Journeys of a Bent Mind

Childhood is a precious and wonder-filled time. Our experience of it was fresh and unfettered by the whims of the mind, and we were able to launch ourselves into the realms of daydreams, make-believe, and fantasy. When I was a child the pace of life, even in the larger cities, was slower then today’s craziness. Where I grew up there were fields and orchards to walk barefoot in, feeling the cool earth between your toes; barbed-wire fences placed there to divide and protect, but which were challenges to climb through hoping you wouldn’t get caught on the upper strand; fields of alfalfa you could run hell-bent through, and once spent fall down in with your face to the cerulean Continue reading →

1. Back in the ‘60s hippie ants were called Antacids.
2. Ants who take the law into their own hands are thought of as vigilantes.
3. Ant teachers are very often pedantic. Not all, but some just are.
4. Ants with a tendency toward getting into trouble are headed for lives as deviants.
5. There is an ant child’s game played on four squares and a rubber ball called “Quadrant.” (I know, it’s called Four-Square, but work with me here.)
6. You can’t just assume that a disheveled, seemingly unemployed and apparently homeless ant is a vagrant. He may just be eccentric.
7. You could say the ant wasn’t levelheaded because of his political slant.
8. He had a terrible abusive childhood and it was no surprise the ant grew up to be a miscreant.
9. The ant manager of the business had such an abusive personality with a total disregard for his employees they felt he was a tyrant.
10. You knew the ant was from Georgia because he had a southern accent and said he was from Atlanta.
11. The ant philosopher you have a hard time recalling was named Immanuel Kant.
12. The old geezer ant never got along with anyone because he was so cantankerous.
13. Question: What did male ants wear during the early 1700s? Answer: Pantaloons.
14. When an immature young ant loses his temper we say he had a tantrum and needs a time out.
15. The Right Reverend Father Ant was the primary celebrant during the high holy week ceremonies.
16. Question: What is the cook ant’s favorite room in the house? Answer: The pantry.
17. When Phoebe Ant primped and dressed up in a formal gown she was quite the elegant one.
18. Everyone liked the TV weather ant and affectionately nicknamed him “Precipitant.”
19. It’s usual just after an ant is born to refer to her as an infant.
20. When you speak of “ant boots on the ground” you’re talking about the infantry.