I sit alone on the rocks outside my front door. It’s been a hard year for me. I stare at the lights shining in the night sky. The brightest star in the heavens catches my attention. It winks and moves slightly upward before falling toward the earth. It lands and I have no inkling where. […]
Rowena, a fair maid, lived in the smallest village of Highland, a country long ago and far away. Her parents died of a fever when she was but a toddler, and her grandfather took her in and raised her on his farm. She worked side by side with Gramps until he became unable to care […]
The Knight of the Giant In a village long ago and far away lived a giant. Not a bad giant as far as giants go. He never ate people, (at least as far as anyone knew) and never consumed more sheep, goats, and other livestock than needed to support his great girth. The residents of […]
I love the forest. It beckons to me. Its air smells good. I drink in the fragrance of damp moss, wet tree trunks, wildflowers, and rotting stumps already creating new life. I feel the crunch of pine needles under my feet. I hear branches creaking, and the feet of woodland creatures shuffling as they scurry […]