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Skinny Snowmen
The Winter held Spring hostage. What should have been a balmy morning was unmercifully icy.“Below zero last night,” my dad said. I assumed that meant it was really, really cold, and it certainly felt that way as I sluggishly got out of my cosy bed to get ready for school. It crossed my mind to feign a sore throat. I’d had many of those recently, so it wouldn’t be too far-fetched an excuse. The doctor said I had tonsillitis. At seven years old, I wasn’t sure what that was, but my mother explained that my tonsils were causing my sore throats and had to be removed. The tonsillectomy was to take p...
AirBnBats
Review for Thornwood Estate Reviewer: Jane W. (verified guest) Posted: September 5 at 10:14 a.m. Rating: 4 out of 5 starsMy husband and I just returned from our lovely weekend stay at this hiwww.onedoor.ccstoric manor on the coast. We wanted somewhere special to stay over the last long weekend of the summer, and Thornwood Estate did not disappoint. Situated on a large property a few miles from a wonderfully quaint little village, the house was spacious and conveniently furnished. We enjoyed long walks through the woods and along the seaside cliffs, then returned to the house to spend quiet evenings in front...
Cloud Hunter
You know what they say about people that gaze too long at the clouds? Or is that the sun? As with everything in my life that I become too obsessed with, I wanted to shoot the clouds. Those white, luminous particles floating in the heavens with no clear direction. They just go where the wind takes them. It’s downright disrespectful. I don’t like the implication that there’s something in nature without a clear form.Sometimes they look like dinosaurs. Sometimes they look like Aunt Sally. Sometimes they look like a Joan Miro painting that makes me feel things I’d rather not go into. But they’re n...
The View from the Tree
“What in the name of Forest happened to you?” Birdie exclaimed when she saw Birdo flying towards her with a bent beak and ruffled feathers.“Stupid humans and their stupid squeaky clean windows!” Birdo hissed, “what else?”Birdie laughed so hard, she almost fell off her branch.“How many times have I told you to be careful?” she said trying to stifle her laughter, seeing that Birdo didn’t find it funny at all.“Look who’s talking!”Ouch.“OK, come here”, she said in a soothing voice, lifting her wing so he could snuggle into it. He tottered sideways and closed his eyes as he pushed himself against h...