Camy
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Piggles affected me far more than I was expecting, but not because of the entire story - which is, as per any Cole Parker, wonderful.
My dad was a scientist long before the days of specialisation. When I was eleven he designed a weighing bridge for a pig farmer. We had a caravan at the farm for six months, and I was there most weekends and all summer, while dad did his thing.
On the first day we were there I was 'given' a piglet I called Blackie. He was wonderful, and a real friend. Then one day we arrived at the farm and Blackie wasn't there... Enough said. 😭
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Complete cloud cover and drizzle here, in Wales. And as the next total eclipse in the UK is apparently 91 years away, I'll miss that one, too. Rats.
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King of Shadows is a wonderful YA story, and well worth reading.
Nathan Field, a talented young American actor, arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in a revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream. As rehearsals begin, eerie echoes of the past begin to haunt Nat, and he falls sick with a mysterious sickness.
When he wakes, Nat finds himself in 1599, an actor at the original Globe - and his co-star is none other than the King of Shadows himself: William Shakespeare.
Nat's new life is full of excitement, danger and the passionate friendship that he has longed for since the tragic death of his parents. But why has he been sent to the past - and is he trapped there forever?
Susan Cooper wrote a series of books, the first of which was 'The Dark is Rising.' This was made into a rather lacklustre movie. They should have made King of Shadows,,,
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James 7577.00 - a ghost in the machine.
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Brilliant! I'm hoping this is a teaser/intro for something longer...
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15 hours ago, Alien Son said:
Thank you, but the essay was always there.
I don't remember the essay being there. Weird. 🤯
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The new page is wonderful, and the introductory essay makes it even better.
Props to @Alien Son... and the youth holding the vegetable, too.
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Yeah, and it won't accept MP3s either.
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So... a long while ago (2012) I wrote a poem, recorded it, then completely forgot. Such is life in these days of vast digital storage and an idiot who didn't create an index. However, stumbling across things you've done and have forgotten can be kinda fun.
The gap between here and the player below wasn't my idea.
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Of course you'd need a time machine - and Dark Side Of The Moon won't be recorded for four years...
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Wow. Well, there's cheery.
Very well written, but considering the state of the planet it's way, way too apt for my liking. That said, in such a brief piece the world building is excellent. I'm there, riding in the car with Baker (don't want to be, but I am).
Erm... more?
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Yep. Still terrifying.
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On 2/22/2024 at 1:07 PM, Bruin Fisher said:
Camy is, of course, still a teenager...
With a very old oil painting that resembles Methuselah, hidden in the attic. 😉
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23 hours ago, Cole Parker said:
... Both are talented writers who should be showing up on our story pages more often.
Is that $5 or $10 I owe you?
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Thank you, John!
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Can't process. Bereft.
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On 8/13/2023 at 4:40 AM, Gee Whillickers said:
I know it's a good story when I end up reading all that's posted so far, without meaning to, and then looking frantically for the missing 'next chapter' link. This is one of those stories for me.
Ditto!
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Jason: out and about in the Castro wearing nowt but a posing pouch... the mind boggles.
Ideally, one requires a photo... pretty please?
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Woo-hoo!!!
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On 4/27/2023 at 6:05 AM, Altimexis said:
Of course the number of possible moves is finite, but it numbers in the same realm as the number of stars in the sky.
Really?
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Sympathy For Machines
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You leave the Bowling Gnomes alone, Rimbaud!