Saturday, February 23, 2013

* A Frozen Game Of Patience

Well, in stark contrast to this busy-but-wonderful week, I’ve had a lazy-ish day today; family, friends, coffee, good food. And kindness.

I feel spiritually renewed, but sleepy.

Nicky and Mike over at We Work For Cheese are running a writing challenge during February.

She’s a kind lady, is Nicky. Crazy as a sack of badgers, but kind.




This blog entry has been removed, revised and included in the romping sci-fi epic TESTAMENT: FUNNY BADGERS by Indigo Roth, Red Angel Publishing, 2013.

Its reference in the book is DREAMS 7:1-18

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33 comments:

  1. nonamedufus23/02/2013, 20:44

    Well that was pretty cheeky of them! And you fell for it too.

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:25

      Hey Dufus! I'm a sucker for a dramatic dream sequence, it's true. And I fell for it hook, line and sinker. Roth

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  2. Unknown Mami23/02/2013, 20:58

    Did you write this before because I feel like I've read it? Or maybe I dreamed it.

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:23

      Hey Claudya! You did dream it! Well, THEY did, perhaps... Indigo x

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  3. jenny_o23/02/2013, 21:19

    I enjoy your descriptions so much. You don't go for the easy, cliched variety. Yours are unique, original and, well, beautiful a lot of the time. Example here: the marble rolling away to infinity on either side.

    Enjoyed this piece very much.

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:26

      Hey Jenn! Why, thank you, ma'am! That's boosted my spirit no end =) And again, I hope you're feeling better? Indigo x

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    2. jenny_o24/02/2013, 02:22

      Yes, I believe I'll live after all, thanks for asking :)

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  4. Jayne Martin23/02/2013, 22:00

    Like Jenny, I loved that image of the marble on the tabletop, too. This piece has a sweetness to it. I think you're characters love you as much as you love them.

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:28

      Hey Jayne! It's weird the things that come to you in dreams; this one must have stuck. And yes, I adore them all; that's what friends are for. Indigo x

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  5. Ziva23/02/2013, 22:22

    You have good dreams, Indigo, mine never make this much sense. ;)

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:30

      Hey Ziva! Well, sometimes they scare me silly, but those are rare. Pop by one night, I'll show you round my head; it won't take long. Indigo x

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  6. nickyf23/02/2013, 22:26

    I love this piece, Indigo. Although, it's funny, but I feel like I've dreamed this dream before... but what do I know? I'm just crazy as a sack of badgers, I am. And that, my friend, is without a doubt the greatest compliment I have ever been paid. :-)

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:31

      Hey Nicky! You flatter me, but yes, it must be your imagination; this is a WRITING challenge, not a REPOSTING opportunity, right? ;) Indigo x

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  7. laughingmom23/02/2013, 23:29

    Reminds me of "I see dead people" in a weird (absurd) way!

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:32

      Hey Amy! Oh wow, that would be freaky. Maybe everyone should go back and reread, just to make sure I wasn't dead throughout the whole thing? Indigo

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  8. life in the mom lane24/02/2013, 00:36

    I loved the way you turned it around Indigo! "We dreamed you so that you would write us."

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    1. Indigo Roth24/02/2013, 01:33

      Hey Barb! As I often say, I just write them down. But thank you =) And bless my subconscious! Indigo x

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  9. Alistair Robertson24/02/2013, 01:37

    I dreamed a dream of badgers gone by......

    {He mis-quoth}

    {Well I have been a bit miserables lately}

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  10. Katherine24/02/2013, 02:55

    I think my favorite line, possibly of your whole month of writing, is "He is coarse, rough, ready." Not sure why.... it just strikes me....

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    1. MikeWJ at Too Many Mornings24/02/2013, 08:36

      Your kind of man?

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    2. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:34

      Hey Katherine! I must confess that I came to realise that the line owes a debt to Dylan Thomas:

      "In Butcher Beynon's, Gossamer Beynon, daughter, schoolteacher, dreaming deep, daintily ferrets under a fluttering hummock of chicken's feathers in a slaughterhouse that has chintz curtains and a three-pieced suite, and finds, with no surprise, a small rough ready man with a bushy tail winking in a paper
      carrier."

      UNDER MILK WOOD

      But thank you. And yes, what Mike said ;) Indigo x

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  11. Paula Wooters24/02/2013, 03:19

    This is still one of my favorites!

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    1. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:35

      Ssssh Paula! You'll bring the wrath of Nicky down on me like a rabid amorous wombat. Well, so Ziva says. Rpth x

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  12. MikeWJ at Too Many Mornings24/02/2013, 08:36

    How very odd it is to think our existence depends on the dreams of others. And yet it seems plausible...

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    1. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:36

      Hey Mike! Dreams are what separate us from cattle. The only creation myth that appeals to me is that we are all a dream in the mind of God. Indigo

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  13. Mariann Simms24/02/2013, 10:54

    I don't dream...because I take Ambien! So take that, bristly badger! :)

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    1. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:37

      Hey Mariann! I would advise again mixing pharmaceuticals with this blog. There may be unanticipated interactions. Indigo x

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  14. KZ24/02/2013, 12:54

    Oh my, that last line gave me chills. I love the paragraph construction with what the different characters say to you. Everything feels a little bit more elevated that way.

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    1. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:38

      Hey KZ! I do like a bit of structure and momentum, true enough. But hey, as I often not, I'm just writing them down. But I'm glad you enjoyed it! Indigo

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  15. Yamini MacLean24/02/2013, 12:58

    Hari OM
    You're tuning in bhaiyya; this is the premise of existence you experienced. Trust me, I'm a brahmacharini, I know these things.

    ...and maybe you ate a tad too much cheese before bedtime?

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    1. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:41

      Hey Yamini! Bhaiyya or Bergkase? Tricky, both sound so plausible. But I must confess I didn't recall the origin of a dreamed existence; Thank you. Indigo

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  16. P.J.24/02/2013, 17:59

    Seems like a lot of dreaming going on here, Indigo.

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    1. Indigo Roth25/02/2013, 00:42

      Hey P.J.! Oh, always. It's the only way I can get anything done. Tho of course my subconscious stops me having any actual FUN. Indigo

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