Magic Minute Jumping To Conclusions
MAGIC MINUTE // I once met an old guy on a windswept pier holding a fishing line tied around a Coke bottle.
His bluish gnarled hands matched his blotchy face. ‘Mmm” I thought, ‘alcohol abuse.’
“Caught anything?” I asked.
“Nah, they won’t bite with an Easterly.”
To my surprise I learned he was suffering from asbestosis after years in the building industry.
He enjoyed his fishing and his Coke bottle went easy on his painful hands.
He’d traveled the world and was widely read… even quoted me a bit of Shakespeare!
And he beamed when telling me of his son’s business servicing Bass Strait oil rigs.
Imagine the humble shame I felt as all this unfolded.
There’s always more to a person than meets the eye.
I’m Laurie Smale… Till my next Magic Minute 🪄
