Peter M Darling
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I'm a pianist / music director / songwriter. I love to write, play piano, sing. I also enjoy the outdoors, good conversation, connecting with people, laughing, and being free.
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Sampson
"Hello, is someone there," Sampson called out, his voice still raspy, weak from dehydration. His name was Zachary Haines, but his friends called him Sampson by virtue of his undulating russet locks and chiseled bronze frame. Sulfuric acid contaminated the open water sources as the comet broke into thousands of smaller meteorites, raining hellfire on the planet. No stranger to century-old DIY hacks, Zach recalled a blog post he had uploaded while on the inside, depicting water being pumped to the Earth's surface via an underground aquifer. As information was carefully guarded, watched by the vigilant eye of the Hiztorian Cadence of the Enlightened class, this misstep cost him his citizenship to the UCZ. United Citi-Zens.
By Peter M Darling5 years ago in Fiction
A Sprinkle in Time
"Was that Twinkle Twinkle," my mom asked. "Mm-hm," I giggled. I haven't thought about this until just now, but I think that might be my trademark - the laugh. The giggle. I've always been an easy laugh, and it carries on decades later. I've noticed this, because I find myself writing "Hahahahaha..." a lot in my messages of late. Back to the Ivers and Pond, the upright maple piano my grandfather had purchased for my dad a few years prior. "Play Mary Had a Little Lamb," my mom cajoled with a winsome smile. I proceeded to work out the familiar nursery rhyme on the faux ivory keys. It was that moment, that sprinkle in time that would chart the course of my life for years to come.
By Peter M Darling5 years ago in Motivation
