Tag: clocks

• The Birch Tree Clock: An Update

  After I posted the blog about a clock that my father made from a birch tree in our backyard in Owego, NY., I got some responses. Several people said that it would be a tribute to my father to restore the clock. Refurbish it. Make it come alive again. So, I did it. A friend,…

  patrickjegan

  September 2, 2018

  Blogging, Childhood, Family, Holding onto the Past, Home, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, parents, Real Personal History, seniors

  Birch tree clock, childhood, clocks, owego ny

• Sleep And The Birch Tree Clock

  [Our Limelight Hydrangea.] I look at the clock. It’s 4:35 am. I can’t sleep. I begin another chapter in the book I’m reading. I go into the kitchen and eat a cracker. I sip some Tonic Water (it helps my leg cramps). I go back to bed. I can’t sleep. I take a little pill.…

  patrickjegan

  August 16, 2018

  Blogging, brothers, Childhood, Family, Holding onto the Past, Home, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, parents, Time

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• My One And Only Superstition

  I taught science for over thirty years.  I have learned to separate fact from belief, real from unreal and rational thinking from irrational concepts. There is a world of superstition out there.  It is a danger to society to rely on unproven ideas.  This is why many people burned many women (and men) as witches…

  patrickjegan

  August 18, 2015

  Blogging, Fables & Folklore, humor, satire, son, Teaching, Time

  calendars, clocks, midnight, superstitions, time