“I don’t know any more,” the Princess said, “And that is the truth.” The whole of the Kingdom cohered in a gasp, yet the Princess, addressing her people from her balcony, relaxed and poured herself some wine. “The thing is, maybe Socrates was right. Perhaps true knowledge is knowing you know nothing. I can’t plan … More Vampa’s Tales | Uncertainty
One day the Princess exaggerated. She had been feeling poorly, and hoped her Doctor could prescribe her a medicine. But every time she’d rung his doorbell, his wife had had refused to let her in: “What is your illness?” the Doctor’s Wife asked the first time.“I cough and my throat is sore.”“You are not sick … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Princess Exaggerated
One day the tree did not blossom. It was the defeat of Winter and Spring was celebrating her victory in full. The whole of the Kingdom looked divine: grass sung, birds awakened, and all trees blossomed. All but one. The Tree Of Prosperity stood desolate in the courtyard. It had lost all its leaves apart … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Tree Did Not Blossom
One day the Princess was right. It was an early Monday morning. The weather had been lovely, the air filled with a mixture of the beginning of Spring and the last pinch of Winter, and the Princess had decided to take a walk. She often did this to clear her mind and heart, but not … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Princess Was Right
One day the future worried the princess. A travelling Jester visited her court, armed with a deck of magic cards. Her curiosity had outweighed her scepticism, and so she had her future laid out before her. With twelve cards in total, her year was predicted month by month. January gave her wings, February was kind, … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Future Worried The Princess
One day, the Princess broke the curse. In the kingdom lived many witches. Some were experienced sorceresses, others merely dabbled their tippy toes in magic. Many were malicious, a handful benevolent. And only one of them had recently turned green. The Green Witch was an acquaintance of the Princess, and the latter hadn’t noticed the … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Princess Broke The Curse
One day, the mirror broke. The Princess, lost in thoughts, missed a step and nearly tripped. In an attempt to break her fall, she dropped everything from her hands to be able to grab on to the nearest thing. In her right hand had been a hair brush, old and battered, and in her left … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Mirror Broke
One day, the Princess stopped singing. And with each day that passed, her castle grew a little quieter, darker, colder. Sadder. More lifeless. Like a virus that spread itself all over the castle. The changes happened imperceptibly slow, so much so that the Princess would never even have noticed them at all, if not for … More Vampa’s Tales | One Day The Princess Stopped Singing
As I crouch down on my knees, I pinch myself for the so-manieth time. Involuntarily, because it’s not my intention to jam my hand into a pile of LEGO. But hey, I go where love takes me. And today that is to the floor, accompanied by heaps of LEGO in plastic containers – one of … More Personal | The In-Loves
“Do I look hungry to you?” Unaware of the rhetorical side of my question, my Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ugh, I keep forgetting how I abbreviated it before and I don’t want to be inconsistent 🙈) scrutinises me. And before I can hit her with the clou of my joke, she actually answers: “Above all … More Personal | Hungry Looks
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