View from the window: Calm

Although the lake wasn’t there the other day!
My Mansion’s at it again…

A Surreal Mind
Living in a surreal world means I can visit the impossible
Things I see vary between the very real and improbable
Some of the things I come across are utterly laughable
But not yet have I experienced anything unimaginable
The mind can take us to places in a manner that’s methodical
Finding answers to queries we first thought unsolvable
Filling in the blanks, incorrectly, is sometimes typical
Yet the power of the mind I find is completely phenomenal

In Subdued Light

He looked older the night I saw him in the street. He was older; it had been years since I last saw him, but he looked older than he should have done. His eyes, piercing blue as usual, shone out through the darkness. His friendly smile had gone… his friendly face was now stern. They say it does that to you.

He was lost. Gone forever. The night they got him.

He still recognised me, at least he appeared to anyway when he looked at me… or rather, through me. He stopped for a second, and then barged passed, without saying a word.

He slipped away into the shadows without looking back.

That was last month.

I’d rather see him like that, than like this, if I’m honest, but I can’t think that way.

I knew it would end like this. It always does. The stake through the heart is the only way. Seeing him lying there, on the beach, as unsettling as it is, is the best thing for him. He’d ceased to exist the night he was turned; he’d become a living zombie, feeding nightly off the blood of his own victims, sometimes creating his own vampires to carry on his bloodline… to carry out his hunting.

They all end up like this.

At least he looks now like he did when I knew him years ago, and not how he did in the street. Not much good to him now, however, but at least he’s free.

But, I still have my job to do. I have others to catch. Others to free from this curse. It’s them or me. One day, I know they’ll get me, but until they do I will continue with my own hunt… we have to keep this world safe.

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This short story has been written in response to a painting created by Gabriel Garbow, which shows the final scene. Click here to visit his blog – he has some fabulous pieces of work over there!

Dream Scene

I walked through the clearing and looked ahead… the light was all wrong, and the sky was red… clouds swirled around; a storm on the way, casting animated shadows through the bright day. The breeze was warm, the time was late, there was nothing around me apart from a gate. A gate by itself, no wall or fence, in the middle of a field, this didn’t make sense. But one thing I really need to know: if the gate was open or closed. Do you know?

This Blog: An A to Z

May is the month for introductions.

Well, it isn’t, but it seems to be! Firstly, Andra published a post requesting that we add little introductions over on her blog, so we can then visit other bloggers we may not have had the opportunity to come across yet. I’ve added my dodgy introduction over there, and, when I get back fully into the swing of things, I shall check out the links. And speaking of links, here’s the link to Andra’s post if you’d like to check it out… it’s good to share!

I’m haphazardly and randomly selecting posts from all of the blogs I follow through the reader at present, not reading each post in turn as I used to do… still trying to get back in the swing as it were.

The image for Frank’s latest post caught my eye, so I checked it out. I will get around to reading all of the blogs I follow in due course, so please don’t be offended if I haven’t got to you yet. Clicking the image will take you to Frank’s post, and his version of an A to Z Blogging Challenge if you would like to have a go yourself. It isn’t compulsory, no nominations are needed, and it’s a good way to highlight some of your older posts.

So, in keeping with the introductions theme, this post will feature 26 alphabetical facts about me, whilst also linking to one of my ancient posts. This post is very link heavy.

Sit back, get yourself comfortable, and prepare yourself for some drivel… I’ll wake you should you fall asleep…

A was going to be about Aquatom, but it can’t be any longer as that character has flown off into the distance, so instead it will be about ART. Namely, the art that I create. I describe it as art, but others may have another word for it, however I enjoy having a go… and it is that that ultimately matters I feel. One of my favourite creations was a Vampire Cat I created for this post. Incidentally, I have a fondness for cats…

B is for Bad Hair. Yes, I have good hair on occasions, but more often than not it’s bad. Very bad. I write about it often. Here’s one of the posts.

C is for Cosmic Ordering. I’m a Cosmic Orderer, I love all things Universal, Magical, and Coincidental. This post is my introduction on how to actually do it.

D is for Dot the Ghost. In my Mansion, I have a visitor from beyond who likes to play with my electricals. Here’s where I introduced Dot to the world.

E is for England. I’m British and I’m English. I occasionally write about England. This post is about England before it was England. England. Did I mention that I occasionally write about England?

F is for Feeling Good. I love to Feel Good. I try to promote it at every opportunity. This links to a page with some music videos that help me to Feel Good…

G is for Gerald. Gerald is a normal everyday person who wound up a group of Goddesses one day by something he wrote. Gerald (and the Goddesses – they don’t need to be angered any further!) features in one of my ongoing storylines, Legendary Circles… this link will take you to the Storylines menu where you can read the tale from the very beginning.

H is for Hair. Yes, I know I’ve already mentioned it, but it’s a big thing when it’s bad. It’s good at the moment, though, so that’s good! Hair’s another post about it…

I is for Imagination. I have a rather vivid imagination. I can remember my dreams (mostly) with ease. I can fly and swim and travel throughout the Universe when I allow my imagination to get going. This post should be about an Intergalactic Drive Through.

J is for Jamie’s Dream. I like to write on occasions about this amazing world of ours, hoping that it will stay amazing. This post is about one of my character’s view of the world.

K is for my keyboard. Well, more precisely my typing. Well, more precisely my Inner Typist’s typing. Fingers is my Inner Typist’s name… he’s one of my many Inner Aspects who make an appearance every now and again in this blog. He thinks that he types exceptionally well, although, on occasions I have to disagree. I have a worn out backspace key to prove it as well. This post is an example of my Inner Typist’s typing prowess…

L is for laboratory. As well as an Inner Typist, I have an Inner Scientist who creates just as much havoc. He wasn’t mentioned in the post Twilight Blues, which caused me to get stuck in the bath, but he was starting to make an appearance back then.

M is for Me! Me! Me me me! The blog is about all of me, including all of my Inner Aspects, thoughts, ideas, ramblings, rhymes, stories, waffle, art, dreams, and… well, everything really. There isn’t a link in this category as you are already there!

N is for Nonsense. A lot of my posts are just that, nonsense, as they are meant to be an escape from reality. They are meant to be fun, good humoured, and easy reading. Nothing heavy here, unless it’s a heavy post. I do do those on occasion too… this post isn’t heavy, however. It’s about censorship. It’s still a popular stopping off point for weary internet searchers, although what they are searching for, and how they feel when they find this post is beyond me…

O is for Oh, how much longer…! Actually, no it isn’t! It’s about One Minute Rambles. Occasionally, I challenge myself to type away, on any subject for one minute, and then (after tidying up the post) post it as is. Here’s an example.

P is for parallel dimensions. I cross many of them, every day. Here’s the proof!

Q is for Quest. I’m drawn to the year 1642, and the early Seventeenth Century. I’m trying to find out as much information as I can about that period to find out why I find myself seeing images in my mind’s eye of the time, and why I’m so strongly drawn to back then. This link goes to my Quest: 1642 page, with links to all of the information I have discovered so far on my journey.

R is for Reg. My Vampire friend.

S is for Surreal Reality. More vampireness.

T is for Time Travel. They say it isn’t possible. I say it is. My Mansion does it to me all of the time. Here’s the account of the first time I travelled… includes a reference to my former online identity.

U is for the Universe. I love it. Here’s a recent post about a planet and a constellation.

V is for Views from the window. As well as taking me to the far flung future and distant past, my Mansion also takes me to various other places around the Universe. I simply need to look out of the window and capture the view. This is an example of one of those views. It could also be for Vampires, but I’ve mentioned them already.

W is for words. This post is now well over a thousand words long, sorry about that. On occasions, I need to create new words for my posts, as the ones that are currently there don’t quite cut the custard – or whatever that phrase is. Any words I create go into my dictionary.

X is for exercise. Please humour me, it’s late and I’m tired, and I wanted to share this post about the effects exercise has on me.

Y is for Your Blog. I have a links page with links to a lot of the blogs I follow, and more will be added soon… is your blog on the page?

Z is for Zombies. I have an Inner Zombie, where bits drop off left right and centre. Fingers, my Inner Typist, also feels like a zombie at the moment too… he is saying he needs to drop off and can’t type any more.

Luckily, we’ve reached the end of this super-sized post.

Fancy writing your own A-Z Challenge post? Visit Frank’s blog, by clicking the picture at the top of this post.

Thank you for reading. You may go now.

Or, wake up.

Sorry.

I forgot about that part earlier…

Look into my eyes…

“Is he looking at me?” Shadowcat ponders, before he meanders and wanders arind the Grinds, stopping to wonder, under skies that thunder, should he dash for cover or wait for food?

He returns for a while, sits, stares with his cat ‘smile’ and hypnotic eyes, looking and thoughtfully thinking, purposely purring, yet waiting in style… until the first raindrop makes him run a mile.

“I’ll be back!” I sense him think, as all I can see is a tail, long and black, vanish out back. But I wonder… did his stare put me under … or did I hear him think?

Keeping On Keeping On

I’m back.

Of a fashion.

When I don’t post, I miss it. When I don’t visit the blogs that I enjoy reading, I miss that too. Yes, it can be time consuming at times, but blogging is an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. A great way to focus one’s attention and concentrate on ‘other things’.

It’s a family medical matter that took me away from blogging for the last week or so. The medical matter is still there, but it is being as best looked after as it can be right now.

I need to focus my mind… spend a couple of hours when I can in my little escape bubble, otherwise known as the Blogosphere (or Blogland as I affectionately call it).

So, I’m back. Of a fashion.

I may post in a random, haphazard manner. I may miss a day or two. I may take a while to respond to any comments, for which I apologise. I may take a while to visit all of the blogs I follow, but I will, hopefully once a week – hopefully more, time will tell. I will get back into the swing of things eventually.

Until then, I’ll just keep on keeping on…

In a Timely Manner

Sometimes, events or things happen at the right time.

Sometimes, events or things happen when they are needed the least.

Sometimes, events or things just happen.

We are the only ones who can judge if an event or a thing has occurred at the right time for us… in a timely manner.

Sideview’s Weekend Theme this week has arrived at a timely manner for me, what with her theme being ‘Manners’. Now, Sideview is referring to etiquette, and the correct way to act in certain situations, not, in the ‘kind of’ manner I began this post.

However, it fits in rather nicely with this post, as it would be bad manners of me just to disappear without a trace without any word of an explanation.

Events in real life are currently meaning I will be away from Blogland for hopefully only a few days… I don’t know yet.

Nothing to do with my recent post about needing to take a break due to being frustrated with the changes to the whole blogging processes, as I said in the very next post that I would continue.

And continue I will, when I return.

I hope to see you all very soon, but in the meantime I wish you all the very best in everything that you do, in every direction that you travel, and in every aspect of your life.

And remember… Feel Good!