Bernard Angel

Scraping off Butterflies Bernard Angel

In SCRAPING OFF BUTTERFLIES, (S. O. B.), Burt Glitchen, member of an exclusive club, who sells state-of-the-art audio visual production to major accounts, is beginning to see the correlation between the self contained world of a cocoon, the earth in its protective atmospheric shield, the seemingly unlimited expanse of the universe and the natural dissolving of a molecule. Oh yeah, he also sells ad space on local restaurants' placemats. Burt has returned, after an out of state high-speed head-on car collision left him in an extended coma. With his long-term pal, DogBoy, he tries to reconstruct his post divorce life in Lexington. Friends and acquaintances are experiencing life changing events of their own. One is Diane, a bank teller whom Burt meets at a local hotel bar. She is from the city where Burt had nearly died. Her hometown lover, Herman, garage manager, dirt track stock car racer, classic automobiles refurbisher, drives a customized '39 roadster with its deep blue body and upholstery of red and white stripes. The adventures of Burt, Diane and Herman, to name but a few, are covered on separate and simultaneous channels, with episodes in Morocco and Europe. SCRAPING OFF BUTTERFLIES, by B. Andrew Angel, illustrates that crossing paths can create all kinds of dramatic, unexpected results.