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Author: Liz H-H

Moonlit Balloons

03/10/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 17 Comments

High on the hill, strands of moon drift, catching on the branch-ends of the Prairie Honey Tree. Barren of leaves, she bows under the fullness of her particular progeny, Continue reading →

A Raven Speaks

03/04/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 6 Comments

“What did you see at the North Falls, Silas?” Sylvi looked into his dark eye.

He searched for words. His head teemed with questions and sensations. Few people gave him his due, mistaking him for his smaller-brained, raucous cousins. Continue reading →

A Frosty Farewell

02/18/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 17 Comments

The fog and sleet haven’t let up since we departed Per’s Point. This far north, the sun is never more than a few inches off the horizon, for a few hours at a time. Had we chosen Midsummer, we’d have had near 24-hour sun. Continue reading →

Blank, Blank, Energy Breakthrough

02/17/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 2 Comments

The room sits at low-tide. Eddies twirl sluggish through muddy gray waters. Slow eyelids blink, sleepy frogs gathered ‘round in a circle. We hope that gathering and moving pen across paper will stir enough energy in this morning’s free-association writing group to stir those eddies into rivulets of free-flowing inspiration. Continue reading →

Cora’s Fireweed

02/11/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 6 Comments

September’s last rays paled as velvet breezes whispered of long nights to come. Cora nestled deeper into a warm hollow at cliff’s edge, ignoring the salt sway of the fjord below.

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Cat Calls

02/05/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 12 Comments

Black.

Black.

Black.

Thick, dark, heaviness. There’s some comfort in that.

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Takes You to the Edge

01/29/201804/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 9 Comments

It was rainy. It was dark. It was night.

It was like a bad start to a very bad story. Continue reading →

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