She lives in a one room, cozy cottage she built in the middle of a lush green forest. Her home sits in a grassy clearing, backed up to the base of a fern-covered cliff where in the Spring, sweet clean water trickles down to her waiting barrels. Tiny, baby blue flowers grow amongst the ferns on tender, too-thin stems of pale green. She is young, and happy, and full of hope. One day a pebble dislodges from the very top of the cliff. It’s not much larger than her smallest finger. It tumbles as it falls, briefly touching its brothers along the way. Seeing the pebble’s joy, the brothers break free and join his race down the steep slope. Others join, larger friends, who bring larger friends. And soon they are singing a thunderous roar of glee as they race each other ever faster down. She hears the song and runs out of her cabin, looking up to see them ripping through the ferns, plucking the flowers and consuming all in their bliss. She backs away, then trips. As she hits the gr...
You don't have anything brewing out in your garage? Maybe someone who works there uses their work computer on their lunch hour to surf blogs.
ReplyDeleteWe've tracked it down to "probably" a writer buddy of mine who works for the EPA. He was doing some lunch-time browsing earlier in the month.
ReplyDeleteLOL. You're a stats geek! (Aren't we all?)
ReplyDeleteSeriously. I'm a commercial lender by trade, so I analyze crap all day long.
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