vergil1

so... you get to these places sometimes... somewhere just one step beyond the troubles, just one instant before the fog lifts.

so... sometimes these places are almost worse than the troubles. At least with the troubles you have a direction, a goal... yeah I suppose I'm one of those... one of those goal-oriented guys... seem to need something to goad me on...

anyway... sometimes you're...
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I may be close to overcoming... been a long time... don't quite trust appearances.

I'm thinking about light today. I grew up on the High Plains of Texas. The light is very clear, very intense. Burns the ground, bleaches the wood, tans light flesh like leather. Nothing hides in such light.

I'm not there anymore. I live in a place with soft light, everything looks gold and fuzzy. It's like being in constant twilight.

I feel like I'm going...
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heh... had you change my story link... there it is again... sorry, I know it's kinda self-promotion... oh well:

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OK, you have me.

I joined SG on one my impulses, then tried to back out. But now I'm hooked, I guess.

a little intro... I'm a native Texan... West Texas, middle of the cotton fields in the Panhandle. I live in North Carolina now... wish I lived in Paris (France, not TX), maybe Praha, or Kyiv if the government ever straightens out. But right...
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I like to write. I don't make any money at it, but I do it anyway.

Would be very cool if you read my stuff. Would be even cooler if you told me what you think, good and bad.

http://www.scribd.com/jakreed