A short delay? IRREGULAR! 4,320,000 Earth years and that’s the Manvantara! No extensions! I’m the one who has to dance every little cause stream through the fourteen planes, and they know most of my work is for the lower five—the scrapes those bottom dwellers get into! They’re supposed to fold the bottom five up for the next 4 million. So why—Oh! Forgive me, I didn’t see you here, Miss, Ms, attractive Soul. No one ever stops by. You would dance with me? Through eternity? Oh it’s entirely my pleasure. Please take my hand!
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Paul Merkley
Co-Founder of Seniors Junction, a social enterprise working to prevent seniors isolation. Emeritus professor, U. of Ottawa. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Founder of Tower of Sound Waves. Author of Fiction.
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10 Days in Iceland
Every night at midnight, the purple clouds came out to dance with the blushing sky. I don't like complicated back stories or heavy introductions. Maybe you don't either. Best to get going with the interesting bits, I think. So I'm keeping this introduction to the bare essentials then straight to the main story. What do you need to know? A bit about me, that's necessary and fair. I like history. I own a bed and breakfast in downtown Reykjavik just across from what used to be one of the greatest churches in Europe. My name? Oh we all just use patronyms. My name is Agata and my father's name was Alfred, so Agata Alfredsdottir. Before the occupation I gave tours of Thrihnukkagigur, the only volcano in the world with an intact lava crater. That is how you spell it in English, and that is how we say it, but we use a rune for the Th, so Þrihnukkagigur, because there are three peaks. I used to take tourists inside the volcano to the floor on the window washing stand. I love my country.
By Paul Merkleyabout a year ago in Fiction
Turning Pages of Life
Life’s like a book — some parts are good, others not so much. Still, keep turning the pages; you might find the best chapter next. If someone hurts you, choose to forgive or just let it be, but never change who you are for them.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing5 days ago in Poets
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