Kohra awoke to bright sky-light beaming in from the open flap, illuminating dust motes that swooped like fireflies. She remembered how much she loved, as a little kid, sitting in a dark closet or an old shed, watching the shiny specks dancing in shafts of soft light coming through a crack in the door.…
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182) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 17 — Shaping: Connecting the Inner and Outer Worlds
As they reached the wagon, Beacon seemed to be asleep, standing in the roadway but unharnessed. Lenny headed straight for the grain sacks, in which she had fashioned a bed of sorts. As Gorb followed, Kohra reached out, putting her hand on his arm. He stopped, looking up at her. “I want…
d) Saving the World: Environmental and other Challenges of this Age of Humanity, e) The Meaning of Life and related thoughts, g) And Now For Something Completely Different
77) Magic, Motorcycles, and Mandelbrot: Part 1 – Magic
“Magic, Motorcycles, and Mandelbrot” This is the tagline to my blog. It’s a TERRIBLE tagline from a marketing perspective. I do know that. It’s almost like I’m hoping people WON’T come and read my blog, b/c you show up for the first time to check out this Dan Dolderman guy, you take a look and…
23) Gratitude Day 4: Gary Gygax
I’m grateful for Gary Gygax. For creating a system of collaborative story-telling. A vehicle for journeying in your imagination. A world for creating worlds. A spelunking kit for exploring the depths of your own character. A game, for trying on different masks and seeing how they make you feel. A test, for your courage, greed,…
20) Gratitude — Day 1
I am grateful for Slider. I’ve had him since I was 3 or 4, and he’s been in my bedroom (or now, usually my kids’ bedroom, cuz he gets to hang out with their stuffies and go on adventures when we’re all asleep or out of the house….of course….). He is the perfect shape for…