Andy Taylor’s Halloween: An Andy Griffith Show Story
As the Taylor Family sat around their small homey dinner table one evening, wolfing down a hardy spaghetti dinner cooked by the one and only Aunt Bee, young Opie suddenly set aside his fork and…
Month: October 2020
Masque of the Red Death – Chapter 7: Rouge Sunset
Nico and Erik found Francesca and Gino waiting for them at the wall. They quickly told the couple about the little girl and the old man still in the village, and the four set out…
Journey of Discovery Chapter 7 (A Kingdom Hearts Story)
My cousin just scoffed at all this. “Real fancy work, doc, but I couldn’t care less. I want to find this Mortem jerk and knock his lights out for ruining my chance to get home.”…
Roots: Insights from the Tree Alphabet of Old Ireland: Holly
Trí duirn ata dech for bith:dorn degṡáir, dorn degmná,dorn deggobann Three hands that are best in the world:the hand of a good carpenter,the hand of a skilled woman,the hand of a good smith ~…
Blacklights
Unilluminated spaceReached the tidal of praiseDressed in black and white Lead in surprising waysSilent and facelessYet gesture still in tunePainted palm like beam of light Reflects a lifeAs a hand that movesAnd a hand that…
Masque of the Red Death – Chapter 6: Burgundy Masquerade
“So, do you have an idea on how to get the three of us out in one piece?” asked Erik as he helped Nico into his pirate costume. “Not really, the biggest problem is that…
Journey of Discovery Chapter 6 (A Kingdom Hearts Story)
I exited the dark corridor into the base where the others were supposed to rejoin me, but I wasn’t holding my breath. I didn’t like them the second I saw them, and I wasn’t disappointed…
Roots: Insights from the Tree Alphabet of Old Ireland:: Oak
Cetheora aipgitre gáise:ainmne, sonmathe, sobraide, sothnges;ar is gáeth cach ainmnetach,sái cach somnath,fairsing cach sobraid,sochoisc cach sothengtha Four elements of wisdom:patience, quietness, sobriety, well-spokenness;for every patient person is wise, every quiet person is a sage,every…
Journeying In a Time of Isolation
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has somewhat changed our perception of ‘normal.’ I’ve been in lockdown with my family since February, which then stretched into medically recommended self isolation once lockdown…
A Swinging Good Time: A Huckleberry Finn Story
Samantha groaned yet again as her grandmother sat down in a chair with her embroidery. “Hush, Samantha, that's no way to act when we have company coming over.” “But does it have to include a…