image link The Word Challenge of the day is eruption , and Fandango’s One-Word Challenge is floor. Since I”m just now getting to this, it’s going to be a quickie. I woke up to a rumbling underneath the floorboards. Shards of white light lasered between them, burning holes in the dingy ceiling. All I could…
Category: fiction
Flood
image link The drought in the small village on the plain had been five years long. Many decided to leave and seek a better chance at survival elsewhere. Those weak or otherwise infirm slowly faded away to the next plane. Only the hardiest humans and livestock held on. Family pets stayed close to home as…
The Tale of the Owls and the Wee Folk
image link Once upon a time, in the days of mighty trees and nights of magical forests, the owls chose to live among humans. I’m here to tell the tale of how that came to be. At one point, owls were solely the servants of the Wee Folk, transporting them to their own frolickings, especially…
Who’s Your Man?
Fandango has posed the following provocative question: “If you could be the opposite sex for one day, what would you do?” My (Satur)day as a man. I’d love to wake up in the nude and go pee standing up AND LEAVE THE TOILET SEAT UP. Then head for the bedroom and put on some skivvies,…
The Ballad of Yukon Cornelius
image link Keele Peak in Mackenzie Mountain range Breeds snow 12 months a year To get to the top takes grit and mean And untold hours of prayer Refrain: Yukon Cornelius Born with a pickaxe in his hand Yukon Cornelius Find Santa’s gold if you can A man named Ringo traveled there…
Merman
image link I’m reclining on an air chaise that has soft arms with an attached table with drink holder and small cooler, in the middle of the pool. In the holder sits a chilled globed glass with orange pineapple juice with grapefruit Stoli over cranberry juice rocks. It is Summer, with a clear sky overhead,…
Blankety Part 1
image link They say that what other people think of us is none of our business. Can the same be said for what people do when we are not around; is it any of our business? Should we care whether or not the tree makes a sound in the woods when it falls? I guess,…
Tao-Talk 