Drumming a claw on an available boulder is an effective ploy. If the steady tapping doesn’t get their attention, flying stone shards hitting their scales generally does the trick.
Castellan the Black, mighty dragon warrior, features in my short story Picky Eaters, written to provide a humorous escape from all the stuff that isn’t happening on Wyvern Peak… All proceeds for the duration of its publishing life are donated to mental health charities.
Wise and giggly words from a blogging friend.
I’m
Laughing
More these days
Letting loose with
Giggles and chortles
At life’s absurdities
But especially at me
It’s fun to be lighter of heart
A joy to see my smile mirrored back
From the face of another who’s laughing
©2023 Annette Rochelle Aben
Batting stones right back at a young tail-flicker will quickly put an end to this nasty habit. Though take care you don’t knock them out, or crack their scales, as their parents tend to make a fuss if you return the pesky lizards a bit damaged.
Castellan the Black, mighty dragon warrior, features in my short story Picky Eaters, written to provide a humorous escape from all the stuff that isn’t happening on Wyvern Peak… All proceeds for the duration of its publishing life are donated to mental health charities.
Fixes for a draconic mid-life crisis #7 – Remind yourself that all those ambitions you had as a burnt-brained young lord were based on exploits in songs and stories told by bards and poets. And they’re all lying wretches, anyway.
Castellan the Black, mighty dragon warrior, features in my short story Picky Eaters, written to provide a humorous escape from all the stuff that isn’t happening on Wyvern Peak… All proceeds for the duration of its publishing life are donated to mental health charities.
Today’s warm breeze
is not the first sign, of course,
it started weeks ago
when the clocks moved forward
and the sun shifted,
when I folded my favorite sweater for the last time
and the wide windows welcomed
the cacophony of spring sounds —
motorbikes, lawnmowers, chainsaws, barking dogs,
the hammering, hammering, hammering —
soon the shimmery waves of heat
will rise from the pavement,
the mass throngs of people will
congest on sidewalks, beaches,
street corners, town parks,
the hallowed trail I call Heaven,
and the endless days will unfold
hour by hot, humid, buggy hour
while I stock up on iced things,
hoard stacks of library books,
move to the cooler part of the house,
give praise to the window machine
beneath which I’ll spend the months
dreaming of those long and silent winter days,
their fertile ground for contemplation
and undisturbed peace.
Aestivation is a state of…
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We’ve had two days of rain, and everything is blooming, is cleaner, is fresher. Colors are more vibrant. Squirrels and birds are on the move. “God’s in His Heaven, and all’s right with the world.”
No matter how many duels you’ve fought, or how big your hoard – if you insist on interceding in a quarrel between two angry queens, you’ll lose. Worse still – they’ll make you look very silly in the process.
Castellan the Black, mighty dragon warrior, or Casta the Grey as he used to be known as, features in my short story Picky Eaters, written to provide a humorous escape from all the stuff that isn’t happening on Wyvern Peak… All proceeds for the duration of its publishing life are donated to mental health charities.
Looking back at April, one of the best things I did was celebrate National Awareness Month. I had promised myself I would read a book about autism, preferably a non-fiction one, maybe a memoir, and I found just the book in Ron Suskind’s Life Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes and Autism.
This 2014 publication by Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is the story of a family, a family turned topsy-turvy by autism. With Owen, Suskind’s son, autism struck at the age of three. Ron and Cornelia, Owen’s parents went from having a typical, “normal” three year old to being the parents of a child who did not speak, often exhibited strange physical acts, and just seemed not to “be there.” Owen’s older brother, Walt, contributed to this book (as did Owen, himself), giving the reader a handle on how autism affects the entire family. Strangely enough, Owen’s parents were…
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