Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

Gleanings From Living Long

recent posts

about

Category: Fantasy

  • Giant Gentle Things

        Kite surfers at the end of a cloudy windy day in St. Augustine.   From a distance, the kite looks like a giant butterfly. Now that would be interesting… giant gentle things flying among us!     St. Augustine Beach, almost Autumn!

  • Your Next President

        "On further reflection, and after careful consideration, I believe it would be in your very best interest, for so many reasons that I can't go into here, to make me your *nest president.   You won't be sorry.       *Some typos are irresistible! The Great Blue Heron, for president!  

  • If Life Is A Dream…

        If life is "but a dream," then the paradox is that the only way to realize this is to wake up!       Spanish moss hanging from the trees in Blue Spring State Park, Florida.  

  • The Gods Smiled

        Have you ever had a day where one moment was so very important that your entire future rested upon it?   A day outside of space and time, when you must keep your appointment with the gods who decide your fate?   Mythical moments, like the shard of a rainbow, and all is…

  • Who Are We?

        How many masks do we shed in a lifetime? Each one seems to be the "real" one, the "last" one. until it is peeled away to reveal another, and another, and another.   Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?   How many more to come?    

  • The Run Away Shadow

        My shadow tried to get away yesterday, but I put my hands on my head and saved the day.   I mean what would I do without my shadow?       St. Augustine Beach's new beach looking back toward the Pavilion.  

  • When We Were Aliens

      Eduardo and Alexis were relieved after a safe and soft landing on the alien planet, Mars.   There were plenty more challenges ahead of them, but for now a cessation of apprehension, and a nano-second taken to congratulate the entire team on a job well done.      

  • Lucky Anhinga

        Lucky Anhinga, everything it needs within diving or flying distance, enjoying the feast of the Everglades, without worries- not even bothered by the tourists on the boardwalk snapping photos.   Maybe we humans are just tourists on this planet. We seem to have organized ourselves in very strange and self defeating ways.  …

  • It Could Happen…

        Three guys, a girl, and two dogs, passing like ships in the night.   Maybe she's the Girl From Ipanema… "She looks straight ahead, not at he." Maybe not.   What if the guy on the right, let's call him David, meets her in 5 years and they fall madly in love. They'll…

  • Can You Walk on Water?

        Our self limiting beliefs, the ones that thwart our forward progress, where do they come from?   (everything on this planet is of this planet except this planet)   Our cells, our genes, carry memories, not only from our immediate relatives, but from our distant ancestors too.   (we are just recycled star…