All Things Visible and Invisible Chapter 2
Two weeks later, on a Saturday afternoon, the bus from Salvador to Iramaia dropped a man off on the highway across from Zeca Grilo’s bar. The man was clearly sick – palsied, partially crippled –…
Month: March 2019
Thank You, Mother
You are supposed to take care of things you need in your daily life routine, but if Mother is there, she will take care of it, all of it. I was about to leave for…
Dreamtime Path
Come walk with me and Share my grand adventure Our steps will mark the way For those who wish to follow. Come sit with me and quench Your thirst with the beauty of What surrounds…
Coming of Age: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry (alias Elwen) Word Count: 1966 Rating: G Summary: Frodo's feelings after an unexpected departure at a long-awaited party. It was very late and Frodo stood at the open bedroom door. Bilbo’s special…
Can We Get Away with Our Sins?: An Islamic Perspective
I'd like to start off by saying that none of the thoughts I will express here belong exclusively to me, it's the accumulation of discussions & reading from various people, scholars and books. As a…
Pontius Pilate’s Pleynt
My Caesar and my Empire have I served, A diplomatic functionary, true To distant duties, and never unnerved By greedy Greek or perfidious Jew. Outside the arca archa have I thought, Festooned my desk and…
Waking Up: A Lord of the Rings Story
By Vanessa Parry Word Count: 1332 Rated: PG Summary: When Eomer becomes the new King of Rohan, Frodo wakes up after a late night of celebration. Frodo sat up abruptly. Next to him Sam shifted…
Thoughts on Lent and Letting Go
Before we begin let me confess I gave up nothing for Lent this year; sure there was this vague promise to give up ‘negativity’, but that lasted all of fifteen minutes so… The truth is,…
The Jeweler’s Apprentice: Chapter 23
The party had made three days' journey into the mountains before the storm came in for earnest on the fourth. The sodden clouds had been lowering above them for several days. Traveling as they were…
Burnt: A Harry Potter Serial- Chapter 34: I Want to Try
By LastCrazyHorn Word Count: 105891 Rating: PG-13 for brief language, violence, and depictions of abuse Summary: A disabled Harry comes to Hogwarts story. Everyone expects him to be like his dad, but how can he be…