away unscathed.

But aside from stuntmen, one can hardly make a living falling.

Another of my great gifts is my ability to accurately throw rocks. But again, people do not pay for that skill, even during revolutions.

By Raphael O’Suna

When my parents passed, I returned to empty and sell their house. I made it a purpose, or an intention or a goal, to go through everything in the house.

It took me six weeks. I worked day and night. Two things only caused me consternation. I could not dispose of my mother’s wedding dress, nor my father’s old coat. The coat had shaped itself in the image of the man.

When I came across a box of letters, I was intrigued. They were written to my mother from a family friend.

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No Brainer Day Day 58 of 2010 307 days left in this year

Authorities say  evacuate low-lying areas and take 5-7 days worth of  food,  water and gas. This wave was generated by an 8.8 Chilean earthquake   Friday evening.  REMINDER- Tsunami waves do not make good surfing!  See Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for up-to-date info. >

February 27th, 1991: In a scary harbinger of things to come from his son, President George H.W. Bush  (the Elder Bush who was legally elected, as embarrassing as that is to admit) declares an American Victory in the Gulf War, that would be the first war in Iraq.

Bush the Elder leaves Iraq in such a mess, and under the dictatorial thumb of Saddam Hussein (his advisers pressed him to complete the push to Bagdad and dispatch Hussein but Bush the Elder nixed the plan), that 12 years later, his baby boy — Bush the Younger — sends thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians to their deaths to “right the wrong.”

In perhaps the most misplaced and disgusting display of hubris by any “president” (Bush the Younger was never legally elected), on May 1, 2003, George W. Bush declared Victory in Iraq, a declaration followed by six more years of death and devasatation … and still counting.

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