Category: Random

• Turbulence

  Aphrodite was green. Athena’s satnav system had directed the four-horse-drawn chariot directly through the fiercest of storm clouds. Athena and Hera were both ‘sat’ in the front of the chariot, and Aphrodite had the back seat all to herself. The chariot plummeted, gained height, and flipped over right and left. It was all Aphrodite could…

  Tom

  Sep 2, 2012

  Abilities, Confusion, Direction, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Nature, Random

  150 words, Age, History, Imagination, Inspiration, Parallel Dimensions, Short Story, Surreal Reality, Tales, Writing

• The First of the ‘Bers…

  White Rabbits once again! Here we are in the final third of the year once more, the ‘Bers. Winter’s approaching, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting darker earlier, the mornings are getting harder to get up in, the candles are being lit before supper, the coal fires are being stoked before bedtime,…

  Tom

  Sep 1, 2012

  Direction, Feel GOOD!, Random, Real Life, Time, Words

  100 Words, Age, Celebration, Day-to-day, Gratitude, Happiness, Life, Thoughts

• A Little Misinterpretation

  There’s something in the air. There has to be. I mean to say, there’s no other explanation for it. None. Whatsoever. What, with the recent goings on in Essex and all. I’ve just seen a polar bear strolling around the back of the dry cleaners. I had to call in to drop some laundry off,…

  Tom

  Aug 31, 2012

  Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Mystery, Nature, Random, Real Life, Senses, The World

  Day-to-day, Fun, Imagination, Life, Surreal Reality, Thoughts

• Hope Before Despair

  Could there be a world without hope? The word, yes; the emotion, no. Well, I hope not anyway! But wait… The word ‘hope’ is from an Old English, or Anglo Saxon, word that was used before the year 900AD, ‘hopa’. Despair, or the lack or loss of hope, was introduced between the years 1275 and…

  Tom

  Aug 29, 2012

  Direction, Feel GOOD!, Hope, Legends, Questions, Random, Real Life, The World, Time, Words

  101 Tasks, Coincidence, Day-to-day, Dreams, Freedom, Gratitude, Happiness, History, Imagination, Inspiration, Life, Messages from the Universe, Thoughts, Writing

• The Pyramids and Other Wonders

  Kate Shrewsday’s recent post ‘Seven wonders’ couldn’t have appeared at a more apt time for me. Coincidentally, that is, as I’m in the process of telling a tale featuring the Greek Gods and vast journeys across the years. Also coincidentally (or maybe not) is the fact that the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World…

  Tom

  Aug 28, 2012

  Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Random, Real Life, The World, Time

  Age, Dreams, History, Inspiration