This post is part of 'WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS', a series of writings about Prunella (Ella) Smith, author, editor & reviewer, and the many worlds she inhabits: her physical reality; her online world where disgruntled author Dita stalks; the worlds of the books she edits; her dream world, and the world beneath the veil of her ordinary reality. Click here for the previous offerings in reverse order, or here for links to them in order. Worlds Within Worlds #20 Escape Somewhere in Tibet. Sometime in the 1950's My eyes fly open. I cock my head, listening. No sound of movement comes through the door curtain, no bare feet on the pounded-earth floor. No muffled sounds of activity from outside penetrate the thick walls. Even the dogs are silent. I climb from my bed, open the shutter and peer into the night sky. The light of a full moon washes over me and illuminates my room. Its position dispels any fear that I may have slept too long. The gong that will call the monks to prayer is still … [Read more...]
WWW #12. Man on a Mountain.
This post is part of 'WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS', a series of writings about Prunella (Ella) Smith, author, editor & reviewer, and the many worlds she inhabits: her physical reality; her online world where disgruntled author Dita stalks; the worlds of the books she edits; her dream world, and the world beneath the veil of her ordinary reality. Click here for the previous offerings in reverse order, or here for links to them in order. I'm relieved to leave the cyber-world behind. It's unreal compared to the three dimensional world around me, and yet it can take on a frightening reality of its own. Like Kelee's world, the cyber-world is merely black symbols on a white background, but our minds flesh out the symbolism and make it real - at least in our minds. Right now, I need to get out of my head. Merlin trots at my heels and yowels. I grab a sash from the back of the couch in the living room and dangle it in front of him. He leaps up and batts it with his cute little paws. I … [Read more...]
