Image by pasja1000 from Pixabay “Somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon.”* Rocky lived on a small island in the middle of a perfect blue lake fed by pristine springs from deep under the mountains. Rocky had lived there, willingly isolated, after his torrid love affair…
Category: fiction
Science Village
Image by suju from Pixabay Science Village is a residential experimental community where one can rent lodging, lab space, and equipment to study whatever needs a lab and equipment. It can be anything from molecules to nitroglycerine, an explosive. There are only two rules: sign liability waiver and no animal (including human) research subjects allowed….
Mountain Trials
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay The following tale is true, I swear it upon my holy inheritance to pass through the pearly gates. In the year 1706, when us who traveled the Atlantic and found this new paradise, I and a party of 19 decided to cross the mountains now known as the Appalachians with…
50 Word Thursday — Gifts of the Gods
Since their human creations did not keep them as entertained as they used to with their many adventures and follies with the humans as unwitting victims of exploitation; and likewise, the humans did not trust the Gods and Goddesses or turn to them for assistance as much anymore, the Gods and Goddesses needed to find…
Santa Agua
Image by enriquelopezgarre from Pixabay When I attended college in Spain, I was blessed enough to stay in a “dorm” room at the Palacio del Santa Agua. The palace was built as a public monument to life-giving water when an 80-year drought had afflicted the area. During the drought, the mango fields withered and even…
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The ivy-covered cottage rests Set in the clearing of green dale Where oxygen so thick lays low Black ink with woe will tell this tale Of the spirit in the mirror’s Love for witch and thirst for freedom. How she dabbled to release him, With uttered spells and…
Tao-Talk 