Top of the Mornin’

By Jim Hagarty
2013

It seems to me, life is like this. Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Shreddies. Once in a while, Lucky Charms, maybe Cap’n Crunch. Then Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Shreddies. Oh Happy Day: Fruit Loops! Euphoria unending: Frosted Flakes. Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Shreddies. Then there are long stretches of granola. With honey. With nuts. With honey and nuts. With apple. With almond. With apple and almond. Granola in chunky clusters, granola loose as sand. But sooner or later, you may as well face reality, you will be sitting there at breakfast eating Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies or Shreddies. And that’s OK because they make the Fruit Loops days just all that much sweeter.

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.