Day: March 15, 2022

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author: My poem ‘White Ibis’ was first published in Quadrant magazine in December 2021. Have a read. Hope you enjoy it. White Ibis We wish that nature could stay put in their home, far away … not urban tip turkeys, bin chickens – not like us, scrounging for a living…

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author: What is the relationship between spirituality and creativity? The discipline and focused attention cultivated through meditation help us do one thing at a time, totally and absolutely, which greatly enhances our writing. ‘Contemplative practice, daily nature walks, and still, silent listening can be among the best natural meditations. They help…

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author: What is the relationship between spirituality and creativity??The discipline and focused attention cultivated through meditation help us do one thing at a time, totally and absolutely, which greatly enhances our writing. Contemplative practice, daily nature walks, and still, silent listening can be among the best natural meditations. They help…

Originally posted on Libby Sommer, Author: My poem, ‘Jogger At My Heels’ was first published in The Canberra Times, Panorama arts section 20 November, 2021. Have a read. Hope you enjoy it. Jogger At My Heels: Each morning he races up the steep steps of the gully and then down again on the path I…

Unique geology in Southern Mexico generated a feature important to the people who first lived there. In Maya cosmology, fresh water limestone reservoirs and caves in the Yucatan Peninsula were called cenotes. They were portals to the underworld. In the Yucatec Maya language they are called, D’zonot. Many of these pristine aquifers are hallowed to…

Do you believe in reaching spiritual enlightenment by fasting? Please note: this is Fiction! Friday Fictioneers: Reaching Nirvana

Maria Orlova – Unsplash My jaw dropped, and my tongue fell out when I realized the book contained Mom’s intimate letters. The inscription on the cover literally made my face blush. My PopPop was my father! Jesus! I’d have to drag myself to a vigil for my sanity after learning this!  How many ways had they told me we were normal and threw up a barrier surrounding our past? Mom’s death would have to…

I spent my morning trying to write promotional materials for the eventual release of Good Liniment. It’s not the same as new fiction, but I got five posts roughed out. It probably doesn’t reach 2500 new words, but it’s fairly close. To finish them, I would need a blurb and some links. Those details will…

It’s such a relief for me, Thursdays. It’s the only day I don’t shave. It’s my let-it-all-hang-out day. My slob day. I wash but don’t shave. I wear casual, loose fitting, clean. I eat that extra slice of cake. I don’t do gym, exercise. I may break into a walk now and then, but that’s…

A Flying Visit to Warton Village, Lancashire, England. May 2019. Uncle D and I were definitely in need of a breather. In fact, we’d been walking for hours and the prospect of a restful pint was just what we needed. After all, our efforts had seen us hike through the stunning Leighton Moss Nature Reserve.…

Photo: from the hindustantimes.com Result of Russian bombing of Kharkiv. “What a dishonour to just bend down and obey fate.” Lesya Ukrainka When We stand What is a moment, when is a journey, how do we step through shadows in the long night of winter’s approach, cradled in short views of chance and change, rattled…

The warp and the weave and the weft of the windonly singssometimes a low and mournful moansometimes a heavy sighprophecy brings:‘Awake, dull race, from your complacent slumbersee the world around you, world of wonderwithin, as withoutthis you have no chanceto make it outin one peaceand furthermore you have already lost thishuman race.’ © 2022 experimentsinfiction.com. All Rights…

Wishes and blessingscan be swiftly delivered,to a guiltless heart. – Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy Truly Worthy