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ElvenSword, chapter 4 (Choices)

A very substantially rewritten chapter 4, uploaded to my website.

“Fluin.” He stopped for a moment, while he made his final calculations, before they both stepped through the door of fate from which there can be no return. To his surprise, he could feel the subtle, nerve-tingling buzz of future-change. He could sense the many possible futures lying in limbo, ready for one to align and crystallize out of the void, turning from possibility to probability to truth. The threads in the Tapestry woven by the Weavers were being moved and cut, and new threads inserted. Why? It could only be because what he was about to do was going to change the future drastically. This alarmed him. He tried to feel gently along the paths, to sense what was right. Yet he didn't know what to do, what the future held. The forces and the uncertainties were too strong. He must trust his instincts and his heart. May the Great Spirit guide me and help me!

Apollo -- via Karen'sWhimsy

Oh Yeah

I'm sick today with a sore back, which has been very painful all week.  So I'm off to the physio later.  Plus I have heaps of work to do for my RL job.  So, since I can't do much on this blog or do much writing, I thought I'd share this ... interesting and, uh ... arresting image with you. 

Tongue Kiss

Some blokes think only in terms of sex: every friendship, every relationship is seen through the sex filter. But, actually, sex can lead to warm feelings, to the development of love and affection.  Look at the love and affection in the expressions of these two guys.  Yes, the image is erotic.  But it's also romantic.  It's about love, of one kind or another, about the need to connect, to love and be loved.  Someone once said that a man approaches intimacy through sex, while a woman approaches sex through intimacy.  Well, maybe.  But there's some truth there.  A man open to love and affection might well find that it is sex which opens the door to his mind and his heart, while another guy, incapable of love, finds that sex is purely mechanical and that no contact is made or is possible.

Intimacy

No, not sex.  Intimacy.  Closeness.  Love.  Affection.  Warmth.  Caring.

Intimacy.  Something essential to our lives.  With it we are fulfilled.  Without it we wither.

While I'm ...

... moving across everything from the old laptop to the new one (it's taking forever!),  I thought you'd like this picture.

It's so tender, while also being erotic.

Love.  In all its facets.

Enjoy.