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Cliched life goal? Check.
So after self-publishing for a grand total of two months, I’ve been offered a contract for two of my stories with a publisher that publishes some of my favorite authors…I keep having to check to make sure I’m not imagining this… -
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And suddenly it was dark. There were candles in the draw in the dresser. I don't know how I found them, it felt too easy, as it does in dreams. And then I remembered- I didn't know where they were, my children, out in the dark somewhere. I had to find them. The streets were like Arabia, full of colourful sheets and low walled houses, all dark. I ( Read more... ) -
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We’re not at sea, but we’re in a boat. All wood and masts like a tree without roots. We’re sailing through a city when we’re pitched off a building and the boat cracks in two. There’s a child in my arms. A bare-chested man, part of the crew, says to the child “if that’s a tree down there, you no longer have a father ( Read more... ) -
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When the ship is rolling in the waves, roll with it, when the ground gives way beneath your feet, look up, when falling from a great height, it’s the impact that kills you, take the ground away and you could fall forever, look up!
Four miles along the coast from Penzance, there is a pirate who paints pictures of the sea.
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Tunnels and holes
Now I wanted to take some really impressive pictures, but the thing is when you're in a tunnel, there is no light, so this is the best I got (I am standing at the bottom of the hole looking up). It reminds me of album art but I can't think what album.
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Dower House
So last week when we went to the wood we were searching for this place...except we got lost, or the wood tricked us (we walked in what we thought was a dead straight line and yet managed to exit about 200 meters from where we entered! hmmm).
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Scanned from my dad's photo album (I really love old photos). I think these were taken during the time we moved between France and Spain.
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