I knew how easily we can get diverted, from our objectives, our way of life, our loves. Further than that is brainwashing, when we end up forgetting our most cherished beliefs, perhaps even, for a few frightening seconds, our faith. Then comes the alarm, how could this happen, what am I becoming, and this means … Continue reading I was there, and then I forgot
Beauty
Clarity #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt Once we walked along this shore, through these dunes, you and I, hand in hand, when the world was young. Now, our children stand tall and strong, and they and their mates look just like us, as we were. So you see, dear love, despite all the mistakes, sometime the doubts, … Continue reading Clarity #writephoto
Prelude
I have long suspected that the ancient deities - some more powerful than others, but who is it to judge? - take more than a passing interest in the life of this city, when they awake from their deep slumber, in the depth of the marvellously resurrected temples that the reconstructed museums of the island are. … Continue reading Prelude
The City knows #WritersWednesday
She never forgets: the humble swamps of the beginnings, the far away sounds of war, the medieval cruelties, the triumphs, the parades, the Enemy at the gates... Then there was the long war - thirty years of destruction, rape, pestilence and ruins. Out of this came a stronger state, and she was the capital. … Continue reading The City knows #WritersWednesday
Playful #TheDailyPost
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. We have waited so long, and now, we are here: this is our playground, the tree-lined streets, the old canal, the lovers on the crumbling benches... Silent, beautiful walls smile at us, radiating a warmth perceptible only to those who have penetrated the city's secret... … Continue reading Playful #TheDailyPost
Yawpa #AtoZAprilChallenge
Yawpa is the Hopi name for the Mockingbird. "The mockingbird fluttered around the bamboo, calling out, 'Pashumayani! Pashumayani! Be careful! Be careful!' This is the way the people departed from the Lower World" (from The Four Worlds: the doorway to the Fourth World, in 'The Fourth World of the Hopis', by Harold Courlander.) From Wikipedia, … Continue reading Yawpa #AtoZAprilChallenge
#VisDare 135: Negotiating
At long last I found you again my darling, after all those months of anxiety! Where could you be? And you are there, just in front of me, in the middle of those inert little dolls... When your turn comes be sure that fellow will notice your guy, I'm a good head above the others. … Continue reading #VisDare 135: Negotiating
The Guardian Angel
The old man looked out of the window into the familiar expense of the suburban garden, taking in the brightness of the tulips, the now fading bluebells and the impertinent grass, absurdly green. What a contrast with the arid plateau at the foot of the mesa! There, on his desk, near the photograph of the assembled family - the … Continue reading The Guardian Angel
Niman #AtoZAprilChallenge
[In the Hopi culture] Niman (NEE-mahn) is the annual festival celebrating the departure of the kachinas [spirits]. During the dance, which is an aspect of the festival, the kachinas give out bread, pike, fruit and other gifts to the spectators. Small boys receive bows and arrows; and small girls receive kachina dolls. from: The Fourth … Continue reading Niman #AtoZAprilChallenge
Snap #TheDailyPost
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. On the long flight back home we took great care of you: you, so fragile, so graceful... Now you dance proudly on the special shelf, reserved for the most honorable guests. Behind your mask, the mask of the Butterfly Maiden, under the beautiful wings, I … Continue reading Snap #TheDailyPost
Of Glass & Paper 