Far, Far Out

By Jim Hagarty
2016

Good news. So far 18,300 people have applied to NASA to be one of the eight astronauts who will be part of the first manned mission to Mars. Don’t tell my wife but I signed her up as an early birthday present. She has always liked to travel. I would go but somebody has to look after the dog. One concern is the rumour going around that they don’t intend to bring these people back to Earth. But there is always Skype. (Warning: This might have been my final Lifetime Sentences post.)

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.