I'm watching the movie for the first time today. Quite good and it largely followed what's in the novel which I read back in high school. I really loved it. When you think about the story there are some really horrifying and twisted things in it. I've probably read Flowers at least a dozen times and it's one of the things that I'm sure has contributed to what I write.
The grandmother locks the kids away in a bedroom and an attic. They can't get out unless they die which the grandmother feeds them arsenic to help achieve it. Every morning she would take pure arsenic, mix it with powered sugar and sprinkle it on the morning donuts. The kids mother only wants what she wants. She ignores the kids also. Certain passages from the Bible are used to justify everything which helped change some of my viewpoints at an early age.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD?
(This is a bit of flash fiction that came to me the other day. I've also posted it on Wattpad. Yes, it does need a little clean up.)
Balthazar sat there quietly. He was wearing a
hooded robe and you could barely see his eyes in the soft light. The sign
outside stated he was the seer of all things. Shuffling the deck of cards, the
movement of the man’s hands mesmerized. Slowly and deliberately he slid the
cards together. The full deck he sat down in front of me. "Pick a
card."
Something in the back of my mind told me; I shouldn't, I didn't really want to know
the future. I didn't listen though. Picking up part of the stack I let the
bottommost card fall into my free hand. It was the ace of spades.
He frowned as he considered the card. "This
is not good, not good at all."
I'm confused by his reaction, "what do you
mean?"
"Death," he gazed down at the card in my
hand.
"So this means I'm going to die?"
He tried to sound hopeful, "it could just
mean a change in life also. Remember, the cards only show possibilities. Change
your course and it might not happen."
"I kind of do wish I could change my
course," I mused as I considered the envelope that came earlier that day.
Suddenly the plane flight and the funeral weren't all that important. Yes, I
could change my course, I could always visit the marker later.
"No, you can always change your course,"
he assured me.
"Well, thank you for your time." I
walked out of the place. All the while I tried to put it out of my mind. My
next stop was at a tavern. Yeah, I can just catch a later flight. I picked out
a stool at the far end of the bar and began drinking.
Not paying attention to the time I watched the ebb
and flow of the customers. Soon, two hours had passed and I finally looked at
the clock on the wall. I was five minutes late for my flight now. That's when
the breaking alert came on the TV. A crawl on the bottom of the screen scrolled
across. "Flight 119 to Denver crashed."
"Hey barkeep, turn that up!"
He just stared at me.
"That was the flight I was supposed to be
on." To add emphasis I pulled the ticket out of my pocket.
He nodded and turned the TV up. My emotions
swirled as I watched the horrifying event playing out on the TV. I now needed
something stronger to drink.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
AN UPLIFTING TRUE STORY OF LOVE - from love and loss to love renewed - a feel-good read
Losing loved ones is an awful fact of life; losing one's loving spouse, one's day-to-day partner through life, especially in the prime of life, is one of the most unbearable tolls that we humans are forced to endure. This is the true story of my journey from grieving widower, not caring if I lived or died, to the once-again happily married man I am today, a man who both loves and cherishes life. My three kitties have given me a new zest for living.
Equally inspiring and entertaining, my story begins with loss and tears, but it ends with lots of love and laughter. I think that you will find yourself moved by my journey.
EXCERPT
It is amazing how time helps. In time, I have learned to overcome my own albatross. I have learned to live again, to love again. Life is a gift reads a plaque on our dining room wall, and that sums up what I have gained from the three kitties that saved my life. From Coco, I learned to care again. From Kitty, I learned to love again. From Pom Pom, I have learned how to cope with my own demons, the effects of aging being one of these. Pom Pom has taught me to accept what is and then to move onward. Yes, I have learned plenty from my three kitties.
My journey has been a long one, a difficult one at times, but it has a happy ending. The three kitties in my life have made it so. They have all helped me to become the happy-to-be-alive man that I am today. I now accept rather than cope. I live each day to the fullest, knowing full well that life is a gift, and a very precious one at that. I look back on my life and I often think that I must be the luckiest man in the world. I have so much to be thankful for. The wonderment and beauty of life are both so dear to me.
And, to add a delicious icing to the lovely taste of my life, I can say with total honesty to the whole world, my voice booming into the sky, my dancing feet not caring in the least who might see me, that I have been very fortunate to have done something that brings more sheer delight and wonderful pride to me than anything else that I have accomplished in my life: I have fallen madly, heads-over-heels in love not once, but twice, and how many others can say that?
Thank you, Kitty!
The reviews are really good. These bits are gleaned from the actual reviews.
"The Three Kitties That Saved My Life" by Mike Meyer is a moving memoir about loss and recovery.~ ChristophFischerBooks
We all suffer loss in our lives, yet few of us would bare our soul for all the world to see. Michael Meyer has done just that in this uplifting and cathartic book.~ T. R. Harris
“The Three Kitties That Saved My Life” is a beautifully written memoir of love and loss and love again. ~ R. Lee Holz
Losing loved ones is an awful fact of life; losing one's loving spouse, one's day-to-day partner through life, especially in the prime of life, is one of the most unbearable tolls that we humans are forced to endure. This is the true story of my journey from grieving widower, not caring if I lived or died, to the once-again happily married man I am today, a man who both loves and cherishes life. My three kitties have given me a new zest for living.
Equally inspiring and entertaining, my story begins with loss and tears, but it ends with lots of love and laughter. I think that you will find yourself moved by my journey.
EXCERPT
It is amazing how time helps. In time, I have learned to overcome my own albatross. I have learned to live again, to love again. Life is a gift reads a plaque on our dining room wall, and that sums up what I have gained from the three kitties that saved my life. From Coco, I learned to care again. From Kitty, I learned to love again. From Pom Pom, I have learned how to cope with my own demons, the effects of aging being one of these. Pom Pom has taught me to accept what is and then to move onward. Yes, I have learned plenty from my three kitties.
My journey has been a long one, a difficult one at times, but it has a happy ending. The three kitties in my life have made it so. They have all helped me to become the happy-to-be-alive man that I am today. I now accept rather than cope. I live each day to the fullest, knowing full well that life is a gift, and a very precious one at that. I look back on my life and I often think that I must be the luckiest man in the world. I have so much to be thankful for. The wonderment and beauty of life are both so dear to me.
And, to add a delicious icing to the lovely taste of my life, I can say with total honesty to the whole world, my voice booming into the sky, my dancing feet not caring in the least who might see me, that I have been very fortunate to have done something that brings more sheer delight and wonderful pride to me than anything else that I have accomplished in my life: I have fallen madly, heads-over-heels in love not once, but twice, and how many others can say that?
Thank you, Kitty!
The reviews are really good. These bits are gleaned from the actual reviews.
"The Three Kitties That Saved My Life" by Mike Meyer is a moving memoir about loss and recovery.~ ChristophFischerBooks
We all suffer loss in our lives, yet few of us would bare our soul for all the world to see. Michael Meyer has done just that in this uplifting and cathartic book.~ T. R. Harris
“The Three Kitties That Saved My Life” is a beautifully written memoir of love and loss and love again. ~ R. Lee Holz
Stop by and get your copy today. http://www.amazon.com/Three-Kitties-That-Saved-Life-ebook/dp/B00CGND93E
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Happy New Year
It's the end of one year
Beginning of another
Time to reassess
Light that inner fire
Step into the new dawn
All tomorrows are yours
And the past is gone
Beyond the distant shores
The sky is the limit
Your journey awaits
Take the first step forward
To your eventual fate
31 Dec 13
It's been a rough year for many, including myself. The finances have been really tight for me the last couple of months. I'm not the only one that's been happening too either and I'm positive it will get better in the coming year. We're seeing some of the last gasps of that horridly deep recession we were in. Enough of the bad stuff, we don't need to focus on that.
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Walt Disney
On that note I have some goals for 2014. I'm going to try to finish Ascendency Rising and release it this year. I have several other ideas that are just bits and pieces at this point, I'm going to see if I can't put them all together in this new year. One of the bits and pieces I actually got a smidgen of the idea while listening to the song "Two Black Cadillacs." I even bought a copy of the MP3. You do realize the two women get together and kill this man. One of the women is his wife, the other is his lover. Well, one day they get talking and they do something about his two timing ass.
I also had a great idea last night that I really would like to see where it goes. How did my ghosts in "An Ill Wind Cometh" come to be? I might not get it out this year but it will definitely be happening at some point. I'm actually beginning to look at having out two novels and short story in a whole series. I've also kind of wondered what happens to the young couple later. I've had some tiny bits and pieces here and there, could be interesting.
Beginning of another
Time to reassess
Light that inner fire
Step into the new dawn
All tomorrows are yours
And the past is gone
Beyond the distant shores
The sky is the limit
Your journey awaits
Take the first step forward
To your eventual fate
31 Dec 13
It's been a rough year for many, including myself. The finances have been really tight for me the last couple of months. I'm not the only one that's been happening too either and I'm positive it will get better in the coming year. We're seeing some of the last gasps of that horridly deep recession we were in. Enough of the bad stuff, we don't need to focus on that.
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Walt Disney
On that note I have some goals for 2014. I'm going to try to finish Ascendency Rising and release it this year. I have several other ideas that are just bits and pieces at this point, I'm going to see if I can't put them all together in this new year. One of the bits and pieces I actually got a smidgen of the idea while listening to the song "Two Black Cadillacs." I even bought a copy of the MP3. You do realize the two women get together and kill this man. One of the women is his wife, the other is his lover. Well, one day they get talking and they do something about his two timing ass.
I also had a great idea last night that I really would like to see where it goes. How did my ghosts in "An Ill Wind Cometh" come to be? I might not get it out this year but it will definitely be happening at some point. I'm actually beginning to look at having out two novels and short story in a whole series. I've also kind of wondered what happens to the young couple later. I've had some tiny bits and pieces here and there, could be interesting.
Monday, December 30, 2013
In memoriam (poem)
The casket is open
I'm drawn closer
Have to see her there
Lying in repose
Her body at rest
I reach for her hand
The icy coldness
Anguish abounding
Wells up from within
Wailing gasps from me
Fills the air around
My essence empties
Falling to my knees
Emotion floods out
Until I'm emptied
Only a shell now
Devoid of feeling
All is lost to me
30 Dec 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
It's alive...
Tonight I uploaded "A Last Haul" and it's alive on Smashwords. It's also free. It might be a while for the novel it's a prequel for to be out again though, I guess it's in line edits.
Here's where you can get your own copy of "A Last Haul."
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/392755
Here's where you can get your own copy of "A Last Haul."
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/392755
A little wickedness...
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