Category: Words
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One of Those Moments
I’m not sure if it was the low ceiling, the subdued lighting, the heat, or the boring, monotonous voice of the man, the ‘tour guide’, leading the group, that made me start to feel unsteady on my feet. Of course, it could also be a combination of everything plus this heavy cold, or rather, man-flu,…
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I Almost Got Away With It!
I was hoping to get away with things a lot longer than this, but, alas no. I thought I was doing so well, pulling the wool over people’s eyes, but one day later all of my plans have been shattered. All it took was one person to come along and foil my plan. One comment…
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Gliding the Gauntlet
Have you ever, even for just one second, stopped to consider the perilous life of a snail? Day in, day out, they have to get from where they were to where they are going, literally at a snail’s pace, as the entire universe is in a rush around them. They amble along, in microscopic view…
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To Be Continued
It burns within, this passion. The urge, the fire, the need to create. A spark triggers a thought, that triggers a line, that leads to a paragraph, a page. The joy of being carried along as words paint a picture, build a world, create a lifetime. Sometimes, however, it isn’t easy as blocks get in…
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Salamander
There’s a saying that goes something like don’t play with fire… which is common sense when you think about it… although there must be – has to be – a fine line between playing with it and looking into it… deeply, elementally, I mean, not just watching the flames flicker. I did just that, looked…
