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Scene: Autumn Ablaze

[Begin scene] Across a small pond stands a pair of trees… A matching green in summer, they now reveal their differences, adorned in fresh autumn colors… One tree now dazzles in vibrant reds, the other, not to be outdone, shines bright in golden hues… Both set ablaze by the orange rays of the nowContinue reading “Scene: Autumn Ablaze”

Scene: Woollybear Wednesday

[Begin scene] A warm fall day, nary a cloud in the blue sky… Inching along a broad green leaf is a fuzzy little critter… Black on both ends with a length of brown to connect them… The woollybear stops here and there to munch on a crumb of the leaf as he makes hisContinue reading “Scene: Woollybear Wednesday”

Scene: Talk Like a Pirate Day

Arrr, welcome aboard MindEscapes. Get ye ready fer a grand Tale! [Begin scene] We were a cursed sittin’ still in ye vast ocean… Becalmed we were, adrift with the sea… Twas then that the cold wind a started blowin’… Spooked us all, the way it just come up like that… Then it rose, rightContinue reading “Scene: Talk Like a Pirate Day”

Scene: Leaving the Nest

We all must do it at some point. [Begin scene] Nestled deep in the branches of a pine tree, surrounded by dark green needles, sits a little bird nest… Just outside the nest hopping from branch to branch tentatively is a young blue jay in near full plumage… His familiar blue feathers ruffling as he hops branchContinue reading “Scene: Leaving the Nest”