Alone in a strange land, she died, unknown and unmourned, not for many days, and yet. And yet. Her spirit lingers even now, in those she tried to help, those she could not save. And, they say, if you wander the field at night, if you mean any ill, she might drag you down, as […]
It is now the time of fire and flame, the time to celebrate the high feast of Beltane. As one of the last of a long line who truly remembers the old ways, one of the last of our kind, I stand at the edge of the ritual circle with my athame in hand, as […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Back before we had scientists and telescopes in space, all we knew for sure was that sometimes – and you never knew when – evening, that magical time of darkness, would come unexpectedly. A hush falls on the land, animals become restless, crickets chirp. Is this evening or morning now? […]
I vowed that this would be the last time I walked through another door, the last time I stepped into yet another world. The loss had become too much, people I’d loved and had to leave behind, unable to explain where I had gone. This time, it appears as purple door, its brass knob cold […]
Anyone would get angry if hunted with spears, and my pet Chechi was no exception. As far as I knew, he was the last of his kind, the last of the great bears. Scientists say that his kind died out long ago, if they ever even existed. I know better, just as surely as I […]
I should have known something was wrong when the chatty guy who ran the BnB went suddenly silent the next morning. No, we should have known something was wrong when we first wandered off path to this strange place, with the dripping of water everywhere, all silence and water and mists. We were there to […]
The day I died was like any other day, right up until the brakes in my car failed and then ohnocan’tstopwhycan’tistop and then … it’s weird how a few seconds can change everything. The crunch of metal, lightning-fast pain, too fast to even know what hit me – probably a tree branch. I woke up […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Coming Home Azure fantasies, all I had from within steel-barred walls. Memories of you like a butterfly flittering in for a moment, gone. We both agreed that I needed to do this, to do what I could. And now, The work is done. You’re waiting beneath buzzing, fluorescent lights, no […]
I thought I had it all under control. I had a great job, a great life, everything. Yeah, there were some issues, but nothing to worry about. Then, the accident happened and everything unraveled. Suddenly, everyone knew the truth: that I killed someone, and that I was high when it happened. Now, I know, I […]
It’s May 6th, the last day to reflect back on the 2021 April A-Z Challenge, and what a month that was! There was a rainbow of myth and spirituality blogs and I have to admit those are my personal favorite, because spirituality is my jam. I have always been a sucker for the mythology and […]
Anne Higa 