Tag: dreams
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Odd Prompts: Crickets
The stridulation of thousands of crickets rose around him in a cacophonous chorus of desire. Not content to sigh of their longing, the racket could wake the dead. In the moment, it was the only sound, and not just because it was drowning out any other. The only thing still working was the crickets’ calls…
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Dreaming
The First Reader and I have been building castles in the air. They look more like low brick ranch houses, but that’s just because it’s his beau-ideal of a home. We will, soon, be ready to house hunt, in the meantime we are dreaming, making lists, and plotting for the next step towards having…
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The Long, Slow, Treadmill of Time
There was frost on the fields, and my windshield, today. I wasn’t expecting it. I knew it was supposed to get very chilly, and the house was cool (we haven’t yet turned on the furnace), but I didn’t see the frost warning. It doesn’t really matter, other than the extra few minutes clearing the car…