The Imagined Universe

Gray Day.� The rain has been falling steadily for the last couple of days, obliterating my sunny mood, pouring water over any weekend plans, and reminding me of the cold winter days I thought I had left behind.
But the rain is good for my tulips.�� I can already see the shoots springing up from the [...]

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The air is dry. So is my skin, my hair and even my eyes. I slather moisturizer, I use deep-penetrating, salon-special conditioners, I use all the eye drops I can get. They work, but only briefly.
The humidifier runs constantly, whining at the task of constantly feeding the air.� But the air drinks up all the [...]

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Rads tagged me with a great tag that I just love. Not only do I get to do almost no work, but I am also doing good for the environment. How? I am recycling My old posts, that is.
The rules of the tag are : Post 5 links to 5 of your previously written [...]

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She wakes up, and gets ready to go out
Hurriedly wears a sweater, still inside out
Her jacket, her cap, no half measures here
Black leather gloves lined with cashmere
Her boots, then rushes out in the snow
Walks as quickly as the slippery ice will allow
Reaches her mailbox, grabs the paper and
slowly walks back home.

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The spacecraft touched down slowly on Mars. A hatch opened, and an astronaut looked out. He then stepped down slowly onto the red Martian soil. The first man had landed on Mars.
The astronaut took his first step on Mars. Then he sneezed. He cursed silently. Neil Armstrong had said those unforgettable words when he landed [...]

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Growing up in India, I had never seen snow, except on television. Snowstorms were something I only read about in books. I would imagine fierce blizzards, the snow falling fast and furious, sounding like a tropical thunderstorm, only slightly louder. Snow looked so much bigger than rain drops, surely snow fall had to be louder [...]

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