Tag Archives: Dreamgate

Of June Bugs and May Beetles

The tap-tap-tap­ping on the win­dow was keep­ing me awake. Most chil­dren that I know would be a little scared by this con­stant noise on their bed­room win­dow, but not me. One thing that I have learned in my rather short time is that, on the whole, and gen­er­ally without excep­tion, there is always an explanation […]

The Dreams of Annabelle Cloud

The girl in the pic­ture said that her name was Kayleigh, but I knew she was lying. So, I called her Dilly Dilly after the song, Lav­ender blue dilly dilly, Lav­ender green. She didn’t like that. Whenev­er she was get­ting on my nerves, I would just say, “Yes, Dilly Dilly,” and she would stop getting […]

The Dreams of Annabelle Cloud

The morn­ings after were always the hard­est. The more Anna­belle trav­elled dur­ing her nights, the harder it became to wake up to the real­ity of the world. And the real­ity of that world was mundane. Her nights were filled with excite­ment and won­der, the strangest moments, fas­cin­at­ing people, fear, love, beauty. Her days were a […]