Getting Acquainted
I spend most of my time playing alpha female for my pack of dogs. Lucy (Boston terrier), Harley (chihuahua). Hershey (miniature dachshund) and Jasper (standard schnauzer) are my entertainment and sometimes muses. Jasper is a puppy mill rescue dog and I'm in the intital stages of writing a series of vignettes of his life since the rescue contrasted with eduaction about rescues and puppy mills. I do actually have other interests than writing and my dogs. I love to scrapbook, watch ice hockey, listen to a variety of music genres and reading. My parents both were avid readers and passed that love on to me. I'll read a cereal box if you set it in front of me!
The Quest
The Quest

Fighting the cold, howling gale,
he makes his way to yon castle.

Regardless of the chill,
he is sweat-soaked,
immersed in thought,
fear swallowing his soul.

He makes his way to the bowels
of the unforgiving stone walls.
Hoards of bats attempt to
impede his progress.
He swats them away.

Finding what he seeks,
he tries to wipe countless years
of dust from
an ancient glass case.

He reads the cryptic message
carved in ebon stone.
Realization freezes his heart.

The curse removes his senses.
His quest has left him mad.
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