Lonely Oak Chapter 65
"Ho-hum," Emeral said as they waited beneath the pavilion outside the parking lot. Well, if it could be considered a parking lot. It was really just dirt on top of more dirt with spouts of grass every once in a while. And even then the dirt was more...
Lonely Oak Chapter 41
A spider. Fat the size of a quarter, hanging idly by its silk in the dark, waiting. For what, who could ever know; there was not a way at all for any prey to come within the confines of the tent. It was just there, waiting, possibly for night, when it...
Spring
spring is here. and so are the allergies.
Lonely Oak Chapter 43
It was nearing sunset; the great fire in the sky an orange more ripe and round than any on the surface of the world. All around it the sky was turned to gold and the clouds turned to coal. Its gilded light swathed the earth, making the shadows long...
Lonely Oak Chapter 60
Her eyes stayed upon her target for a moment, before her tunnel-vision expanded to see the target next to hers. Rick's three bull's-eyes, now just a gigantic hole in the center of the target, were second. _How?_ She did the math three times,...
thoughts under a sea of blossoms
#3 of poetry sitting under the plumb trees blooming bright on a warm spring day the yearly dance of the finches begin singing sweet and beautiful as they suck the sweet nectar and knock the pink blooms to the ground where they
Lonely Oak Chapter 45
The splash of sunlight was what roused her. It bathed her lids and made them glow like a red-hot ball of molten metal. She turned over, her slogged brain hoping to evade the terrible bright that threatened her sleep and disturbed her sensitive eyes....
Lonely Oak Chapter 42
When Ket's mom suddenly showed up beside them, telling them they were getting a bit far away, they decided to take a break. Back on shore, they found out that they had actually been out for two and a half hours, and once they discovered that it...
Lonely Oak Chapter 37
"well, i ain't gonna have a mopey sister all spring break. emmy and ket went to the beach, mom and dad will be gone for a while--not like them being here would make a difference. i don't have any plans.
Reflection
How much hurt can a broken heart take? I really don't know I've never made a mistake. Our love for each other was so very strong, it covered distances from short to long. On my mind are the plans that we made, now vaporized as though hit...
Turning White
She ducked inside quickly before anyone spotted her, because while she did fully intend to tell everyone else about the hot spring room, she was going to enjoy it by herself for an evening first.
Lonely Oak Chapter 58
Or maybe it was that it was spring break. there seemed to be more people here than usual. "great. too many little shits running around." "fenias," rini scolded.