Thursday, January 24, 2013

Time Tells the Truth


Time Tells the Truth


 

 Some folks would like its art deco look, even now, in 2013. The electric clock was about 5 inches high and 9 inches wide. Its case was a warm mahogany colored wood, worn smooth by the hands reaching behind it early in the morning to push the alarm button off. The sweeping line of a Bell curve graph would represent its shape precisely. Its face was a perfect circle with cream background, edged by a brass ring. The brass toned hands and amber color behind them seemed to portray time in its warmest and kindest manifestation. The electrical cord was only slightly frayed, and the plug did not have the one wider prong that modern plugs do. But the clock’s connection to its power source had been effective. As far as we know, there had never been any late milking, or a missed personal appointment due to malfunction on its part. But Grandma just didn’t think it fit her décor anymore. Or maybe she had received several other clocks as gifts, and you can only use so many electric alarm clocks, now really. Maybe she wanted to help out her daughter-in-law in setting up her household, so Grandma asked my mother if she wanted the clock.
 

After that, the clock stood on the nightstand beside my father’s side of the bed for years. I remember hearing that electronic buzz on many mornings when Dad had to arise early for some outdoor work duties. It was a fixture on that night stand along with the tin of  Mentholatum and the extra coins from Dad’s pockets which often drew one of us three girls to the nightstand where Dad told us we could find some extra change for our own use.
 

Grandpa had been ill for some time. He had a bad heart. He retained fluid and often couldn’t breathe. In those days they called it dropsy. He was often so weak he could barely get out of bed. A tall green oxygen tank stood beside his bed which had commandeered the former dining room in Grandma and Grandpa’s house, because he could no longer go up to his second floor bedroom to sleep. When I was 11 years old, Grandpa died. Grandma found him dead in his bed when she went first thing in the morning to check on him. The local general practitioner estimated that he had died around 4 o’clock in the morning. 

           
A telephone call instead of the alarm clock awoke my father to report to him that his father was no longer with us.  After years of perfect service, the mahogany art deco clock had stopped working at 4:10 AM that day.
 

Years later while preparing for her own moving sale, Mom found the old clock wrapped up in a towel and packed away in a box among piles of other boxes in her storeroom. The time was still 4:10. I told her not to put it on her auction sale, to keep it, but don’t plug it in or use it. That clock had led a life of telling the truth.

Note: I wrote this story in 2002. It is a true story with one poetic license taken. The license only regards the description of the clock. The clock was actually square. It still exists in my mother's storage. The story is one of several that I have experienced in my lifetime that seems to point towards the paranormal, or perhaps in today's jargon, some sort of quantum physical entanglement between this clock and my grandfather.
I would invite comments about this true story.

11 comments:

  1. Sρоt οn ωith this wrіte-up,
    Ӏ actuallу feel this websitе needѕ much more attеntion.
    Ι'll probably be returning to read more, thanks for the information!

    Have a look at my weblog ... 0192259.netsolhost.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wow, that's what I was exploring for, what a data! present here at this web site, thanks admin of this web page.

    My weblog - http://projektypolskie.pl/

    ReplyDelete
  3. First of all I would like to say fantastic blog! I had a quick question that I'd like to ask if you don't
    mind. I was interested to know how you center yourself and clear your mind
    prior to writing. I have had a hard time clearing
    my thoughts in getting my thoughts out. I do take
    pleasure in writing but it just seems like the first 10
    to 15 minutes are generally wasted just trying to figure out how to begin.
    Any ideas or hints? Many thanks!

    Take a look at my web page - golden retriever info

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I am somewhat of a frustrated writer in the sense that I often feel the need to write stuff. But my life and career has not allowed me the time until now in retirement. Because of that past, I don't have trouble looking at a blank page. I just sit down and begin writing. Sometimes it's no good, but eventually often something comes out of it, if I go back to it the next day. I think that is because I never have had the time to sit and think about it My problem is the editing that would be required to make my writing into some publishable printed matter. That is a lot of work and something I am often not ready to spend time on.

      Delete
  4. Very good blog post. I definitely love this site. Thanks!


    Feel free to surf to my web site outstanding white goldens facts

    ReplyDelete
  5. hello!,I love your writing very much! share we communicate extra about
    your post on AOL? I need a specialist in this house to solve my problem.
    Maybe that's you! Taking a look ahead to look you.

    my blog post - Helpful Hints

    ReplyDelete
  6. Its such as you learn my mind! You seem to know a
    lot about this, such as you wrote the book in it or something.
    I believe that you just can do with some percent to
    pressure the message home a little bit, however
    instead of that, that is excellent blog. An excellent read.
    I will certainly be back.

    Feel free to visit my web blog Important Source

    ReplyDelete
  7. When someone writes an post he/she keeps the thought of a user in his/her mind that how
    a user can know it. Therefore that's why this piece of writing is outstdanding. Thanks!

    My weblog ... click for source

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hey there! I simply would like to give you
    a huge thumbs up for your great info you've got here on this post. I will be returning to your website for more soon.

    Also visit my blog :: cool golden retrievers puppies info

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hi, i read your blog from time to time and i
    own a similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot
    of spam feedback? If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can recommend?

    I get so much lately it's driving me insane so any support is very much appreciated.

    Feel free to surf to my weblog; useful reference

    ReplyDelete
  10. You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic
    to be actually something that I think I would never understand.
    It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me.
    I'm looking forward for your next post, I will try to get the hang of it!

    Feel free to surf to my blog; useful site

    ReplyDelete