Bill W

From the Latin obstrepere - 'ob' meaning against and 'strepere' meaning make a noise.

It seems like an awfully big word to say a disorderly or rambunctious child.

It's not anywhere near the hundred you mentioned, Steve, but I see there are links posted for four stories for the anthology. Hopefully it will be a lot more.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Steve, Happy Birthday to you! My present to you is that you didn't hear me sing this. I hope you have a great and enjoyable day!

It is said that Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar who was burned at the stake for heresy, imprecated his accusers, Pope Clement V and King Phillip IV of France (and his descendants), as he died. Apparently, Pope Clement died 33 days after de Molay and King Phillip shortly thereafter, and King Phillip's sons died young, failing to produce male heirs, so King Phillip's dynasty ended. It seems de Molay's imprecation proved to be very powerful.

Than either the Brits are less likely to harm the royals or the country, as a whole, has less to fear or worry about.

And to my utter surprise, King Charles was walking totally alone along the trail and wasn't accompanied by any protective detail, and he casually stopped to chat with the bikers. If that was the President of the United States, he'd have a Secret Service detail with him at all times.

Walking into a heated disagreement and misunderstanding between my two best friends, I turned around an left, because I refused to be pulled into the imbroglio.

Let me expand on that definition. Imbroglio: An acutely painful, extremely confused, embarrassing, or complicated misunderstanding.

I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, and I'm glad that you're getting out and around and seeing the southwest up close and personal.

I started writing stories 25 years ago and posted my stories on a couple of different sites. One of those sites is no longer around, but the other was Nifty. My first story, A Tragic Love, was a reaction to the Matthew Shepard murder near Laramie, Wyoming. I received many positive responses from gay teens and gay tweens about the story, and quite a few of them told me personal stories about themselves, and after hearing their stories, I got to know them at a deeper level. Some were dealing with problems arising from being gay, mostly from their families or the school environment, so I decided to write a story that might help them escape and even cope in some way. As I explored the idea with them, as a place they could go to mentally escape and possibly even supply them with ideas they might use to cope with their problems, the encourage me to write the story. A number of them even asked if they could be a character in the story, and I agreed to loosely based a character on their situation, and that's how The Castaway Hotel came about. Since I was posting mainly on Nifty at the time, I felt pressured to included a lot of sex, but I mainly wanted to tell a story. Eventually, @Myr saw some of my stories and must have enjoyed them, because 20 years ago he asked if I'd be interested in posting my stories on a new site he was creating. I agreed and I've been here ever since, both writing and reading stories.

I've never heard the word rattlebrained before. My grandparents and other older relatives used the word addle-brained or addle-headed instead, which basically means the same thing as rattlebrained.

I couldn't get it to play, but I was able to read what it was about. So maybe Mac, Devin, Pa, Gramps, and Pops are actually out there, along with the evil skinwalkers.

However, it can change ecology and hydrology of the area, meaning how water is able to move across the land.

Periwinkle may also be called vinca or myrtle (does that name sound familiar to Harry Potter fans?), and there are 12 species of periwinkles. The perennial periwinkle and the bedding plant are not the same thing. As a color, periwinkle will appear as a pale indigo shade and it sits between blue and purple on the color wheel.

This most likely had something to do with why all the lithium batteries were exploding and catching fire, which was very concerning when it happened on airplanes.

He has the bear and wolf DNA, and I think if he combines this with his human DNA, i t is enough of a basis to replicate a reasonable facsimile, at least good enough to fool or confuse the threat they were facing.

Maybe it was the level of fear that evoked the change, and then again maybe he has some innate ability.

Well I was t hinking Devin could have used Chewbacca or Ha rry (Harry and the Hendersons) as his inspiration for Bigfoot, as well as those old videos and the sketches the supposed eye-witnesses saw as his inspiration for Bigfoot, your choice.

Actually, there are already some does with antlers. One type has the velvet covered antlers, such as you would see on a young buck, and others might have polished antlers, such as you might see on older bucks, but they still have all of the female organs and can give birth . Devin near saw an actual bigfoot, so as he told Mac when they were freshmen, he based his bigfoot on the videos and sketches he'd seen from possible sightings. I hope t his helps clear up the situation for you.

I'm glad you enjoy this story, but does: tune in next week at the same Bat Time on the same Bat Channel. 😂 mean you think I'm batty?

Then maybe I'm not the only one who confuses things like this. 😵

We'll all know for sure in one week's time. Stay tuned.

Ok, Terry, I'll check it out.

Interesting theory, Lynn, and in just 7 days you'll see if you're right.