My journal of big words and pretty pictures
What came before, "Masterpiece"... With each new conquest, Gabriel Poynter felt more alive. Ironic that her sensation of ecstasy came because of a death. Rasher Castille bid on the Poynter oil because of the intriguing widow of the artist, and because of the swirling rumors about a studio filled with more oil canvases. Predictably, when he … Continue reading Alchemist
The Harbor used to be a safe place to visit, now it’s getting overrun with grudges. Everywhere you turn there’s a grudge - big, small, young, old. Their gullets wide and deep enough to swallow all those hurt feelings and anger. Can’t walk ten steps without tripping over a grudge. That one over there? That’s … Continue reading In the same boat
I get more done before 7 a.m., before everyone else wakes up, than they get done all day. I don’t demand anything. I don’t nag about broken promises, I just fix it. You’d think that having clean clothes, hot meals, bills paid, all those nice things, they’d have a ‘thank you,’ for me every once in a … Continue reading Therapy
This Sunday, in the U.S and Canada, Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. That means instead of sunset coming at 6 o’clock in the evening, it’ll come at 7. I like that. The downside is that to have that bit more light, means giving up an hour of my day. With night falling so … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Change
Goodwood Duxford tales… The inside of the caretaker’s home belied the rustic outside. Covered in ivy, the house was nearly lost in the foliage. it’s front door only visible through a neatly trimmed opening. Goodwood Duxford, the hereditary caretaker and ghost wrangler at Gramberly Cemetery, was as meticulous in his housekeeping duties as he was … Continue reading Uncharted territory
Between sea and sky A leaf upon the water Briny breath exhaled
Thin spiral notebook 