Thank You Bumble Bees

November - Wanderlore Grove - Creators Realm - Jelly 25 - Autumn Bee

I saw the bee in the early morning. It was still as the chill air. I thought perhaps it had died sometime during the hours of the cold night. I didn’t disturb it, though I did give it my thanks for all the work it had done during the summer. I wasn’t sure, at the […]

Peace, Love and Thanksgiving

November - Creators Realm - Jelly 19

There’s just something special about Thanksgiving. It’s not a religious holiday, but a family oriented one. It’s a time when people travel great distances to enjoy a meal with the ones they love. Considering that most people eat on the run and rarely sit down to break-bread anymore this is an achievement worthy of commemoration […]

Conspiracy Theories

life on zorko - tessla queen - keeper of the portal

We’re living in an era of extreme change. One of the foremost clues to this fact is the proliferation of conspiracy theories. I should know this. Fringe religious movements—such as the one I grew up in—were experts at using conspiracy talk to keep their followers coming back for more. Heck, you didn’t want to miss […]

Gobble, Gobble, Give Thanks

November - Creators Realm - Jelly 18

Turkey Day was fast approaching and the moment I had been dreading since arriving in the Creators Realm was here. For the past few months, I have spent my days cocooned in Professor Zell’s protective care. It was he who encouraged me to remember vividly my past life in Cratersville, while gradually embracing a new […]