And then sometimes, once all the pieces have fallen where they may, I am left with a deep set and desperate desire to come home, To that green, green grass. To that place where mountains touch the sky, And legs disappear amidst a sea of iridescent wildflower, Toes in the brown earth, mud by the…
Category: dreams
Remember who you are
Two weeks ago I took an impromptu vacation from my blogging commitments, because things suddenly got hot and steamy with the book I have been working on, like 15,000 words hot. I’ve been waiting on the next step in my relationship with this book for a long time, and you know what? It’s exciting, it’s…
Death of a raven
Marlyn has been my long time like-minded-fiend in the quest for expression of creativity and imagination. A brilliant mind and a brilliant artist, she gave me the eloquent and deviant theme, the death of a raven, for day twelve. Death of a raven. J R Manawa. In the sky above her the ravens gathered. Neither…
The pohutukawa trees
The topic for day five changed the direction of the initial story dramatically. The moment Alisa told me her choice of topic was Pohutukawa trees, just to get a bit of ‘Lil ole NZ‘ into my challenge, she had no idea how scene-setting it would be. To be fair, she had no idea what I…
His lifeline (I’ll miss you). Part 1
This little tale is here for you to zone out and escape while you are still digesting you Christmas meal on a hopefully relaxed boxing day afternoon! And if I haven’t said it already, Merry Christmas beautiful people! His lifeline. J R Manawa. ‘Just keep driving. Please.’ It wasn’t a request. It was simply, “do…
This side of darkness 