I was surfing through a few websites suggested by Richard's Realm when I came across a series of pictures that could have been shot in my own kitchen. No, not this kitchen where I sit in front of a lap top and see the reflection in the screen of an older man with a grey beard, but one that I still remember from the late 1950's. Those strange growing up years...
Tracey leaned against the wall of the dressing room, one knee bent forward from her boot planted on the wall behind her. "So a pair of scissors huh, you almost pissed yourself over something like that?" Leo glared at the wolf while sitting in the makeup chair. "I didn't p-!" His mouth snapped shut as the pink-haired llama doing his second layer, grabbed his...
Charlotte Marlton watched her gelding limp as she led the tall roan a few steps across the pasture. "Damn" she said aloud using language that she never would have spoken had any of her family or friends been present. Charlotte had a reputation for being spirited (her aunts would even say wild) but there are things a lady must never be witness doing...
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In the little village in which I grew up, the whole idea of making soul cakes to give out to the poor on All Saints Eve was a bit ... well ... strange. Apart from the Mays (who owned both Manor Farm and the stone quarry) we residents of Lower Steadlea were all as poor as each other. Nevertheless, sometime during the last few days of each October our cottage...
If anyone has read "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry then they might understand this story better. I wondered what happened after/if the little prince went back to his planet and this is just my little experiment that I went with. I wrote it all in one breath, and I hope it makes sense. I'm posting it on here to see what people think of it, and...
Luc woke in the middle of the night stiff and achy. "What the hell?" he wondered. As he tried to stretch, he remembered. Duke, the attach, Meg and the family meeting. "Damn, what a day," he thought. Luc went to roll over, but Meg was snuggled up tight to his right side. Luc scooted back, stretched a bit more and then curled up around her. He was back asleep...
An exasperated breath escapes my throat as I take a seat in one of the chairs in the main hall. You were already seated, waiting on me upon my arrival. My dress was of a more formal attire than you had seen previously. A professional-looking business skirt of black and gold, my hair up in a bun with gold sticks holding it in place. "I know it has been a few...
Gary woke up in the morning and coughed hard. 'Ohh..' he groaned as he sat up on the couch. He rubbed his face and thought he'd not be able to wake up all day, as tired as he was. 'Morning, buddy.' he said with half closed eyes to Larry. Larry gave him a bark and Gary gestured to keep it quiet. Larry acknowledged with a soft bark and Gary went to the bathroo...
RING RING RING. Thunk. Quiet. RING RING RING. Chris looked up with one eye. His digital clock was 4:29 a.m. Is this worth it?, he asked himself, sprawled out on his dorm bed. Across the room, his roommate Kevin was sound asleep. RING RING RING. Chris answered the phone. "GET UP JERK-OFFS! GET UP! YOUR MISSION IS IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING CAMPUS SQUARE....