When All Light Was Shuttered

When All Light Was Shuttered

It was a typical day like any day in Autumn during the "Indian Summer". That is a popular name for the winter as fall begins it hearkening of the winter to come.

For the most part it was sunny and windless or it could be said the breezes were light for few storms drove the wind at this time of year. When the wind does pick up its velocity, something powerful this way comes. In the mountain valley, the temperature is up and down and for a few days it is very cold and then the temperature warms for a few days. Progressively though the temperatures drop in the day and in the night. And suddenly the day's length of light shortens, and the night is here longer, to grow in time longer as all the world prepares to go to sleep.

The mind begins to accept the lack of light outside and replaces the external light with an internal brightness that is more noticeable, if one notices it. So many are so busy, these yearly events escape notice as their lives are intertwined with unfulfilled obligations which must be finished. Tasks and toils, tiredness replace their ability to observe the natural world in which they live and the natural changes that occur so the unnatural is their normal world and this was not always so.

Whether the weather was the season of sandstorms, hurricanes, thunderstorms, fasting, winds, rains, drought, fires, snows, high tides, fogs, tornadoes, street drug importations, or war; the world in which we live has changed so that a lot of personal time that once was available to almost everyone is gone. That time like religious gatherings or festivals and holidays has disappeared and there is a struggle to observe them. Or more precisely enjoy ones life and family, friends. Meet other people in person in the communities in which people live, know them and ... whatever happens, happens.

• Aside
  And things really changed: after publishing my app at the Microsoft Store, I only authorized one Market, which was the United States. Although as I put nothing the code to gather people's information, I see that the twenty-five persons using it are around the world in the app statistics in the developer's partner space.

Then came the announcement from Microsoft that, "CoPilot can now see what you see and in the Development Environment..." Of course, I do not get paid in any way. Since this is the first release in a very long time for my program, I wanted to see what happened before I up it, add more capabilities to the program. I also have privacy policy which states, "We don't want anything from you..." So how is it that info, like time used and location is gathered? It is not like I do not know about telemetry solely for a developer use which is sent logs of failures of functionality. I also have a similar program except it is freehand 3D object creation.

So there is light and the promise is what?

I saw a rabbit duck for cover under the inoperative 2001 Ford as replaced the tomato plants from the basement to the morning light during the early morning hour freezes over the last few days. And the owl I thought gone, startled flew by about a foot over my head to the ground forty yards away to the north. I was surprised that COVID is back in our area a few moments later.

Later that night, because Halloween approaches and there are a lot of horror movies on TV I watched, "Interview with a Vampire," starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Antonio Banderas. Gruesome and I watched it again because I did not know at the time I originally watched the movie that those three male actors were the stars. We talked about the movie afterwards and none of us remembered that they were in Anne Rice Burroughs masterpiece novel. I did however remember several incidents like Bob Wilkins, host of Creature Features, KTVU Channel 2, Oakland, California, USA had conducted an interview with a vampire live on the show instead of commercial breaks during his weekly horror movie before the book was written. "Do you think that vampires are real I asked and we discussed it. I believe there are people that think they are vampires and may act like it but no I do not was the response.

I have had strange experiences and think there is a very good possibility they are real, even if they are aliens of some sort in the guise of humans, or perhaps spirit possession. But we were tired and there was no debate that ensued but there was love. A reassurance of light hearted embraces that caused the horrors of the cinema to fade from memory. Like @gertu's piece of an alien friend from outer space.

Yes, I have had several encounters some of which I desire not to publish of things that bite to kill in the darkness. And there are so many missing people. True a lot of people will go on a little exploration somewhere and die, their bodies never found. I think I will take an au naturale, solitary swim, a walk, explore a cave, sit in a nice spot enjoying the view. Maybe they over exert themselves, stumble, hit their head. Natural causes and no foul play but then there are creatures, animals, and of course, human of ill, sick, will.

Things that are allergic to the point of death from sunlight, or water both fresh and salt.

I did not really wish to take this turn as I opened the curtains to let in as much light as possible long before the dawn arrived this morning. I saw the light of the stars and the rise of dewy mists which nearly obscured the forever away twinkling of lights in the sky and suddenly the moon was up and with its illumination gentle upon my sight yet enough to see very well as I was outside checking the temperature. Thinking more of the government shutdown here in the United States as I had experienced one in the military decades ago.

Even though there are those that must shutter themselves from the light, does even the reflected light of the Moon affect them: why dwell upon it? Merely stay alert, listen, or feel with the subconscious mind, be ready.

For no matter what is out there, the dawn broke the hills to the east and with that pinkish golden light, quickly burning orange, then blinding sunlight, those who cannot stand its glory shutter themselves away, and we are free again. Free in the light!

Yes, the light itself is freedom and I almost fell last night carrying the tomatoes to shelter as it was dark and late and I forgot, down the steps and for some weird reason even though I build those descending stairs, I walked as if there were no stairs but for only a moment. A quick breath of time and I was steadied even though I brushed my knuckles on the stone walls of vermiculite. I thought they would be scraped bad, maybe start to bleed but they weren't at all.

I carried the second one, heavier. Twice as much and the plants are near three feet tall. Where the other pot, the tomatoes died during the drought but somehow magically regrew from what appeared to be dead, rotted stems once the rain and brought water with which to water them. Yes, they came back to life and even have small tomatoes that are green. The only plants that lived through the drought besides one asparagus plant, and a couple of onions. As in two onions of hundreds.

As I locked the door the tomatoes should be safe, the dog began to bark into the darkness to the north. I charged into that to which quickly my eyes accustomed. I walked forward after the dog and it growled in the distance away from me.

Whatever it was on the other side of the fence a hundred yards away, it moved off and sensed I could see it.

I whistled and the dog returned and together we moved forward toward whatever it was that moved near silently off to the west. But the unknown skirted away and so I said to the dog, let's go back inside. And so we did.

And then we watched Hell House2, which was, have you ever seen the original movie, Hell House, or it's remake? Very polished, big, academy award cast, high budget movies. This was low budget (I think?), an unknown cast (I think?), and was just as scary and billed as a documentary, like the, The Blair Witch Project, reality movie. The credits rolled and it really was a fictional movie.

"You may not know this but originally, vampires were witches who sold their souls to the devil in exchange for eternal life. The price being that they must feed on human blood to stay alive and well for eternity."

Shakes, "euuuuwah," paused, "I do not want to talk about it, or let's go to bed and forget that."

Yes, sunlight, moonlight, and star light might have as much effect as anything else against that which walked in darkness. Stalked, planned, plotted, prayed, and hoped to make a meal of me, like a voice in a sculpted cavern with no entrances or exits, and it certainly feared the light of a sword I carry, invisible to most but not to all. Yes, I suspect that they are real.

As real as Halloween and a Happy Halloween to you and yours.

Do you think the rabbit will get to these tomatoes now? Or the Asparagus? I tire of the rabbits and what not munching happily away upon my favorite plants when there are thousands of other plants untouched, pristine, and most likely as delicious.

Well, surprise, surprize, if you are American and yo be so.

I was entering steemit.com today the October 9th, 2025 and instead of me going here I was dumped into a search page on Bing and a man FeruzM? has a a website named ecency.com and a github repository and on it, her published a book entitled, Song of Angels, by Jeff Kubitz, also might be available on Amazon.com as a paperback. Where I published it originally.

We're in a writing community and I am a writer and a published author, and ummm...

The stuff above this talks about vampires and my spouse said they don't exist and I said they do: looks like I am correct.

Remember when I talked about myself as hot poet and my words went around the world? in hit songs. Every once in awhile I get verbally creative, and type creative, and mathematically creative, and sure he has my name there on the piece an it says Zero Dollars for the price.

Now this is a real horror story: What can I say? I am one of the most prolific, unpaid successful authors in history, with folks signing my songs, publishing my books, hacking into my accounts, and in the end, they will be standing next to an Arch-Arch Angel next to God.

Now I know that not too many people believe that and certainly not those calling forth whirlwinds across the valley and nevertheless - it is true.

Anyways, People wonder why I talk about hackers? Identity thieves, plagiarists, and my house, the way I live, the springs, the coal stove, the bathing, was actually this house, right here. And there was the spouse: and, there was the place where chips, silicon, VLSCI.

And, the old stake for the vampires hearts is outside in its holder. Weighs about fifty pounds, ...

I guess I am supposed to get all upset, go running around screaming and...

• Hire a Lawyer

• Face Arguments

• Lose, the arguments ...

But there stands that Iron 50-pound Rod of Solomon.

Has far as Decency or Ecency goes, I know that God does care if you are nude. As all the time, my armour and the armor of those with has to be removed for cleaning or replacement and we have to stand there in front of millions, or more beings, in the welcome center. He(They) said, I have seen naked people since they were created."

Some days are not going to be too nice and I am not talking about mine. No, when you get there, I am talking about your days to come.

When I write my crypto value drops and it is down about 30% - told you so.

So, my "vampire stake" is a Rod of Solomon and its spear point is a four and three quarter in drill bit for for a water well. The shaft is two pieces of special steel drill pipe.

Funny how the drought ended and all my cisterns run over. I guess it is proof God exists, watches, and acts. When all prayer fails, magic symbols of faith do not get the job done, "Ah, things must be very bad in cisterns and I can take care of that." And so he does. It is somewhat like a plague flag on a pirate ship as I steal water from the sky.