Craig’s Friday Countdown - Sanctuaries

As the Seaside City Council waits for a draft of a “Sanctuary City” resolution from me, the grey matter ponders “sanctuary” as a word and concept.  Rather than try to ascribe ordinal or ratio precision to what constitutes sanctuary for me, here’s an either / or collection:

Not Sanctuary – Wine Lists / Sanctuary – Ice Cream Counters

Not Sanctuary – New York / Sanctuary – Chicago

Not Sanctuary – Watching NFL Football / Sanctuary – Watching, Coaching, Playing Baseball

Not Sanctuary – Conventional Suburban Subdivisions / Sanctuary – Traditional Neighborhoods

Not Sanctuary – Opera / Sanctuary – Alt-Country

Not Sanctuary – The Not Full Truths Of Daily Newspapers / Sanctuary – The Context Of Weekly Papers

Not Sanctuary – Exclusion / Sanctuary - Inclusion

Not Sanctuary – Infield / Sanctuary – Outfield

Not Sanctuary – Employee Hugs / Sanctuary – Family Hugs

Not Sanctuary – Fake Materials / Sanctuary – Real, Tactile Stuff

Not Sanctuary – Telephones / Sanctuary – Face to Face Conversations

Not Sanctuary – My Davenport Office / Sanctuary – My Seaside Office

Not Sanctuary – Alarm Clocks / Sanctuary – Waking in the Dark Blue Hint of the New Day’s Dawn

Not Sanctuary – Malls / Sanctuary – Hardware Stores

Not Sanctuary – Winter Rain / Sanctuary – Winter Snow

Not Sanctuary – On-Line Classrooms / Sanctuary – Real Classrooms

Not Sanctuary – Television / Sanctuary – Stereo

Not Sanctuary – The Imprecision of Automatic Transmissions / Sanctuary – The Deft Engagement of Clutch Pedals / Levers

Not Sanctuary – Complicated Female Undergarments / Sanctuary – You’d Think All That Deft Engagement of Clutch Devices Would Be Of Some Help, Here

Not Sanctuary – Officiousness / Sanctuary – Affability

Not Sanctuary – Pasta I Can’t Pronounce / Sanctuary – Spaghetti !

Not Sanctuary – The Fortress of Solitude / Sanctuary – Home

Not Sanctuary - The Uncertainty of Yesterday / Sanctuary - The Possibility of Today