Ember Tails, ch4 (pt.4)
Zane, Marcus, and Sam piled out of Marcus' car in front of the Sune's house. Zane and Sam both were holding wrapped presents, Zane's two with checkerboard wrapping while Sam's was beach-themed. "You think Keith will be moving today?" Marcus...
New Year's Day
Van stirred, not hung over but just pleasantly fuzzy. It was still dark outside, but from the sky he could see outside the big hotel window as he cracked open his eyes, it looked like dawn was near. He could even hear the murmur of a quiet crowd on the...
Ember Tails, ch4 (pt.3)
Zane was still munching on his bagel as he walked down the street to the bus stop. Several houses down, he heard someone call his name, making him turn around. Melanie the Fennekin jogged out of her front door and caught up to him. "Good morning,...
Ember Tails, ch4 (pt.2)
_"Hello, Shana? It's Howard."_ "Ah, hello Howard! How's it going?" _"It's going well, everyone's basically in good spirits. Spring break was actually very good for Kira, she's been much happier in the month or so since then than before then. Give...
Ember Tails, ch4 (pt.1)
Zane and Keith were in the back row of the van, Marcus in one of the middle seats, and Stan and Charlie in the front as they made their way north to the beach about an hour out of Hassenburg. "Thanks again for having us along," Keith said after...
Ember Tails, ch3 (pt.4)
Mr. Sune and Kira pulled up in front of the correct address. They were in a quiet neighborhood, suburban but small, with a nice gridded network of streets broken up only by a community park. It was the kind of place you could see kids biking or playing...
Making Tracks (full version)
I noticed the footprint the other day. It wasn't like any I had seen around here before, and piqued my curiosity, the print having crushed some of the underbrush down into the mud very clearly. I started paying a little more attention each time I went...
Making Tracks (edited version)
I noticed the footprint the other day. It wasn't like any I had seen around here, the print having crushed some of the underbrush down into the mud clearly. I started paying a little more attention each time I went out, and a few days later I found...
Ember Tails, ch2 (pt.5)
The last bell of the semester rang, and the middle-school students soon starting to stream out happily as winter break officially began. Keith, Kira, and Zane were not immediately among them, though, the three seventh-graders instead going from...
Consolation
The year had started so well for Dennis. He had escaped the "big three" sciences of high school and was finally getting to dive into oceanography in detail - at least, he _would_ be able to once he got through all the intro earth sciences classes....
The sights! The sights!
My trip started on Ireland's south coast, as that's where my sister has been doing her dig these past two years. I got a good walkthrough of the dig site last year, but we went through it again this year for our parents' sake. It was an old fort/prison...
Because not everything can be amazing...
First let me say that Irish food is DELICIOUS Second let me say it is RICH Third, if your stomach isn't used to it... I absolutely loved the food while I was there. Have you ever had a "full Irish" breakfast before? Or some of the seafood of Co.s...