Last September 3rd, I fell out of bed, while evading something sinister in my dream, cutting my eyebrow. After a couple of days, this black eye appeared. A week or so later, Ellie Dreams Down Under invited me to appear on her YouTube channel later in the month to discuss the events surrounding my unexpected betting win on the Grand National steeplechase horse race in 2007 in the UK.
I’m a bit vain about my looks, so to be sporting a shiner was obviously going to be problematic, if I was going to be on YouTube as Ellie’s guest. After a couple of back-and-forth emails, discussing what else we could talk about, she cancelled our session completely, choosing a different guest to discuss the Akashic Records and their impact of our everyday lives.
In response to the cancellation, I wrote: “The Universe Always Wins.”
Postscript: Here is a photo of my father with a very similar shiner (circa 1965?)
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For a couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about a photograph that my cousin, Liz, shared with me, years ago. It’s one with my father sitting with her mom and Liz and her brother. Ewart has a black eye! I found it on Liz’ Facebook page last night. It’s the same eye and the same look. We even get black eyes the same!
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