zilwa https://wordsmith.social/zilwa/ Short stories and musings from my notebooks Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:54:37 +0000 Doggy Hotel https://wordsmith.social/zilwa/doggy-hotel <![CDATA["But Libby, you don't know the first thing about managing a hotel!" exclaimed Libby's mother, "let alone one for dogs." No matter how much her mother pleaded Libby was firm in her resolve to realise her childhood dream. "Mother. I'm thirty five, how I spend my money is none of your concern." Libby retorted drily. "And in any case. Were you not ringing me about something other than berating my purchasing decisions?" ]]> “But Libby, you don't know the first thing about managing a hotel!” exclaimed Libby's mother, “let alone one for dogs.”

No matter how much her mother pleaded Libby was firm in her resolve to realise her childhood dream.

“Mother. I'm thirty five, how I spend my money is none of your concern.” Libby retorted drily. “And in any case. Were you not ringing me about something other than berating my purchasing decisions?”

]]> https://wordsmith.social/zilwa/doggy-hotel Sun, 06 Jan 2019 00:20:30 +0000 Spin Cycle https://wordsmith.social/zilwa/spin-cycle <![CDATA[Imagine for a moment that we live in a reality where-in upon your death you are reincarnated back-in-time as someone else with no memory of your prior life. In this reality everyone would be you from a previous incarnation walking another timeline.]]> Imagine for a moment that we live in a reality where-in upon your death you are reincarnated back-in-time as someone else with no memory of your prior life. In this reality everyone would be you from a previous incarnation walking another timeline.

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