Open the door and it's Italy 1610.  Close the door and open it again.  It's Dover 1415.  Once more and it's Boston 1773. Do it again and again, a hundred times over and you'll hit a hundred places. That's the reason.  That's the secret. I turned, looking across the tavern.  So many faces, so many fashions, so many currencies. And to the side stood ( Read more... )

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cayeuxgave me Running, rights, wrongs, rabbits, relativity, relatives, relations

( Wrong relatives with the rights of relations )

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yuggazogy gave me teaching, technology aversion, cooking, comic books, bacon, change, ( Read more... )

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hildakrista gave me: loyalty, pork, domesticity, fantasy books, wool, fun, and your favorite adult ( Read more... )

Comment to this post and I will pick seven things I would like you to talk about. They might make sense or be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.hildakrista gave me: loyalty, pork, domesticity, fantasy books, wool, fun, and your favorite adult ( Read more... )

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cellio gave me: Yarn, Iceland, Kalamazoo, adventures in cooking, light reading, ( Read more... )

Mon was in her normal place, drinking a latte and reading the paper.  She hadn't said anything but that wasn't unusual.  Cathy fidgeted.

"May I ask a personal question?" she asked.

"Hmm?" Mon took a sip of her latte.

"Are you married?" Cathy was trying no to sound eager.  It had been three months and she still knew very little about Mon.  This ( Read more... )

"The question of deity is difficult to discern for the rational, thinking creature.  After all, rational thought implies a logical progression from cause to effect which in this case is observation to belief.  As a scientifically trained scholar, I believe in observable and testable forces that can create repeatable results. The theory of gravity ( Read more... )

It's hard being a superhero in a small town.  Not much crime and everyone knows your secret identity.  Guess that's why so many heroes  choose small towns to retire. The original Flyingmouseman bought a small place on the upper Hudson.  His retirement community never sees anything worse than misplaced dentures.  Green Lamppost settled down on a ( Read more... )

She was standing in some ordinary place when it happened. A bus stop or train station perhaps, or maybe it was some place else. The place was outside and she was waiting. Across the street (or maybe the platform) stood a man.
Roughly 6 foot tall with sandy brown hair, he stood in a trenchcoat that was slightly lighter than his hair. He wore dark ( Read more... )