Tallulah's Thread. Fuck yeah.

Thursday thoughts:

If you know me well enough, you know that writing stories is really important to me.

My earliest memories of loving stories goes back to growing my collection of Enid Blyton books from age 5. By aged 8-9, I had many (I'm thinking fifty-ish). I had created my own library in my bedroom, including creating a borrowing system that no-one used because I trusted no-one to treat them with proper respect, haha.

The first stories I began writing were in my teens. I began a novel, which I even got my history teacher to edit some! I never finished it but it's still there, handwritten filled file. Maybe one day I'll return to it with grown-up eyes and ideas.
I loved English classes, except for Poetry because it goes over my head. It still does. I have great respect for poets and those who can read and enjoy them.

When I was around 14 years old, I had an awful, awful English teacher who look a great dislike to me for reasons beyond my understanding. And as difficult to believe, I was the quiet student who tried her best. It was never good enough. Then one day, she set us an assignment to write a fictional story with a given opening line. I can't remember what it was (though I'm pretty sure I have it in storage somewhere still). At this point, I figured I had nothing to lose and I threw myself into this task. I wrote a ghost story, with elements of horror.

In my reading at this point, I was hooked on the gothic horror of Virginia Andrews, but I hadn't yet discovered Stephen King, Dean Koontz or James Herbert, or John Saul.

I submitted this story and expected it to fail (not actually fail, but lower marks than I'd become used to from her). She never actually verbalised her like of it or anything, but this story scored me the highest marks. And it was here I learned a valuable lesson: to not write trying to impress. I write for my own personal pleasure and with a 'fuck you' attitude, when necessary.

I still have every short story I wrote, my teenage ones on paper (either hand written or typed up on a typewriter) and then the rest on USB/hard drive.

When I joined Lit, I made it a goal of mine to attempt some erotica - just for kicks as a personal challenge. And some of my closest friends on here have been borne from a mutual love of writing (porn or not).

It's been quite a while since I completed anything for here. I have many ideas (noted and filed on my laptop, in a super organised way, naturally) but I do try to focus my writing time on non-erotica projects. But maybe I should indulge just a little again.

Actually, that's not entirely true. I did write a Christmas love story but I kind of missed the season, so that's waiting for later.

But writing is in my bones. It's a huge part of who I am and I literally get wistful for writing when life has overtaken too much. So yeah, maybe it's time to dust off the quivering thighs and smouldering looks again.
 
It's been pointed out to me that I haven't said much (in public or private) about my recent travels around Morocco. So here it is.

Three weeks ago, I flew out to Casablanca for a two-week adventure. I was really apprehensive, not because of the country (though I'd not visited a conservative Muslim country before and was aware of certain things to be respectful), but because I was still working on recovering from burnout. I was worried that I'd fuck up something by my brain not functioning and losing my passport etc etc.
I'd landed after midnight on the Friday, and was up and at 'em first thing on Saturday with a cultural tour of Casablanca, from the history, the religions, the food, the language, and the architecture.
Over the next few days I visited Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Chefchaouen, Fes, and Midelt. I bought some local art, pottery, and clothing.
I then hit the Sahara Desert where I learned that camels and I do not go together well. I nearly fell off. Twice. And I'm forever grateful that there is no video or photo proof. That night, I camped out and listened to some locals playing music on drums.
I then travelled up into the Atlas Mountains for a few days, got some henna tattoos on my hands, and went hiking. On the way out, stopped at Ait Benhaddou which is along the road from Atlas Studios and locations for films like Gladiator and Time Bandits.
I ended up in Marrakech for a couple of days from where I flew home. But before I came home, I took a hot air balloon ride.

The entire trip was an incredible experience and I learned so much, met new friends, and most importantly - it was an absolute tonic for helping me feel like myself again. I cannot begin to explain how this fed my soul.

I've been home for a week and still being sulky that I have to do normal life shit. :ROFLMAO:
 
It's been pointed out to me that I haven't said much (in public or private) about my recent travels around Morocco. So here it is.

Three weeks ago, I flew out to Casablanca for a two-week adventure. I was really apprehensive, not because of the country (though I'd not visited a conservative Muslim country before and was aware of certain things to be respectful), but because I was still working on recovering from burnout. I was worried that I'd fuck up something by my brain not functioning and losing my passport etc etc.
I'd landed after midnight on the Friday, and was up and at 'em first thing on Saturday with a cultural tour of Casablanca, from the history, the religions, the food, the language, and the architecture.
Over the next few days I visited Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Chefchaouen, Fes, and Midelt. I bought some local art, pottery, and clothing.
I then hit the Sahara Desert where I learned that camels and I do not go together well. I nearly fell off. Twice. And I'm forever grateful that there is no video or photo proof. That night, I camped out and listened to some locals playing music on drums.
I then travelled up into the Atlas Mountains for a few days, got some henna tattoos on my hands, and went hiking. On the way out, stopped at Ait Benhaddou which is along the road from Atlas Studios and locations for films like Gladiator and Time Bandits.
I ended up in Marrakech for a couple of days from where I flew home. But before I came home, I took a hot air balloon ride.

The entire trip was an incredible experience and I learned so much, met new friends, and most importantly - it was an absolute tonic for helping me feel like myself again. I cannot begin to explain how this fed my soul.

I've been home for a week and still being sulky that I have to do normal life shit. :ROFLMAO:
What an amazing trip! That is awesome!
 
What an amazing trip! That is awesome!
It exceeded my expectations by far. I will 100% recommend Morocco, and to go beyond Marrakech (which seems to be the popular destination for obvious reasons where English is widely understood etc).

Technically, that's all 7 continents done for me now! But still so much of the world left to experience. :D
 
I had no idea you had traveled that extensively. All 7 continents is extremely impressive :love:
 
It's been pointed out to me that I haven't said much (in public or private) about my recent travels around Morocco. So here it is.

Three weeks ago, I flew out to Casablanca for a two-week adventure. I was really apprehensive, not because of the country (though I'd not visited a conservative Muslim country before and was aware of certain things to be respectful), but because I was still working on recovering from burnout. I was worried that I'd fuck up something by my brain not functioning and losing my passport etc etc.
I'd landed after midnight on the Friday, and was up and at 'em first thing on Saturday with a cultural tour of Casablanca, from the history, the religions, the food, the language, and the architecture.
Over the next few days I visited Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Chefchaouen, Fes, and Midelt. I bought some local art, pottery, and clothing.
I then hit the Sahara Desert where I learned that camels and I do not go together well. I nearly fell off. Twice. And I'm forever grateful that there is no video or photo proof. That night, I camped out and listened to some locals playing music on drums.
I then travelled up into the Atlas Mountains for a few days, got some henna tattoos on my hands, and went hiking. On the way out, stopped at Ait Benhaddou which is along the road from Atlas Studios and locations for films like Gladiator and Time Bandits.
I ended up in Marrakech for a couple of days from where I flew home. But before I came home, I took a hot air balloon ride.

The entire trip was an incredible experience and I learned so much, met new friends, and most importantly - it was an absolute tonic for helping me feel like myself again. I cannot begin to explain how this fed my soul.

I've been home for a week and still being sulky that I have to do normal life shit. :ROFLMAO:

That sounds amazing!! Did you go just on your own and organize everything yourself or go with a group?
 
That sounds amazing!! Did you go just on your own and organize everything yourself or go with a group?
I headed out on my own for the first couple of days, then joined a small group (5 of us) for the most of it, then ended on my own for the last couple of nights. I've done small group tours for all my alone travel, in the same format as begin on my own, meet, and end on my own. I don't have to think about the middle part, just enjoy the experience. :ROFLMAO:
 
I headed out on my own for the first couple of days, then joined a small group (5 of us) for the most of it, then ended on my own for the last couple of nights. I've done small group tours for all my alone travel, in the same format as begin on my own, meet, and end on my own. I don't have to think about the middle part, just enjoy the experience. :ROFLMAO:
so hubby did not go with you?
 
so hubby did not go with you?
Ha! Nooooo.

I don't know if we'd still be married if we did that. :oops::ROFLMAO: One of the reasons I wanted to break away alone was because every trip we did, I felt responsible for everyone including him. And we have very different interests. His time away is spent hiking for days/weeks on end, often wild camping when in the UK.
 
Ha! Nooooo.

I don't know if we'd still be married if we did that. :oops::ROFLMAO: One of the reasons I wanted to break away alone was because every trip we did, I felt responsible for everyone including him. And we have very different interests. His time away is spent hiking for days/weeks on end, often wild camping when in the UK.
So this was some great "me time" no wonder you got reenergized :love:
 
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