Monday, September 15, 2008
A New Literary Prompt
The other day I did not resist the impulse to acquire an old book (1922) just because of the title. (It was only $2 to indulge the whimsy.) I wonder what you will make of it: THE ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY OF BANKING
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
BWC post 81 - THE HERETICS - The nickle drops
ch 17 Impaler (cont) I wanted to get back to the road where I’d left it. There was, I imagined, some hope of finding the things I’d cast away to run the faster. I did not expect to find them, or the monk, who might have gone that way. I angled back down through the forest, passing through the...
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BWC - post 80 - THE HERETICS - Columbina names the nameless
ch 17 Impaler (cont) A plaintive and slightly muffled ‘maiow’ roused us both in the mid-morning light. We’d slept well into the day, undisturbed. The creature sat up, rubbing at its eyes and grimaced its terrible grin, and moved away from me, suddenly shy again. The tawny-grey cat dropped a small...
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BWC - THE HERETICS - Turlough gives Ranulf a piece of advice
ch 17 Impaler (cont) When finally I came to the place where the horse chase had ended against a wide tangle of deadfall, I looked well among the churned-up forest floor, the broken undergrowth, and again could find only the sign of hooves in the forest mould and the breakage of twigs and vines that...
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BWC post 79 - THE HERETICS - Turlough searches for Columbina
ch 17 Impaler (cont) I drew a deep shuddering breath, and blew it out with all the force I could, then another… another… I swallowed the awful dryness from my throat and the unwelcome images that clung to my thoughts, I shoved away. The one that lingered longest was of myself, battering and kicking...
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new photo prompt
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Prompts
Have you responded to some of the prompts in this blog? Straightforward has suggested that for my up-coming photo show (detailed in The Ciel Show) I show some of the prompt photos, with some of the best resulting work from those who have responded. I like the idea, and might just do it. I'd love to...
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Monday, September 8, 2008
BWC post 78 - THE HERETICS Turlough's really unpleasant dream
ch 17 Impaler (cont) Riding whirlwinds out of Chaos… eye-killing blue and gold writhe into a vile green and rose… water is fire and stone becomes wind… Around me, howling, singing, raging in and out of the tempest, warriors out of legend ride and ride and ride on thunder... and I am suddenly among...
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BWC - post 77 - THE HERETICS - Columbina makes a new friend
17-- Impaler Even before I opened my eyes, I knew I was being watched. The heartbeat was fast and... not faint so much as small. I waited, listening, but there was no sound of breathing, none of the little noises a human makes, thinking he is still. I was patient, but no sign came. Finally, I...
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BWC post 76 - THE HERETICS - F Dom interferes w/ Turlough's amusement
ch 16 Warrior (cont) As we approached the last turn, the bell rang out Vespers. I sighed. I would be safe enough this night… But Columbina… Why could the wench not follow one single, simple direction? What had her headstrong obstinacy cost her? And now I would have to go on to Rome alone. The last...
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