Thanks very much for reading, @jayna. I guess you could categorize this as an allegory. I know it's not really pleasant reading, but it was something I had to get out. No happy ending here. Just life ;)

Ortega y Gasset! Names from my youth. I'll share with you my long interest in Spanish/Spanish literature. I studied the language through my early school years, took several courses as an undergraduate,

You have to read Unamuno. If he never come up in your literature classes (in Spanish), then your teachers are at fault. He is a classic. Borges, for example, acknowledges his literary and philosophical

What a wonderful coincidence that I mentioned Unamuno to you. One of his most famous books (more like a novella) was La Niebla. In that book the protagonist, Augusto Perez rebels against the author who

Hello @gabmr, Thank you for reading my story :) I've been thoughtful lately. Life is such a puzzle. You have to wonder, don't you? I was greatly influenced in my youth by a Spanish writer, Miguel de Unamuno.

I am wary of movies where the setting is an obvious draw--unless it's Africa, the English countryside or the American West :)) Venice is just too obvious, unless one uses it as a backdrop for decadence

I don't know what it says about me that I love these photos. They are real. They say something about you, about the way you feel. They are intrinsic. Not staged. When I have those days this is exactly

Kind of comes down to which vision do we choose to be a slave to? I think it's the illusion of choice that I cling to. Anyone who knows me would tell you that if a crowd is heading in one direction, I

Thank you!! Sometimes I start thinking. Fiction seems to be a good outlet for my ruminations :))

I would go into the forest. But then, I'm old. What would I choose if I were young?

Thank you. I thought readers might find it strange, but it passed my husband's test, so I figured it was not too strange. Yes, he chose the freedom of dying in the forest, on his own terms. He chose struggle

It's hard to translate from the English, I think, @goldgrifin007, but this is not a real place. It is an imagined place for a kind of allegory, a story that offers a metaphor for life. Not to be taken

Hello dear Inkwell community, I got the itch the other day to write a story. Every now and then I get that itch, so here is the story I wrote. It is in response to Inkwell Fiction Prompt #4:The Way Home.

It looks like I have at least on good series to watch...@erikah's The Perfect Lie has potential for a few evenings of lite viewing:) Thank you for including my review in this interesting highlight post.

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Interesting. Just looked up sentiment in the UK as a whole for rejoining the EU, and the polls show strong inclination in that direction. Here's an article from the Independent with a map showing areas

I am happy to hear that you have had a health breakthrough. Conventional medicine does not have answers for so many ills. My husband and I are old, so we deal with the issues of age. He is fighting a cancer

It's a ridiculous story. People sh-t themselves all the time during marathons. I remember watching Greta Waitz run in the NY Marathon with a roll of toilet paper because the stuff was oozing down her leg.

the bees and wasps get a little goofy with the desperation to feed at the end of the season 😬

I am very grateful that you answered and didn't take offense. I know this is intrusive, but as I say, it's not for me. We were self-sustaining before shaka left, I think. Perhaps not one of the most vibrant