The eclectic life and creative writings of a horse whisperer
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There was nothing usual about the way the days events unfolded. It was perfect weather. The tropic’s in the spring could turn on the best sunny days with a hint of a cool breeze.
That Morning – I had agreed to drop a letter off for my brother to a place where I knew that someone else would be.
Photo Credit - Clemmesen
I remember the smell of the wet dirt as it rumbled its way down the hill. It left a poignant lingering in my nostrils. The ground I stood on trembled as the earth shook under the enormous weight of the hillside collapsing. The thrashing and crashing was like an amputation without anaesthetic; arms were torn off trees and birds flew from the slaughter. [Read more...]
“Excuse me…but I think that fish is dead,” Eli said.
Eli directed the keepers attention to a fish floating upside down.
The keeper, a mid aged woman with nicely tanned skin, giggled through her brown hand.
“Oh no that’s just a lion fish, they do that sometimes, if they feel threatened they flip over.” [Read more...]
I had made a promise to my six year old son and I needed to keep it, but it involved something that I just couldn’t bring myself to do and the very thought of flying…made me, a grown man, weak at the knees.
Petrified of flying I couldn’t even get on a merry go round. The whole concept of floating around in space without my feet on the ground made me sweat bullets. I use to carry a brown paper bag everywhere I went just in case I started to hyperventilate. [Read more...]
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