Tag: Feeling Good
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Epic Mythology

Blacksmith saddles and shoes the horse As ironsmith hammers with precision and force Baker doughs and kneads the bread And the farmer’s wife sees the animals fed Children sit in the schoolroom and learn As the clockmaker watches the fingers turn The doctor tends to those not well And market stalls heave with things to…
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Beginning Year Ten

Just noticed this achievement in my dashboard. Nine years ago today I registered with WordPress and launched myself into the scary world of Blogging. I keep saying this – but I love it! Tomorrow, I begin Year Ten. Today, I celebrate completing Nine Years. I must have been very young when I started!
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Characters

What makes a good character? Someone mysterious? Boring? Risqué? Over-the-top? Untouchable? Surreal? Perfect? Ludicrous? Rude? Quiet? Professional? Heart-felt? Needy? Brash? Sexy? Offensive? Kind? Alien? Square? Thoughtless? Thoughtful? Dreamy? Inept? Quirky? Confident? Artistic? Argumentative? Stubborn? Creative? Constructive? Forward-thinking? Magical? Business-minded? Helpful? Shut-off? Energetic? Charismatic? Disabled? Old-fashioned? Forward-thinking? Imaginative? Colourful? Radiant? Beautiful? Ugly? Robotic? Moronic? Warm? Cold?…
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Reimagined Classics: Thomasina with the Earring

With beanie hat in tow (with a pair of old tights tied on top) Thomasina (my Inner Woman) reappeared this week demanding another portrait be made. You can’t refuse such a request. Really, you can’t. I have tried. Ripping the Mona Thomasina out of the frame, Thomasina said “We’ll use this again. And for the…
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Tales from the Superhero Diaries 6.3: As and When Required

“Lycralad, take a seat here, beside me.” Raymond tapped on the cushion on the two-seater velvet sofa that had been installed in his new office. “So tell me, what do you think of this new office of mine?” Lycralad squeezed himself into the space between Raymond and the arm of the sofa, aware that Raymond…