The Gurus traveled across the plain on their endless migration, following the distance rain clouds which induced the rich grasses to do their appear, where before there had been none. Apres la pluie Hold on a moment, said the Sphinx on listening to the Tale told, I was expecting a story of suburban dissatisfaction andContinueContinue reading “The Wellness Guru’s Tale”
Category Archives: Guardians Fables
The Influencer’s Tale
Doctor, doctor, I have a terrible case of Influencer, Aaaachoo! I can see that, said the doctor, Take this powder, dissolve it into water and drink it with the spoon still in the glass, so that the spoon swishes around and hits you on the nose when you tilt the glass. Will that make meContinueContinue reading “The Influencer’s Tale”
The Don’tcare Assistant’s Tale
The Don’tcare Professional was snowed under and weighed down by the snow, with a punishing workplate and a waiting list as long as the arm of a person with remarkably long arms. On the left is the Staff and insignia of Asclepius representing Healing and Medicine. On the Right is the Staff of Caduceus representingContinueContinue reading “The Don’tcare Assistant’s Tale”
The Phisherman’s Tale
When all the fish had been fished away, I must turn my attention anew, to discover some alternate source of nourishment. I looked at the water, slosh sloshing against the side of my ancient coracle in empty pieces and decided to cast a new net. A net I must spin up some clever traps toContinueContinue reading “The Phisherman’s Tale”
The Personal Trainer’s Tale
I became or was made redundant. I had neither purpose nor direction. Not up nor down, nor left nor right. My only possessions, a whip and a wooden chair, which happened to be so light that one might pick it up and brandish it with one hand, and a bicycle that went nowhere. The whipContinueContinue reading “The Personal Trainer’s Tale”
The Hedge Fund Managers Tale
When I was a child, I dreamed of childish things. Being a merchant of Venice or somewhere closer to home. The spectre of climate change was always playing upon the e-news and in my mind, so I decide then and where to create a fund of resource to enable the replant or build of hedgesContinueContinue reading “The Hedge Fund Managers Tale”
Rutherford Close
When they arrived at 4, Rutherford Close, the woman with the goat used the short end of her stick to ring the bell, the stick having been used, disappeared from the story. The goat wondered if it would be next. Sheba, The Sphinx and the woman with the goat waited patiently on the path fromContinueContinue reading “Rutherford Close”
Hammer in the Jungle
In the jungle, leaves, leaves, leaves and stays. They traveled slowly, ducking and diving, holding branches back for the one who came after, oh thank you. Ouch, you missed that one, sorry. Have you found a hammer yet? No, Sphinx going in front, no, but I’ve found a Shield Bug on a leaf. No, youContinueContinue reading “Hammer in the Jungle”
Hammer in the Grass
They searched low through the high grass, they searched in the yellow grass, and when it moved it could not stay still. It looked like water. The grass was high, they parted the grass, look. Is it there in the grass? No, only a snake, I’ve found a snake, called the Sphinx. Ask the snake.ContinueContinue reading “Hammer in the Grass”
The Hardest Place
When I was young and the world was remaining a mumbling ball of flaming rock and the people and creatures of it were still a twinkle in the eye of the tempest, I believed that the apparent ordered chaos of entropy was the only direction of travel. A rock must fall and a flame mustContinueContinue reading “The Hardest Place”
The Guardians of the Cave 