Category Archives: Essays

The Magic Of Christmas

The Magic Of Christmas The Christmas lights glowing in the rain do not look much like Christmas lights to me. They look old and hazy, dull and out-of-place — oddly out of time. I feel as though I have suddenly been thrust into the middle of March and people have forgotten to take the Christmas decorations down. It… Read More »

Echoes of Winter

  And though today I walk away from things familiar too, I’ll make new footprints in the snow, where once the flowers grew; Guided by a dream unseen; a dream that will not die, My footprints winding through the snow; beneath a twilight sky. Each day I set aside an hour of my day to take a walk.… Read More »

How to Care for a Dead Turkey

Dead turkeys make lousy pets. And it’s really hard to care for something that doesn’t need anything because it’s dead. I mean, you can’t comfort it, or feed it, or nurse it back to health. But you will be surprised to learn that a dead turkey requires more care than a live one.And did you know that a… Read More »

A Dove in the Snow

I think that this time of year, when darkness comes early and the nights are cold, is a thoughtful time; it is a time of reflection. The dead, brown, leaves on the ground, the stark, bare, brittle branches reaching up in their futile attempt to reach the summer sun, a sun now hidden behind gray, icy, sullen clouds,… Read More »

The History of TC and EB

We have had many ask the story about how  Thundercloud and I met and how we developed Cloudeight… so the story begins: Darcy (EB) wrote this in 2008 — things have changed so much in the last five years — but the history is still the same. We hope you all enjoy this little trip back to the… Read More »

Columbus Day

Why don’t we have a Michael Vick Day? Or a Lindsay Lohan Day? Or a Osama bin Laden Day? Because it would be ridiculous, that’s why. We’d never honor a villain as a hero would we? Why most  of today’s heroes aren’t worthy. We all want our heroes to be real heroes – someone we can respect and… Read More »