This has been bothering my brain for a couple of months now. In Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie H. Holmberg a man is approaching a house he knows to have magical properties, yet that promised magic does not have a great enough hold on his imagination to allow him to ignore the beauty of…
Category: nature of reality
Disk flowers
I’ve been so proud of myself knowing the difference between disk flowers and ray flowers.
Things Change
I often don’t notice change as it’s happening.
Real or Not Real: The Woman Who Disappeared
Even now, I know what I saw was not possible, but I did see it.
Real or Not Real: A Catly Transformation
A cat changed color and size. A sleek little cat (all black), went behind a trash can out by my garage and came out the other side bigger, and mostly white with grey tabby spots (I had been calling her “Lacey.”). I was gazing out the back door, without any particular focus, when the little…
Real or Not Real: Lovage
I don’t know whether the temperature actually lowered or my ability to handle the heat improved.
My Brave New World
Up until now, my creative efforts have been tucked in at the edges of life …
Contemplating the Brave New World Being Built as We Speak
All of the realizations each of us experience are going to have a profound impact on our post-Covid world. I can’t help speculating about how things will shake out.
Being Alive During the 60s
“I wonder what it was like to be around in the 60,” he said casually, peering at me out of the corner of his eye. “I’m taking this history class . . .” Not an active question. I tried to respond, but I couldn’t pull together a meaningful response. So I started thinking about it…
The Right Way and Other Right Way
Each of us has a unique approach to acting in the world. Mine may be different from yours, but maybe both have value.
Jinjer Stanton 