My world is a dark velvety oyster Hiding me warmly, inwardly, introvertly… Hush! There is a pearl there which bears all the reasons one can summon for the simple human existence You are my existence: What would I be without you? What would I be without my shiny, mystical pearl? I would be Pia and Sylvia… I would be that velvety darkness Hidden, non-existent willingly I would be a word without syllables A [...]
In Winning the Highlander’s Heart, Malcolm MacNeill can’t marry Lady Anice. She’s the ward of King Henry I, who had numerous mistresses, including a Welsh princess, and he’s targeting Anice next. But she’s determined to get out of the quagmire she’s in. Her only living relative, her uncle, has died, and now some of her staff have gone missing. King Henry allows Malcolm and his brothers to escort her home and determine what is happening [...]
Art Buyers Must Be Art Detectives to Buy Authentic - Artist/Teacher Barbara Garro says. Seeing as an Art Detective can be amazingly rewarding for perfectionists and great conversation for everyone. How many times have you looked at a painting and felt something seemed not quite right. Of course, not being an artist, you may have trouble figuring out what it is. Still, you’re confident that something is wrong. Remember, good artists [...]
The minicomputer continued to record while Boyd stood by in astonishment – in silence, stunned by the revelation of a homegrown threat which was nesting not only beneath the surface of Dio Qze but right under the nose of the Space Force. He happened to be staring down the explanation behind the uncanny agricultural overgrowth topside, but this answer was indistinguishable from the further questions that it elicited. And yet, time had [...]
A young lady strongly staring into the mirror of herself, reflections of Mother appear, hardships approached we lacked for not a thing as she sits looking down at torn shoes shocks showing, remembering turkey legs being an exciting time just because even in the midst of her struggles Mother made adventures out of mere simplicities in life staring at the reflection of Mother’s life, parallel to [...]
I am watching the sky everyday waiting to speak to me and it is silent, dropping into my eyes blue poisons I feel like I’m becoming a snake unable to fly only to drug with me the heavenly wonder I am cold, doomed to loose myself through the corners, the nostalgic circles [...]
Venita Louise has created a hysterical funny comedy in Mixed Nuts. I don’t know how she does it. Each character is so entriging, so unique, like Frank Beal’s little daughter who wears a hard hat or his savvy son. His son so reminded me of my own son at that age. And that’s the other thing. With as quirky and unusual as the characters are, solving their neighbor problem using voodoo, hitting snails over the fence for revenge, wearing a [...]
One Young Girl: One Sad Story - Two people coming together as one should do so with love and affection. Not always the case. Some create worlds filled with coldness, devoid of feelings and just go through the motions of everyday life in order to exist and get through another day. Anna and Kevin allow you the reader to enter their bedroom from page one of this very thought provoking and controversial book that brings to light the issue [...]
I read an article earlier today (see link below) about Amazon’s latest idea to boost sales of books. While I can understand that they want to shift the vast stocks of ‘physical’ books they have by lowering the book price even more, thereby making it impossible for the other book retailers to compete, what about the hard working writers who authored those books? Amazon’s market share of the world of e-books is already the largest [...]
On the 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. The eve of the immaculate was as peaceful – …as the sea, though already in flames was the earth Higher, above, over, the machine, the cursed tool – …of man’s capacity to excel, to wage death – …struggle to work in the zero hour, ships of war – …on a dark mission from the maiden’s rising sun – …lightning to give birth to pearls, [...]
