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Summer Storms
The air’s thicker… hotter… stickierThe sunlight is just getting through…Surreal darkness fills the afternoonAs the weather chooses what to do.The wind is slight and welcomeAlthough the breeze is hardly thereThe trees are braced, the birds hidden,They know what’s in the air.A distant rumble… A flash of lightAnd the sky is hiddenAs though it’s night.Thunder booms…
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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…
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Descent–and–Hell on Earth
Two posts in one today, continuing the Legendary Circles storyline… Descent Hera took the front seat of the carriage, and took charge of the reins. Aphrodite and Athena had to take the back seat. Athena typed instructions into her satnav. “This is the way!” Athena said, referring to her satnav’s directions and not their method…
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Otherwise Engaged…
Things have ‘kind of’ taken off on the hectic scale around here of late, so posting on the blog has had to, unfortunately, take a back seat. I will return to full blogging duties in due course, both here and the various blogs that I visit elsewhere in the Universe. I will be tinkering with…
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A Spell for the Witching Hour…
The Witching Hour approaches, and a new month is drawing near; Halloween’s almost at an end for another year… Ghouls go home, and witches magic themselves away, Vampires finish their nightly rounds before the brand new day. Werewolves howl for one last time, even though the Moon’s not full – On Halloween, they all appear…