| People can change, but their secrets and obsessions do not. |
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// Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Today's Tendril...
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// Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Today's Tendril...
| Weasel words are akin to "sleight of hand." |
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// Monday, December 08, 2014
Today's Tendril...
| To believe solely in sentiment, and ignore the tendrils of substance, is like asking a ghost to show you its bones. |
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// Sunday, December 07, 2014
Said the...
Somewhere and somewhen on a cold winter's night, a conversation culminates...
"Every season dies, child," said the angel to the orphan.
"Do not cry for the naked trees. Do not shiver at the sight of animals plodding through snow. Do not get lost in the sadness of short days and long nights.
"Rejoice that you are alive, awake, and aware, and that your memories and your wishes are merely bookends to the ever present now."
The End
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"Every season dies, child," said the angel to the orphan.
"Do not cry for the naked trees. Do not shiver at the sight of animals plodding through snow. Do not get lost in the sadness of short days and long nights.
"Rejoice that you are alive, awake, and aware, and that your memories and your wishes are merely bookends to the ever present now."
The End
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Silver Streak
Today I watched you leave,
In a silver streak,
Heading with purpose,
For a different tomorrow.
My heart waved good-bye,
But my arms were frozen at my side,
And all that I should have said,
Was being poured into the wishing well of "what ifs."
So in silence I watched the silver streak become a gray dot,
Until the gray dot was nothing more
Than just another point in the horizon.
A horizon that's always in my sky,
But one that I never seem to reach.
Today I watched you leave,
In a silver streak,
And all that was left
Was a tear,
An ache,
And a final good-bye.
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In a silver streak,
Heading with purpose,
For a different tomorrow.
My heart waved good-bye,
But my arms were frozen at my side,
And all that I should have said,
Was being poured into the wishing well of "what ifs."
So in silence I watched the silver streak become a gray dot,
Until the gray dot was nothing more
Than just another point in the horizon.
A horizon that's always in my sky,
But one that I never seem to reach.
Today I watched you leave,
In a silver streak,
And all that was left
Was a tear,
An ache,
And a final good-bye.
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This text composition is a work of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, contexts, scenes, scenarios, symbols, glyphs, iconography, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.
Today's Tendril...
| Weasel words are as clear as mud. |
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// Saturday, December 06, 2014
Concentrated Light
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Updated 2018Original version released 2014
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Today's Tendril...
| To rest on your laurels, To go through the motions, To reach for second best— All indications that you’ve thrown in the towel. |
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// Friday, December 05, 2014
After the Rain
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Today's Tendril...
| Bitterness is a maw. Resentment and entitlement are its teeth. Hate is its hunger. |
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// Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Today's Tendril...
| Banksy art appears overnight. Crop circles appear overnight. Coincidence? |
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// Tuesday, December 02, 2014
The Last of the Fallen
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Today's Tendril...
| Weasel words are as slimy as eels. |
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// Monday, December 01, 2014
Today's Tendril...
| Mosquito larvae, tadpoles, and water snakes can all live in the same lake. When the lake’s pollution reaches critical mass, does it matter which is the predator and which is the prey? |
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// Sunday, November 30, 2014
Black Friday
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Today's Tendril...
| To under estimate the opposition is a confidence bordering on arrogance, or a lack of planning, or just sheer laziness. |
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// Saturday, November 29, 2014
Today's Tendril...
| Art that "hits you over the head" is just as valid as art that "sneaks up behind you" and grabs you. |
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// Friday, November 28, 2014
Snowvember 2 - A Touch of Blue
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// Thursday, November 27, 2014
Thankful 2014
I'm thankful for another day to:
 | Connect the dots |
 | Smell the roses |
| Chase a rainbow |
| Shoot for the Moon |
| Squeeze blood from a stone |
| Find a needle in a haystack |
| Face the tiger in the tall grass |
| Argue with the devil on my left shoulder and listen to the angel on my right shoulder |
| Live, laugh, learn, love |
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// Sunday, November 23, 2014
Chiroptera 5657
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// Friday, November 21, 2014
A'ke A'se
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// Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Just for Fun 8: Ozarian Glass
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// Saturday, November 15, 2014
Today's Tendril... A Different View
Updated 2018Original version published 2014
About
While working on a different composition, I jotted the following line in the margin of the page: "The lines in the sand were drawn in blood."
That line turned into the last line of this TT.
And where did this TT come from?
The ugly side of love.
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// Friday, November 14, 2014
Snowvember 14th
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Today's Tendril...
| Does "chemistry" make a romance story great, or does the story make the romance great? |
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// Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Something's Leaking
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// Monday, November 10, 2014
Today's Tendril...
| To those in need, Show a good deed. Kindness isn't charity, But sadly, A rarity. |
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