The ground shifted as the Earth Mother awoke. It had been thousands of years since the Goddess last stirred, and the world was different now, for the most part. Here though, nothing had changed. The air was still fresh and carried on the breeze was the scent of green; spring was here again. As she slowly rose from the loam on the ground, phoenix-like in he...
Mary was tossing and turning in bed, finding sleep difficult. She got up and opened the window further to the sultry night hoping for more of a breeze but to no avail. With a sigh she got back into bed and scrunched up her eyes tightly. All that happened was that her mind took her back over the events of yesterday and although this kept her from sleep she sm...
He inspected the earthen jar, tracing the little imperfections of the design with trembling fingertips. The wax cork was unbroken, the twine still wrapped securely tied in little bows, bearing colored glass beads. She placed a goblet in his hand and pulled the cork to fill the glass. He closed his eyes, tossed back his head, to ease the chore of swallowing t...
One fine morning Juan rings the bell to wake me for breakfast. He begins eating and says, "Damn Rosie, you sure had a good idea to move us here. We should move out to the mountains, grow rhubarb and live off the fat of the land." I say, "There you go dreaming again. I don't have a green thumb. And we're too citified to garden. We'd end up panhandling." He...
A summer afternoon, lazily fantasising halfway through "The Love Boat". So much skin on display, so much skin. Everywhere you looked there were bodies of varying size & age & stretch & exposure & James had spent 2 days of his first ever cruise trying not to stare at examples he found particularly pleasing from beneath his sunglasses. The paperback he'd brou...
The Abductors of Euskera: The Taking of Vanessa Chapter 1: Vanessa's Dream Today was just another day, another passing clock-tick in a life of routine, yet the daily drudgery and stress were worth it as Vanessa pulled into her driveway and her eyes soaked in the spectacular mountainscape that towered above her little house. It was good to be home, she thou...
Part 4: The Renaissance Room Note to reader: This is the 4th part of an on going saga. Please enjoy and take the time to vote. TRCIII was a tremendous help in helping me edit. Awaking Wednesday morning, we found it still was raining outside. We decided to get a head start on our shopping plans. There were five different shops within ten miles of here that...
Again, I must thank bebop3 for the pertinent suggestions. *Translation: Bituin and Tala = star Langit = sky or heaven Bulalakaw = comet Liwayway = dawn Luningning = brightness Pina = pineapple Enkantada = any being who hails from the enchanted lands (fairies, nymphs, sylphs, ogres, trolls, etc.) *All the characters in this story are above 18 year...
Dusk set in spraying hues of pink, orange and violet across the darkening velvet sky. The heady aroma of jasmine, growing wild in nearby fields, wafted across the summer air filling it with a sweet fragrance. As the sun lay down into its nightly grave, the day's moist warmth passed away and the night creatures awoke. In sleek fashion, they exited their abode...
As the sun bid its final farewell of the day to the sky, the night covered the earth. As always, she had gone to the window to open it for the night, she loved the feel of the cool night air, it was the only way she could seem to sleep lately. She looked up in to the sky to admire the beauty of the full moon above. What a wonderful night, the smell of the ro...