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WOLFSTONE IN THE MOONLIGHT

Blog City Prompt: When the moon is full, your personality changes. What is your personality like? I work in mental health and this happens!

I live in the huge stone house on the highest hill in the county, visible from all three of the little villages that clustered near the base of the rocky prominence. I’m sure my ancestors built the monstrosity up there to intimidate, plus the circuitous route that wanders once all the way around the hill, lined with an imposing stone façade on the uphill side of the road, topped with carved, snarling wolf heads every twenty yards. This had been definitely designed to impress anyone who would approach the estate. A bit of a cliché? I’d say it was a very calculated one, but several centuries out of date in the 2000’s.

These days, with the right candlelight inside, and a low-angled full moon on the exterior, it manages to be downright romantic. As for the snarling stone animals that dominate the walls, the balustrades, and high arched entrances; a forward-thinking great uncle planted climbing roses everywhere to soften the effect. I find it quite pleasing, besides the fragrance that pervades on a warm summer evening. Most romantic.

After all, the place is called “Wolfstone, and it only should be visited on a night of the full moon.

Oh yeah...>>>iggy

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