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10 Jan

I Want Magic

Posted by auntbethany in authors, books, creative writing, Humor, inspirational, non-fiction. Tagged: Aunt Bethany, authors, blizzards, creative writing, dragons, Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter, inspiration, J.K. Rowling, magic, magic wands, Miracle on 32nd Street, pirates, snow, summer, winter. 14 comments

I want something magical to happen.

Do you ever find yourself wishing that the impossible wasn’t so impossible? Do you sit at home, late at night, fantasizing about scenarios so extraordinary that they might have been penned by J.K. Rowling?

Maybe it’s because it’s the middle of January…maybe it’s because I haven’t seen lush, green grass for a few months…or maybe it’s because it’s that time of year devoid of Christmas lights or any exciting holidays approaching. Whatever it is, I need something magical to happen. Something wonderful…and magnificent…and positively surprising.

I want to put my faith in something inconceivable. I need some kind of wonderful to waltz into my dance. I crave adventure—swashbuckling pirates, ride-able dragons, magic wands, hidden worlds—something, anything to sweep me off my feet.

I want to be awed. I want to marvel. I want to be so caught up in the moment that I forget to breathe. I want to be moved.

I need a taste of summer during this long, fretful winter. I need to know that the days will speed by and the familiar breezes of spring will flit through the cherry blossoms once again. I need to revisit the smell of the wind off the lake, and soak up the aroma after a thunderstorm. I need to know I’ll find that summer sun once again.

I need to know that there’s a reason for enduring the bitter cold. I need encouragement to wait out the storm, to see where the last snowflakes fly. If braving the ice and sleet guarantees a sweet reawakening in the spring, I will gladly bare all blizzards that pass my way…because, when blizzards finish their attack, they always, always leave behind a beautiful, shining scene.

I need to believe in something wonderful. I want to believe in the impossible. I trust in a power no one can define.

I hope…

A very, very happy birthday to Uncle Lewis, who turned the tender young age of 85 yesterday! I’d personally like to dedicate the newly renovated blog theme to him, which is entitled Spring Loaded. Uncle Lewis, you continue to amaze me, in every way shape and form. I want to shout it to the world!

8 Dec

Baby, It’s Cold Outside!

Posted by auntbethany in blogging, Christmas, Holidays, Humor, movies. Tagged: Are You Afraid of the Dark, baking, blizzards, Carbonite, Gladiator, Han Solo, Moulin Rouge, munchkins, Salvation Army, snow storms, The Bourne Identity, Vertigo, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wizard of Oz. 22 comments

HELP!

Send supplies, St. Bernard's, and Hugh Jackman.

This is an emergency alert! For the past two days, I’ve been stuck in a 6-foot snow bank created from a massive, killer snow storm which has been attacking the area! (No, really…check out MSNBC’s coverage of the event) With crude materials I’ve collected from my car, I’ve managed to make a rudimentary radio transmitter with an add-on EZ Bake Oven, Slinky, inflatable life boat, and a 50” Plasma TV, in hopes that my message may reach someone before I submit to frostbite and hypothermia.

I, of course, could not get my transmission up and running until today. I’ve had to power my communication station with fuel power from burned Twinkies, empty bottles of Diet Coke, stale French fries from McDonald’s, and an errant midget who just happened to stumble into my snow bank.

Burn, Lollipop Guild, burn...

So, you see, dear readers, because of my misfortunate face-off with a blizzard, I was unable to create a new post for two days. Truly…the only reason for no new updates was because I was stuck frozen in a ditch, unable to move or make contact with the outside world, a la Hans Solo frozen in Carbonite.