Category: Confusion
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The Room with the Broken Window
The Room Wind howled through the broken window, caused by the branch of the large oak during the great storm. I was surrounded by an eerie darkness; the only light coming into the room was from the candlelight in the corridor outside the partly open door. Trying to keep as quiet as I could, I…
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October Minus Four
No, you aren’t seeing things. Yes, I’ve activated my Halloween theme.No, it isn’t October yet. Yes, I know things look odd.No, I haven’t lost my mind. Yes, I am still here, although like a ghost I appear and disappear on a whim.No, I’m not a ghost. Yes, I mean that!No, I’m not actually, properly back…
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Notta lotta red… Gotta lotta red.
Balance. That’s what we need. This blog needs more red, I’ve always thought. There’s a lot of black but hardly any red. That’s good in the financial world I suppose, but around here we aren’t in the financial world. We’re in Blogland. And around here, anything goes. I was in the bathr laboratory earlier today,…
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As I was losing Spider Solitaire
As I was losing Spider Solitaire A voice screamed out – I do declare The voice was one within my mind One that’s usually gentle and kind One that keeps herself quite calm And not one to raise alarm Thomasina, my Inner Chick Needed my attention – quick ’You’ll never win’, she said to…
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Almost Rhymeless Nonsense
As I ate a sandwichThinking basically nothingI noticed a little problemAn itch somewhere beneath my elbow My cup which once contained liquidNow stands on the table emptyEmptied by the monsterBut that’s my little secret I trekked across the foyerNot straight but almost zigzagWhen through the window I glimpsedAn animal whose name doesn’t rhyme: a wolf…