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  • Zero to Paradise
  • Naming the Stars
  • Memory lane
  • I blame Chuck
  • Zero to Paradise

    No matter what anybody said at the time, we were all ready to party hard.Many of us had spent lockdown preaching and raving about the impending climate doom and a heck of a lot about how materialism and selfishness are the root of all our American woes. We spent nearly two years fully intending to emerge as better, more environmentally responsible and economically equitable inhabitants of Earth.To be fair. The collective “we,” almost did okay until we remembered how much fun it is to experience music and art with lots of other people! Everyone had gotten tired of being so damned serious all th...PTLone door

    Naming the Stars

    Matthew could not see, could not hear, could not breathe. The sea was the entire pitch-black world, eternal in every direction. It cared little for the petty strugglings of mortal lives. It strangled him with a vengeance.He clawed at the crushing weight of the water helplessly—just a little further! When he gasped for want of air, liquid poured down his throat like lava, burning his lungs with its bitterness. He battled to push himself in the direction that he hoped was upwards, but his mind was too choked with seawater to tell. A surge threw him spinning upside-down, scraping past jagged debr...PTLone door

    Memory lane

    Ever since I was such a young girl they told me about my father. Died before I was born is what i've always been told. Memories with him are quite brief but still remain in my head today. The last day I ever saw my father, on the island. On that island. The island of no return they like to call it. I always told myself that one day I would go back, uncover the mystery that's been lurking deep within the sea. Now is that day, the day I return to "The island of no return".  I quickly gather my things, as well as my fathers journals,notebooks anything that could uncover the tragedy that happened ...PTLone door

    I blame Chuck

    Cloudy, with a high of 5°C. No chance of snow.  I repeated the weather forecast from this morning as I stared annoyed at the view from my window. Not even a little bit of pavement was visible, as snow covered every inch of the outside. No sign of that 5 degrees weather. White had engulfed the outside, so much so, that I could barely make out where the trees and buildings uswww.onedoor.cced to be. Just 2 people were visible; flying in the blizzard. Why they were outside in this weather is beyond me, but they were still better off than me.   Stuck at work. All because of a blizzard and a bad weather forecast....PTLone door

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