Author: Elsa Holland
Random Musings ~ Tattoos and Identity
TATTOOS I think we can all agree that tattoos have gone viral. There is something very fundamental about choosing your symbols. They are our protectors, our journey markers, our identifiers and our story. Whatever the reason you get a tattoo, ultimately it is a …
Sunday #SexySnippets
#SexySnippets 24th August 2014 Every Sunday, a group of us sign up at the Nuthouse Scribblers blog and post a sexy snippet: 7 sentences from a work in progress. Here’s mine for the week from, again from Lily and the Mechanic with …
Vintage Circus and Tattoos
Early tattooed – ‘painted’ – women were publicly seen in the Circus The circus as we know it started in the later part of the 18th century, in 1768, but one of the earliest tattooed women was shown in 1907 she …
Freedom’s paradox
Freedom is baffled, perhaps even tortured by love. Its romantic heart once awoken is forever caught and forever yearning. It either falls for temptation, gives up its nature and stays; Or denies the hold of love and its heart, and flies …
Nick Cave: Into My Arms
One of my favorites. I’ve been known to have it on repeat as I write.
Monday musings
Monday musings Just got a book in the mail. How Forests Think by Eduardo Kohn. I feel like I want to stalk around it a while before I pick it up and start the read. I can already feel that …
The Veiled Heart
#SexySnippets 17th August 2014 Every Sunday, a group of us sign up at the Nuthouse Scribblers blog and post a sexy snippet: 7 sentences from a work in progress. Here’s mine for the week from The Veiled Heart. “This seduction really isn’t …
The heart wants what it wants
It doesn’t matter how wise your decisions are. The heart wants what it wants. It wants in ways we can spend a lifetime trying to work out. It’s a beast with a gentle heart and a flower with razor …
Sunday #SexySnippets
#SexySnippets 10th August 2014 Every Sunday, a group of us sign up at the Nuthouse Scribblers blog and post a sexy snippet: 7 sentences from a work in progress. Here’s mine for the week from Lily and the Mechanic. “My driver …
Heart Eaters
Flowers eat don’t they? I have seen their teeth…briefly. That’s the sign of a carnivore, isn’t it? I mean do herbivores have sharp teeth? Flowers don’t eat just anything, they are like the warriors way back when who ate the …
Thought about you on the drive home
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Sunday #SexySnippets
#SexySnippets 3rd August 2014 Every Sunday, a group of us sign up at the Nuthouse Scribblers blog and post a sexy snippet: 7 sentences from a work in progress. Here’s mine for the week from Lily and the Mechanic. His arm snaked …
You
It’s true, I covet the silence between us. It’s the brine that keeps my memories whole. I have lived a thousand lives this way, All of them with you. © Elsa Holland
Buttons and Scalpel
His breathing was slowing. Edith was cradled in the crook of his arm, layers of wool and buttons holding her in, but her hair was loose and wild, a mass of thick, inky satin. There was a soft sheen of sweat …