Posted in All About Words, Gabrielle, Poems and Stories, Rants & Rambles on Nov 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
(There is a good chance that this will come out completely wrong and will somehow sound like heresy. I mean no disrespect and certainly no heresy so just bear with me.)
I recently wrote my very first short story. According to standards I read on the Internet (insert snarky Internet comment here) what I’ve written previously [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Poems and Stories, Raquel on Sep 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Since Gabrielle wrote a post about Mouse Guard…
I am now going to inflict on all of you a nifty thing I discovered about the game that most of you will really not care about.
So, in this game, I am playing the healer, Rosie. This is amusing, simply because I’m pretty much playing [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories, Raquel on Sep 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
Today for breakfast I had jam on my toast. Margary had minor emergency with her jam, because the giant chunk of fruit that came out of the jam jar with the jam only balanced so-so on top of the toast. I found her large, sticky chunk of jam/fruit (don’t worry, it was just on [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Aug 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
miles of trees
I’m staring at a smear
on the window
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Aug 13th, 2009 No Comments »
tiny check box
‘remember me’
if only it were that easy
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Aug 12th, 2009 No Comments »
ninety degrees
bouncing on the playground horse
she laughs
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Aug 11th, 2009 No Comments »
warmish water spurts
from the drinking fountain
wind blows hair in my face
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Aug 10th, 2009 2 Comments »
a tiny river
sparkling across the asphalt
for once, I’m content
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel, Thoughts About Beauty on Jun 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Let my God display His might
as lightening rips the air,
let thunder bellow out His name
the smallest echo of His true power
just to feel a breath of His
I’m almost blown away.
Let me stand and feel the rain
pelting, stinging, never still
beyond what I could ever dream
beyond what’s tame and calm and nice
the heart of God poured out [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Jun 8th, 2009 5 Comments »
The Intro
The two ships floated in the midst of the asteroid field. Neither of them had any control, any propulsion, but the comm link was still strong. Ty was the first to break the silence.
“I never thought I’d die like this, y’know.”
“What, in a dead ship leaking oxygen?”
“Well, yeah, I kinda thought I’d die like [...]