Category: Stories
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Snippet from my new book “Changes”!
After listening intently for at least 30 minutes, I just had to look.
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Dreaming Writing
I dream I am laying on my paper filled desk, giving birth. As I labor I find it odd to be laying on my desk instead of in a hospital, or in a bed. My labor progresses and I give birth; not to human babies, but to puppies! I wake up. Having been taught dream…
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Mud Village Of Tiny People Discovered
One of the huts along a dry stream bed. An ancient daub and wattle bridge over a sheer gorge. Careful, it looks fragile! One of the structures has a flag or some such ornament on it. There is an ancient lake that seems close to drying up. Here is one lake connected to another with…
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Another Painfully Learned Horsey Lesson
Ok, so things have evolved in the horsey world in our barn so if Honey and Bae are in stalls next to each other , they will pick at each other and cause a stir. Usually, if Bae does not like what is happening in Honey’s stall, including us giving Honey attention, Bae will threaten Honey…
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“A Demon In Her What?!”
Cheryl and I were cleaning the horses feet a couple weeks ago and I was mentioning that Bae was not picking her feet up like I wanted her to, and Cheryl said, “Maybe she has a demon in her anus too.” “WHAT????,” I asked, wondering what the heck she was talking about! “A demon in…
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"A Demon In Her What?!"
Cheryl and I were cleaning the horses feet a couple weeks ago and I was mentioning that Bae was not picking her feet up like I wanted her to, and Cheryl said, “Maybe she has a demon in her anus too.” “WHAT????,” I asked, wondering what the heck she was talking about! “A demon in…
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Alone in the Woods : Part 4 – Unexpected Relationships
When Grandfather Coyote finished speaking, he retreated back into the shadowy woods. Dinner was called and the drizzling rain came heavier and faster. Little Girl knew she had to do something about her sad little tent and the puddles inside, so she grabbed a tarp, some twine, and a shovel, and ran to her tent…
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Alone in the Woods : Part 3 – The Lecture
Morning came too soon, yet not soon enough for the shivering child. In her struggle to keep warm and dry, Little Girl had piled her sweaters and jacket under her sleeping bag so the cold from the ground wouldn’t chill her. The puddles that formed in her tent from the leaky roof had to be…
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Alone in the Woods : Part 2
Little Girl followed a ways behind Coyote, following his trail of trodden grass and scattered seeds. The trail led her on a wander, turning this way and that, criss crossing other trails and roads, without time or destination, until the trail ended at a border of tall pine trees. Little Girl cautiously approached, not sure…
Michele Ballantyne 