Time for... Shadow Spell

 

The damp air, fat as a soaked sponge, the flickers of light filtering through the trees, the

swirl of the oncoming autumn made it all a fine day, in Connor’s opinion, to tromp around

the wood following the hawks.

Shadow Spell

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via Wikimedia Commons

10 Autumn Walk Ideas (and What to Notice on Each)

Our Little House in the Country

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It was lovely, she thought, to ride through the woods with the sky-blue overhead, with

the earthy perfumes of autumn wafting on the soft and pretty breeze.

Shadow Spell

Lay Down Sally

 

Cybil leaned over to Layla. “Why are guitar players so sexy?”

“I think it’s the hands.”

His certainly seemed to know what they were doing as he turned, 

tapped out the time, then led with a complex riff.

The Hollow

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Hey, it's not just me! 

A new survey found that women find a guy 90% sexier when he can play guitar!

WBLM

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The music pumped out again as he leaned close to her. 

“I resisted the more obvious Clapton. How many guys have hit you with ‘Layla’ over the years?”

“Pretty much all of them.”

“That’s what I figured. I’ve got this individualist streak. Never go for the obvious.”

Oh yeah, she thought when he grinned at her. She was definitely in trouble.

The Hollow

RIP Dolly Parton

 

Pandora resigned herself to a solo and decided the effort of cooking would keep her mind off fresh trouble. Needing company, she switched on the tuner on the kitchen wall unit and fiddled with the dial until she found a country-music station. Dolly Parton bubbled out brightly.

A Will and a Way

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In Memoriam

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Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations

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In just over an hour, Mac's predictions proved on target. The wind tapered down to an irritable mutter. Before another hour had passed, the juke—which Joanie refused to run on her generator— whined back on, hiccuped, then offered up Dolly Parton.

Angels Fall

Why do people color their hair

 

Average brown hair her mother wouldn’t let her have highlighted.

 Just wait until she hit eighteen and could do

 whatever she wanted with her own hair.

Shelter in Place

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Some people stick with the same hairstyle and hair color for years, while others seem to reinvent themselves every few months.

Economic Times

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There she'd be, this gorgeous woman—looked like a queen. Never

knew what color her hair would be from one week to the next.”

“She's a brunette today,” Megan said, and made him laugh.

Megan’s Mate

“Theories of embodied perception suggest that nonvisual factors impact what we actually see”

 

The parody of a smile became a snarl. His face flushed dark and ugly.

River's End

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When you learn someone you trusted did something bad, fear affects how you perceive their appearance too. 

YAHOO!

Stonehenge 🗿

 

There the path ended, and there stood the stones, a perfect circle, graduated in size from one on each side no higher than Riley’s waist to the king stone, taller than two men.

They stood, quiet gray, under the strong afternoon sun, swimming in a shallow sea of mist.

“Not as massive as Stonehenge, but more symmetrical,” Riley observed. “I bet when I measure them, each set is precisely the same in height and width, and an exact ratio.”

The archaeologist led the way, moved straight up, laid a hand on a stone. Pulled it back. “Did you hear that?”

“It . . . grumbled,” Sawyer said.

“No, it sang!”

Island of Glass

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“…the only certainty about Stonehenge is that the ancient secret it conceals is a formidable one.”

Voices from the Dawn

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“Last year I went to Ireland for the solstice,” he told her.

“There’s a small stone dance there, in County Cork. It’s more intimate than Stonehenge. The sky stays light until nearly ten, and when it begins to fade, toward the end of the longest day, the stones sing.”

 

Face The Fire

Most and Least Ticketed Types, Makes and Colors of Cars 🚗

 

Royce Cameron parked his Jeep behind a spiffy little classic Spitfire convertible in flaming red.

The kind of car and color, he mused, that screamed out: “Officer, another speeding ticket here, please!”

Laura @ The MacGregor Brides

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It’s time to put some of the more persistent myths about car colors and models to the test.

CJ Pony Parts

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"And watch your speed. The traffic cops just love to nail pretty boys like you in their hot cars."

Night Shield

Quoting Nora