Category: Premonitions

• Is My Enchiridion Indulgentiarum Account Balanced?

  [Purgatory. Credit: Shown Above] Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. ~~Patrick Egan Fantastical Essays v. 1 (2024) In Saranac Lake, New York, on a warm and humid day in 2017, an elderly woman crossed Church Street safely because of something Sister John James said to me in 1957. This was no small feat because…

  patrickjegan

  April 11, 2024

  Adirondacks, brotherly love,, Childhood, death, Everyday Events, Melancholy Thoughts, North Country Life, owego ny, Premonitions, Religion, satire, The Pope

  #Crusades, #Eternaldemnation, #gooddeeds, #Heaven, #Hell, #Indulgences, #PopeUrbanII, #Purgatory, #Salvation, #Saranaclakeny, Christianity, heaven, hell, jesus, Purgatory

• The Last Quarter Moon Gives A Pale Wintry Light/Late Night Thoughts Following Spinal Surgery

  {Author’s Note: This blog post contains a photograph of an x-ray of my lower back taken six days after my spinal fusion. If the image of hardware screwing together two of my vertebra is irksome to you, my gentle readers, then feel free to search for another fine read. I have 645 in the bank.…

  patrickjegan

  February 16, 2024

  Blogging, death, Holding onto the Past, In Search of Lost Time, Medical Center, medicine, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, music, New York City, owego ny, Premonitions, Real Personal History, seniors, Time, winter

  #lumbarsurgery, #melancholoythoughtsatnight, #nancigriffth, #newyorkcitylatenightthoughts, #painandinsomnia, #patioatnight, #postsurgerypain, #sarahjaroaz, #waltwhitman, life, love, poetry, short-story, sleep

• My Premonitions?

  “If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” ~~Sandy Dahl, wife of United Flight 93 pilot, Jason Dahl [Split images. Photo: New York Times.] The memory of that Tuesday morning is still very clear in my mind. That crisp autumn-like day when…

  patrickjegan

  September 9, 2023

  9/11, daughter, Family, History, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Premonitions, Sept 11 Attacks NYC, son

  9/11, Grief of 9/11, Missing Persons on 9/11, New York City, NYC, Premonitions of 9/11, Sept 11