Living on 25 ... Further Adventures With The Spirit World

Living on 25 ... Further Adventures With The Spirit World Ever since moving to my little space in the sky, I have been in the company of ghosts. I don't really believe in ghosts, but then there is Larry, a lingering spirit from times past, who has a love-hate relationship with me. I suspect he was a nice enough chap at one time, but now, he seems a bit cranky and has a penchant for breaking stuff. Well, he doesn't do the breaking, but he somehow manages to manipulate me into breaking things. Last week, I was making lemonade in an antique pitcher. For some reason, I placed the pitcher on a small counter, which I would never normally use, and wouldn't you know it, as I was running cold water, I turned to get the pitcher, and as I turned, my elbow caught it just ever so slightly, and it went crashing to the floor. I simply smirked. This "accident" was merely one in a long line of similar "accidents" that have pretty much destroyed all the glassware that comes from my family's past. So yesterday, I went out to a flea market to find a new/old pitcher, and I did find one for about $3.00, a good deal. It's pretty nondescript. Clear glass, but tall and nice, with a handle. Something one might mix martinis in, if one had a bottle of Vermouth around and one of those long glass stir sticks. My real delight was finding a funky bowl. The vendor who sold me my new/old pitcher also had this wacky tricolour bowl for a mere $6.00. It's either a work of art or an abomination. I can't be sure, but I had to have it, and I'm not sure why. Perhaps it was the red, white, and blue that caught my eye, although the red is more a red-orange. I would use it for fruit, I guess, but that might send me into another war with the fruit fly population of Toronto. I suspect, I'll just leave it empty for the time being and hope Larry is cool with having it around for awhile. Copyright © Kennedy James, 2009. All rights reserved.