59yo woman from a little town in New Jersey. Medical editor by day. Love animals and all things creepy. Inside my brain you’ll find dinosaurs, haunted houses, spaceships, dancing skeletons, and fudge sundaes. She/her.
59yo woman from a little town in New Jersey. Medical editor by day. Love animals and all things creepy. Inside my brain you’ll find dinosaurs, haunted houses, spaceships, dancing skeletons, and fudge sundaes. She/her.
The horses in the stable went wild; they knew of the coming storm.
She had threatened to do it the last time they met: the Desert Witch would be paid one way or the other. Brock looked toward the horizon at the gathering dark and malevolent clouds.
“I demand payment!” she had shrieked. He had gambled and lost and it was time to deliver.
Brock looked down at the child holding his hand.
“Wha...
Flowers fade away
Their blooms gone in the blink
Of an eye.
So don’t wait to enjoy your life.
Look up to the moon:
It has been there long before you
And will be there long after.
Let your dreams float free
The wings of joy carry you to the sky.
Do not limit yourself
Or you’ll miss the important things.
Your feet may seem stuck on the ground.
But your mind can travel far away
Under and over ...
At first she wasn’t sure it was her she was seeing. The other Alice. Her old eyes had so much trouble focusing these days.
But it was her other self, for sure. The little girl with blonde hair and the sweet dress and shoes, her hands placed against the mirror, looking back at her elderly self.
Something had happened after the Hatter did his magic. She had split into two, one in the regular wor...
How long have I waited for thee
This cold Sunday morning
Drowsily observing the
Drip
Drip
Drip
Creamer already added to cup
Thoughts of caffeinated lust
Oh how I long for thee dearest Joe
Your warm embrace of steam
Grounded source of pleasure
How long must I wait?
Oh heaven, so close yet so far away!...
Charlotte remembered her childhood at the lake. Skating on the bumpy, uneven ice usually left her battered and bruised, and her skates needed sharpening quite often. She would watch the boys playing hockey on one end of the lake while everyone else skated in groups, chatting and gossiping.
Today, though, she was taking a different track. Thirty-five years later, the ice was empty of skaters and ...
My cat is unwell. Husband is taking him to the vet this morning. He has a very swollen ear (the cat, not my husband) I think caused by a puncture wound sustained during a scuffle with one of the other cats. Infected, looks like.
So that’s my excuse today for not writing the Prompt.
I hope that all is well with you!...
Charlotte surveyed the pile of papers on her desk. “I regret this already,” she said.
“Running the charity lunch does look daunting, since we lost our last coordinator,” Hal said, with a half smile. “But you’ll have lots of help.”
She turned her eyes up toward the handsome man wearing an apron dusted with flour and powdered sugar. “We good?”
***
— So tell me about the Santa Lunch, Charlotte te...
“My grandmother always told me,” she began, her eyes turning toward the Christmas tree in a reverie,
“That it’s okay to like dinosaurs
To believe that fairy tales can come true
To wear white shoes any time you want
To trust in miracles
To not put up with mean people
To love yourself
To love others the best you can.
That sometimes, dessert first is just fine”
Hal nodded. “You had a wonderfu...