Here is this week’s list of blog posts, poems, quotes, games and other tidbits from my favourite corners of the web. It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact,…
Part One of this story. Part Two of this story. Part Three of this story. “But how do you know it will never happen?” asked the exasperated boy trudging behind Daphne. Somehow the water jugs she carried grew heavier with every twist in this improbable conversation. “Because Lemon doesn’t have a uterus,” Daphne said, “and…
Part One of this story. Part Two of this story. A few uneventful weeks passed by. Daphne’s gardens thrived under the early spring sun and her careful irrigation. The harvest looked like it would be bountiful. One afternoon she returned home for a rare indoor lunch. MacArthur walked up the path at the same moment…
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Part One of this story. Sleep found Daphne in skittish catnaps when night fell. She woke up the next morning with a stiff knee and sore shoulder from racing up the hill and sleeping on a cold, hard surface but Lemon seemed no worse for the wear. The desert had slurped up all but a…
Daphne had never worried about drowning in the desert before and she wasn’t about to start now. An old, familiar ache in her left knee flickered back into life as she scrambled up the hill. Lemon scampered up inches ahead of her with a dull whine. The water frothed brown and kept rising. She’d climbed…
Here is this week’s list of blog posts, poetry, scientific studies and quite possibly the weirdest site I’ve ever seen online. Jurassic Heart. Imagine going on a date with a Tyrannosaurus Rex named Taira. You two lovebirds will buy a new ukulele and eat lunch at the food court before heading over to a local park…
Another reader question today: What one thing would you change if you had to do it over again? She was an odd duck. Before and after class she muttered to herself. Her straight, uncombed, bright yellow hair stood on end as if she’d just received a static shock and her clothing, while fairly clean, was…
Here is this week’s list of blog posts, videos, poetry and other tidbits from my favourite corners of the web. From The Friendship of a Cat via BillyDees: They make even the clearest headed and most sensible person act like they have serious psychological problems. It’s like all that crazy talk and speaking in tongues,…