Category: Storytelling

  • Previously… Reveries are states in which Darla creates. Make a suggestion and Darla will be covered in pinpricks and scraps of velvet for the next month. What comes from dreams is handiwork meant to question the associations we form. That lump of clay? A heart ready to take shape. Embroidered letters become the lexicon a…

  • Previously…   THE STORY OF O & Dby Unknown Ort's out back digging holes and thinks we haven't caught on to the fact that he waits for the phone to ring. He's never quite sure who's on the other end when he picks up, but the voice that comes across belongs to Darla. What does…

  • Previously… petrifiedputrefiedthe vibe around hereis of somethingNot AliveHow much of this experience can be cannibalized? Be sure to sign a DNR*   *DREAM NEW REALITIES   The Temperament!The Temperament!Darla finally understands what Ort had meantwhen he said:"You're a paradox with a glue gun, Darla, setting up Boothby* like you do."   *…and this is what…

  • Previously… Going down rabbit holes again and I hope to high heaven I don't meet up with one of Ort's zombunnies. This meditation stuff is tough. But if I'm going to manifest a way to get to Ōkunoshima on a crafter's salary I need to be more creative than I've ever been. Wow! That's one…

  • Previously… Hmmm? Oh! Mmmmmmmmmmm. She can't remember the lady's name, but somebody told Darla long ago to write down her thoughts so she could close the book on them before they took root in her ticker. So, here's what Darla wrote today: I was born a stubborn old fool. Ruled by my brain and allowed…

  • Previously… Art is a mirror. If you don't like what you see, look out the window instead. — Darla T. Varney Ort is the one who's struggling, not me. I'm all show and rehearsing my shtick for future use. This conversation will make it in The Book someday! I do listen to what Ort tells…

  • Previously… On the Phone Again: What are you going on about "limited doses?" You can only "handle" me in "Limited Doses?" Tell me what that's supposed to mean …So, you're saying …You can see why some people would think I'm a pain in the ass. Ah, well now I finally know what your opinion of…

  • Previously… ROMANCEleaves one in a trancelive in your stretchy pantslove's first blushlasts for 30 days — Darla T. Varney Darla found her king of cups, got a refill, and recycled what was left. She turned grounds and spent leaves into folky nick-nacks. Darla's heart belongs to Thurisaz (and Ort!), but no doctor's got the cure…

  • Previously… Calling on a prepaid just outside of Pocatello, Darla talks at Ort: Hey, Easter Island! You're the only person I can say this to, but have you ever noticed people spend more time vetting their hairdresser than they do a psychoanalyst? Don't snort at me 'cause I'm a great judge of character, like with…

  • Previously… Varla Darney is drawn to her reflection.Arms reach out from the quicksilver to bring her home.A skull makes a great bludgeon.Dr. Makeda makes a great martini.PSYCHOLOGY FOR FUN & PROFIT!The diagnosis on this one is clear: Iatrophobia *but one can always come to a resolution.