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The Principle Of Moments

The Caves of Altamira, Steely Dan

I’d been meaning to pick up on earlier references to “the Caves of Altamira” for The Principles Of Moments website where we’ve been working on story.

 

I think this one comes from a different one, not sure of its …

Pleasing Grandmother

Ask him about family, and Dance’s eyes get that familiar shadow of reserve. Ahh, Drin thinks, so things didn’t go well when he came out.

Even if he could afford to go back he’d keep it short, he tells Drin …

Auren Han’s gun

He’s hardly the first guy at a concert with a jacket tailored to carry concealed, and you’d never thought you might have a gun fetish. You know, these things just happen– you see a beautiful man in the backstage crowd, …

Greet the Ragged Stranger at the Gate

You must always remember, Drin tells himself, to greet the old man at the crossroads in the morning. Acknowledge the crone at the railroad crossing.

It’s always surprising, the results you get when you do.

And even more so when …

A Rather Baroque Trio

This is the section which shows how Drin, Dance, and Emma ended up doing chamber music together.

So to speak.…

Swamp Nation

Originally named Carpe Dia and intended to hold Grace’s backstory, this has been expanded to hold bits and pieces of backstory from the various denizens of Dismal Swamp.…

Pen’s Place

A Parent Page for information about Pen’s place in the woods. The House, the Back Forty, and the Sounding Apparatus are here, as well as other points of interest.…

fluorescent salmon orange mushrooms on log

born careful

“They caught up with you,” Drin says woodenly.

The little girl tosses tangled hair out of her eyes, a gesture Drin does not recognize, a gesture that feels like it must be habit for her, the girl herself. Dance’s word …

Birdsong

Claudia kneels next to her distraught child. “Well, why don’t you set the table? Dinner should be ready in a little bit.” The silverware door sticks a little as she pulls it open and grabs five sets of utensils. Why