Tag: History

• A Different Shade of Blue

  Hexadecimal colour code #001642. A slightly darker shade to Royal Blue (#002366), wouldn’t you know. Royal Blue, the colour, was created / blended / discovered in Somerset, England, after a nationwide challenge by King George III for clothiers from all over the kingdom to come up with a suitable colour fit for royalty, and in…

  Tom

  Sep 23, 2012

  Confusion, Direction, Feel GOOD!, Random, Real Life, The World, Time

  1642, Coincidence, Day-to-day, History, Messages from the Universe

• Think BIG… Then bring it back!

  When you look at an ant, busily scrambling along, toing and froing back and forth, industriously doing whatever it needs to do to make its living, you notice just how small it is. In noticing just how small the ant is, it makes you realise just how big you / we are in comparison. Then,…

  Tom

  Sep 11, 2012

  Direction, Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Mystery, Nature, Questions, Random, Real Life, The World, Time

  Age, Celebration, Day-to-day, Gratitude, Happiness, History, Inspiration, Life, Messages from the Universe, Other Universal Laws, Stars, The Universe, Thoughts, Writing

• As rare as a Lincoln Biscuit

  For weeks, I have been trying to remember something. Nothing of any major importance, just something of yesteryear that would not come to mind. Suddenly, tonight, it did. The Lincoln Biscuit. Gone, but not forgotten. Although, if it had been ‘not forgotten’, I wouldn’t have spent the last few weeks trying to remember what it…

  Tom

  Sep 10, 2012

  Confusion, Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Food and drink, Mystery, Questions, Random, Random Memories, Real Life, The World, Time

  150 words, Day-to-day, History, Life, Messages from the Universe, Thoughts

• The Lady, Emeralda

  Visitors to the mansion seem to know folk they’ve never met…Dogs and cats stay outside as soon as the sun has set…Some say the chains that rattle belonged to Lady Smart…Others state the shrieks and cries belong to her ‘in part’…Guests who stay within the lodge see a figure dressed in green…Passers by see lights…

  Tom

  Sep 6, 2012

  Dance, Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Ghosts, Legends, Random, REPOST, Rhyme, Time

  Age, Happiness, History, Imagination, Inspiration, Short Story, Surreal Reality, Tales, Writing

• 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