Understanding the Air
If the air could talk. Yet it may. Perhaps I do not hear. Perhaps to listen I need to use differing senses. Air bathes everything I know. It appears to nurse good and evil equally. But the giver of life can…
Travelling high up
Photo copyright Jean L Hays Dolphin wondered what it would be like to fly like a Albatross. She regularly asked questions of her parents. Only this morning when they had been gliding past a diver she had asked her mother…
Order delivered
Photo Prompt curtsy of Jean L Hays Dear reader, you will know how it is, you purchase a computer, then acquired the knowledge of how to use it. All seemed as it should be. Until you went on line. You…
Trouble at the Mill
Prompt photo The siren was calling us workers to work. The clatter of clogs on the wet cobbles was almost deafening. Down stairs the fire was banked up with slack, ready to be stirred into life. I knew the sink…
Rihana’s Special Day
Raihana knew that today would be special, last night the sky had been so clear, the stars so bright, and Aryan had lain so close. She had felt that the gods were smiling on them, then the discomfort had started…
Not in control
Indeed this is a troublesome day, I am going back over countless notes. It seems that my control system is in meltdown, overloaded with copious notes on paper. I need to install a traffic light system. Red meaning send to…
Bad Memories
Roland had seen these shapes before, in his memory, a spark of fear clicked. His feet felt like they were encased in concrete. The whiskers on his face tingled. The hairs on his back bristled. His tail hit the ground…
Perks of the Job
As Roland was a member of the Ro-Dan clan, he would never be asked to clean windows. Yet there were perks to some jobs. For as the window cleaner slipped his card under the door, the door opened and the…
HMS bountiful
Roland Rod-Dan took his time to check that no one else was watching. Yes Roland was rather hungry, but it was better to be hungry for a while, than become some else’s supper. For on the good ship HMS Bountiful…