Tag: Life

• Before England’s Green and Pleasant Land

  Back in the day when England was connected to the rest of Europe by land, Southern England was a desert. This was during the Ice Age, and mankind was just taking his / her / its first steps, competing with woolly mammoths, woolly hippos, woolly rhinoceroses, and woolly sabre-toothed tigers for food and places to…

  Tom

  Aug 31, 2012

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

  Age, Day-to-day, Freedom, History, Life

• 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

• Crossover

  “Just a minute,” came the voice from inside the apartment. Athena, Aphrodite and Hera weren’t really in a mood to wait patiently, but as the corridor they were in was quite busy with a lot of people walking in and out of their apartments at very irregular intervals, they had no choice. The lady in…

  Tom

  Aug 26, 2012

  Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Random, The World, Time

  History, Imagination, Inspiration, Life, Parallel Dimensions, Short Story, Surreal Reality, Tales, The Universe, Writing

• In the Lap of the Gods

  A couple of months ago, I introduced Gerald to the world in a short 100-word tale called Legendary Circles. I feel that tale needs a little padding here and expanding there, so here’s the first part… “I don’t believe this!” Athena sat down in frustrated contemplation, swiftly using her mouse to scroll onto the next…

  Tom

  Aug 23, 2012

  Abilities, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Random, The World, Time

  History, Imagination, Inspiration, Life, Short Story, Surreal Reality, Tales, Writing

• The Daily Stranger

  This is personal. I’m sorry about that. This is the only way I can communicate with you. I’m sorry about that, too. I see you walking, I don’t know if you notice. You brighten the dullest of mornings as you walk along the pavement. I can’t speak to you as we pass each other, I…

  Tom

  Aug 22, 2012

  Abilities, Background, Confusion, Direction, Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Nature, Questions, Random, Real Life, REPOST, The World, Time

  Day-to-day, Happiness, Inspiration, Life, Missed Opportunities, Personality, Short Story, Tales, Thoughts, Writing