temptation drifts to river red
flowing out and away of
dry husk crinkle breeze me
parched of sunbleached bone
shift the sands slipstream
hush, now baby-baby, hush
flutter at whispers dry
chapped and in peel, ravaged for
kissing phantoms in the night
ravaged
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casting runes — 30dec25
isaz not unlike sun-spangled snow
your beauty brilliantly blinds
binds me to something bright
that i can never have, i am left to
living as your shadow insteadA rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is isaz, a rune that is translated as the word “ice”. Sources associate isaz with a calmness, present moment or stillness. As ice, isaz is sometimes associated with standstill, stagnation, stasis or contraction; even at times as pristine beauty with seductive qualities.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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Well, that’s done
Photo by Mário Rui André on Unsplash As I committed to myself and anyone who bothered actually reading the content of my posts about the matter in either sphere, I killed my Instagram and Facebook accounts tonight. A couple of days earlier than some might expect, but my only commitment to everyone was that the accounts would cease to exist in the waning days and hours of 2025. Reach out if you want to stay in contact, I said.
If I was expecting a flood of people saying “don’t leave us!” (I wasn’t), I might have been disappointed in the response. I was expecting nothing and got a trickle instead, so I count those few blessings.
I am left with the overall opinion: Good riddance.
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far gone seas
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while whispering my wishes
back to me, offering
drifts in calmer currents
drifts off to far gone seas
some days i dream of dying
others, i know already that i have
been dying for decades
just a silver slip and falling
her arms catch, on gentle wings
to carry me, bringing
drifts in calmer currents
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reads | Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey
I know… As usual, I am late to the party. To be fair, however, when I originally read the first book in The Expanse series, I was hardly in the right mindset to continue on with the series. It had been a struggle to read any novels at the time. Proof of which is that I only had vague recollections of the plot involved. I was in full-distraction mode when it came to reading anything offline.
At the time I had planned to continue reading the next book, but I think I was put off by the wait times for a library copy or the cost, or both. I recently signed up for Kindle Unlimited and was both surprised and pleased to see the whole series of books were available to borrow.
As I said, my head was someplace else when I read the first book back in 2022, so I reread it to refresh my memory and I’m glad I did.
The Expanse series, both books and television series based on the books, have been very popular with readers and viewers across the globe. If the first book is any indication, there is a good reason for its popularity, as it tells a fairly “ripping yarn” that doesn’t slow down enough to avoid the occasional bouts of hypoxia. But in a good way.
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