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JamesBowie Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 252big old Bangor Maine up by the shack |
the cedar shingles rattle softly while the wind slowly whirls around getting itself worked up for the task of huff puffing and blowing my house down from the lake comes the first cool breezes and you can see, in the form of white caps the meaningful winds of the coming storm plodding their way unnerringly towards the shore Inside it is suddenly at the edge of night silent except for the slight rattling shingles and then the first fat raindrops thump and splatter across the bullseyed windowpanes and for a moment there is peace in rythm broken by a flash,and a large crack booming giants slam outside and with them bring mad and howling devil dog winds the first to fall before their might an aging oak, torn from it's age enfeebled roots comes crashing through the smaller thickets reverberating, the thud through my bones my dogs have gone hairy, seeking shelter under the safety of their masters chair and I am wary of the beasts outside unleashed as the forces of nature have no master Hail now begins to patter upon my roof now tapping, now pelting, now striking and a window weak with age, breaks letting the storm into my home then as sudden as moods shift, the storm stops from my broken window,only a drip and a breeze outside the sudden green is as striking as the storm that came before it |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  BRAVO!!! Wow, your wonderful words rage like a true storm, sweet friend, I could envision all the rain and hail falling as you sat on a chair viewing it all, this is excellent! (big hugggssssss) Your words are always a delight to read, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet James, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
This is exceptional, James... Your imagery is superb... I love your "bullseyed windows" - the handblown type, eh? Your storm has a way of surging right through the reader here, m'friend... |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
I could see the whole thing -- and feel it, too. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
JamesBowie Well done enjoyed the read. |
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JamesBowie Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 252big old Bangor Maine up by the shack |
I was writing as it was happening,that always helps. J |
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