Wild & Improbable Tales – The Winter King’s Summer

Dawn light broke through the reaching, inky fingers of the trees. Though summer was barely waning, the forest stood denuded of its leaves, as it always had. As it always would. The villagers had long stopped questioning why their wood did not bud and bloom and turn with the seasons. They knew it still lived, [...]

Wild & Improbable Tales – Summer’s Languor

  A gentle breeze rustling through the grasses and the distant shushing of waves on the beach were the only things to disturb the perfect quiet. She meandered along the winding path down to the coast, trailing her fingers through the waving fronds that edged the sandy trail and closed her eyes, breathing deep the [...]

Bouquets of Sharpened Pencils

   Oh, hello stranger. Fancy meeting you here! It's that time of year again, summer is over, first week of the new term is done and I'm back after a summer holiday blog break. 2015 has brought me a truly lovely summer filled with all sorts of exciting things. Here, let me show you...     [...]