I hope you aren't getting too old for a Valentine from your mother! XOXO
@davidcollinsds.bsky.social

Happy Valentine's Day, darling!
@uncleroger1966.bsky.social

Well, if that's really what you'd like to do. Sure there isn't some𝘰𝘯𝘦 that you'd prefer to toast?

Take a drag of a cigarette and let it out in a slow breath. Coddle the match used to light it until it burns down to your fingers. Gaze into the dominion of the flame. 🔥⚱️

//Laura may not have to eat to survive but Diana Millay, the actress who played her, apparently enjoyed it very much and wrote a rather fun cookbook, complete with stories and images from her acting career.

This is Collinwood, after all.

As the rays of the sun fell upon Collinsport, Laura slipped into the Old House quietly—the phoenix way, in the in-between spaces, appearing in the basement. She knew the house well from centuries-old memories. Laura had lived there once long ago. And so had this Barnabas...
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𓂀 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲

Laura turned in her sleep, caught between the wakefulness and exhaustion of worry. Stronger together, they said. Oh, Roger... Her anxiety followed her into sleep. Tonight she dreamt of the past--long past, but a very real memory that still haunted her.
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She dreamed of her childhood in ancient Egypt, where the sands were hot as long as Ra's sun boat remained in the sky, and the Nile kept its secrets hidden under dark waters.

She runs with another phoenix, weaving between the pillars of a great hall.
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Laura Murdoch Collins, an acolyte of the great sun god Ra, is a firey supernatural being known as a phoenix -- living countless lives and possessing many sinister powers.

She has returned to Collinsport for her son, David, but has unpredictably fallen back in love with her mortal ex-husband, Roger.