- Derek Earl Houghton
- Aug 3, 2025
- 1 min read
The definition of a fool is someone who, regardless of newly uncovered information, refuses to accept the new idea, preferring to be wrong rather than live with the humiliation of loosing face.
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- Derek Earl Houghton
- Aug 2, 2025
- 1 min read
He had not left the apartment for three days.
He decided to go to price Chopper to see if there where
Any good deals on fresh Salmon.
He bought three family size packages because they where
Reduced by three dollars a pound.
He complimented the cashier on the rose tattoo she had on her arm.
She was a small sweet sparrow of a woman.
She explained in detail the rose tattoo was to commemorate the passing
Of her mother in 2015 and that the colours where about her children.
She kept her mothers ashes at her home.
He shared that his own mother passed a while back and how time flies.
He also bought six chicken legs and a large piece of strip loin from his
Local Halal butcher.
The butcher threw in a package of goat for free.
The butcher almost always threw in a little gift.
The butcher asked about his heart surgery and his new e bike.
Over all it was good to be around people and a very good Saturday
Even if there was intermittent showers.
Derek Earl Houghton
- Derek Earl Houghton
- Jul 31, 2025
- 1 min read
The grass always look greener on the other side of the fence
when
you fail to care for the grass on your side of the fence.
Derek Earl Houghton
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