Dizzying Realms of Fantasy
In the space of a few heartbeats I flit, between the storm-dazzled room in The Sound of Music, earthquake-rocked Japan in The Ginger Tree (Oswald Wynd), and that beautifully tended street in Desperate...
View ArticleThings in the Pools
I was reading back over stuff I wrote before, and found this old dream I had in February 2004. The three of us went on holiday to a UK nature reserve, and we took all our cats with us. We didn’t bother...
View ArticleMy Very Own Lost World
An experience from June 2004: I walked Thundercloud and managed to get lost in a wood. Setting off between the cool trees, I felt uneasy. Lots of people walk this way, but what if one of those big...
View ArticleEscape from One Brave New World to Another
Escapism, for me, is reading books. A good book makes everything whole again. I find fantasy is the most evocative genre, the one that takes me furthest away from the things I hope to escape. Good...
View ArticleIt Spoke to Me
The other day I noticed a little figure sitting on a rock, gazing at me, so I picked him up and took him home. I couldn’t leave him in the charity shop, could I? Especially as he was only 50p. On the...
View ArticleIn Good Fellowship
I saw The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring last night – not for the first time. I enjoyed it more than last time, somehow – it felt more as though I was reading the book and ‘seeing’ what...
View ArticleAlas for the Mailed Warrior!
We watched three movies on Saturday night, one after the other: Merlin (part I); The Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers); The Fifth Element. We didn’t plan to watch The Fifth Element, and Mum would...
View ArticleVale of Tears
Dreamed there was a kind of flood disaster; people were standing around looking for help to get their loved ones to safety. When I looked round and said to the nearest person, “please help me get...
View ArticleThe Letter F
Following in the footsteps of Elizabeth (from 1sojournal) and others, I have been given the letter F to do with what I will! Beforehand I was curious to know what letter I would receive… certain...
View ArticleStories of Moonshine
Mum’s had a horrible cold for the past week. Yesterday I said “why do you keep clutching your face?” “My nose is very sore,” she said. She was streaming; constantly blowing her nose and mopping her...
View ArticleGazing at the Constellations…
A portrait of my favourite dragon, Stargazer. I did it in Photoshop Elements today. I cheated by having the photograph on a bottom layer as a guide, but the actual painting (by mouse) is mine. It’s a...
View ArticleRoad to Insanity
“A mad scientist friend offers you a chip that would allow you to know what the people you’re talking to are thinking. The catch: you can’t turn it off. Do you accept the chip?” No. I’m not even sure...
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