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August 29, 2009

SEAFORTH, ONT. — A Central Huron man has died in a farm accident near the town of Seaforth, Ont.

Provincial police say 56-year-old Jerry Platt was injured Friday when he apparently fell from a chicken barn.

Platt died a short time later at Seaforth Community Hospital.

Both police and the Ministry of Labour are investigating the accident.

Police say foul play is not suspected.

the financial pan fears the guilt

12 steps - 5. admit

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

salacious sunday - slave

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.

~ Ephesians 6:5

12 steps - 4. inventory

I made a searching and fearless inventory of myself. I like what I found. Along the shelves of my mind, I found random pieces of eccentricity alongside subtle notes of madness. Yellows and oranges nudged each other for prominence. The agnostic and the sceptic played a ragged tune while a mercurial temperament banged a drum whose skin was pulled taut with cynicism.

And over there by the entranceway, The First stood, candle in hand. Molten wax dripped down the long red stem, as slow as time. She's been standing for so long that her presence is a permanant fixture. The bright flame flickered and dark shadows danced upon her face. They undulated along the walls and stretched down long corridors. Corridors that led to even darker recesses the deeper one ventured.

On the outside, the lines and folds and ridges. The curves, the knobby buttresses. And the epidermal tissue that stretched across bone and muscle, all merged together to cast a profile acceptable among these mere mortals.

Yes, I do approve.