I Made A Little Guy

“while skiing one january in the lamar valley of yellowstone park, i found this story written in the snow.  a meadow vole was hopping on the surface of the snow eating grass seeds he found there. after he had been traveling for several hundred yards, he made a left turn and a hawk caught him, picked him up and flew away.  the tail feathers and wing prints of the bird were left to plainly illustrate the brief life and death event.”  – tom murphy

A kindly looking fey approaches you.

"I'm not going to pretend you're as foolish as someone else would say you look. Though it appears you are in need of assistance. There are several things I am willing to take in exchange for helping you. So, before we get started,

It is your choice, of course."

scientists in the 1990s, putting a Get More Purple gene attached to a harmless plant virus into an already purple petunia: please get more purple

the petunia, sensing an apparent honest to god Get More Purple Disease, using the previously undiscovered RNAi antiviral ability to shut down all other purple genes along with it just in case: you put VIRUS in petunia? you infect her with the More Purple?? oh! oh! her children shall bloom white! jail for mother, jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

If you’re pining you need to stop and pick a different tree. You know, spruce it up a little

creating a universe with your own hands

Rodeo Beach

Nicknames: when you shorten someone’s name affectionately

Nicholasnames: when you elongate someone’s name affectionately

life and existence. fragile and ruthless. precious and temporary. confusing and miraculous.