{"id":8303,"date":"2021-03-21T22:34:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T02:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8303"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:36:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T10:36:00","slug":"episode-289-eggs-for-sale-there-is-a-tide-in-the-affairs-of-men-and-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8303","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 289 EGGS FOR SALE (‘THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN AND WOMEN”)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE 289    EGGS  FOR  SALE   (\u201cTHERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN AND  WOMEN\u201d  Shakespeare<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
March  2021<\/div>\n

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Strange how small things are magnified by the human mind into universal truths.  That happened  today  as we drive up<\/div>\n
the fifth line.   The snow has nearly all gone revealing the bare bones of the land.  All Beige and black against a blue sky.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWha\u2019s that red speck away ahead?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThat will be Sandra Faber\u2019s egg box.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll stop and get a couple of dozen.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Such a small event\u2026and yet so grand.<\/div>\n

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Suppose  we just drove on by.  Ignored the egg box.  Too busy with our own<\/div>\n
affairs to take the time to buy eggs.   Perhaps not trusting the egg box of he Faber\u2019s.<\/div>\n
Could be old eggs.    <\/div>\n

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We stopped and for a moment time stood still.  No.  Time did not stand still.  We captured a moment<\/div>\n
in time.  We were riding the high tide as it were.  And  capturing that moment forever.<\/div>\n

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“There is a tide in the affairs of men.<\/span>
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;<\/span>
Omitted, all the voyage of their life<\/span>
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.<\/span>
On such a full sea are we now afloat,<\/span>
And we must take the current when it serves,<\/span>
Or lose our ventures.”<\/span><\/div>\n
               William Shakespeare<\/div>\n
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\u201cAlan, there are a  dozen goose eggs here.   Ever had  goose eggs?  They are huge.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cLet\u2019s stick those big brown hen eggs\u2026.and remember the days when<\/div>\n
we had our own chickens\u2026New Hampshires.  Brown eggs.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhy don\u2019t we raise chickens again?\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cToo busy  going here and there.  Back and forth.  Up and over.  Far and  wide.<\/div>\n
Rushing.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cNot today though.  We savoured a special moment in time.  Bought eggs<\/div>\n
from a trusting farmer who just left them waiting for us.”<\/div>\n

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