Category Archives: playing games

River of Dreams #17: A Small Town on The Highway

Posted on October 16, 2010 by randomyriad

Part III Finding The Ranch   I Saturday Afternoon at The Drifter’s Reef   Maddie Bolter skipped down the sidewalk. Every now and then she did a little shuffle slide to avoid people who eyed her nervously, Dressed in baggy … Continue reading →

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One More Sentence, Please, Dear Reader/Writer?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by randomyriad

The reader! You, dogged, uninsultable, print-oriented bastard, it’s you I’m addressing, who else, from inside this monstrous fiction. You’ve read me this far, then? Even this far? For what discereditable motive? How is it you don’t go to a movie, … Continue reading →

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A Tongue Twister Moment

Posted on September 29, 2008 by randomyriad

I broke a blue bottle on the front porch, and as I cleaned it up a few tiny pieces fell on the bright lawn. “Blue glass in the green grass: Blue grass in the green glass,” I chanted on my … Continue reading →

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Summer Noses Spouting Milk: Poetry Leads to Sit Down Comedy

Posted on September 22, 2008 by randomyriad

“I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.“ Woody Allen I just came across this quote and it made me laugh loudly. I could hear the slight stutter and see the raised eyebrows over … Continue reading →

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If You Can Dance on the Wind, the Fall is not so Bad

Posted on July 22, 2008 by randomyriad

We flew our kite at school today and the wind took it high into the blue. It shone bright yellow and the green of new spring leaves with a tail the color of fire. the kite spun and danced in … Continue reading →

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