Her Majesty's Gardener

Chapter 5: Desperado

Grettir Asmundarson — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:09:55 -0700

A bird woke him up. Not because it was loud, but because Grim couldn't, for the life of him, figure out what type of bird it was. When you're a gardener you get to know your birds. Some are your friends, eating the insects that are trying to eat your work. Others would just as soon strip your strawberries bare and leave you for dead. Grim wasn't sure whether the bird outside his window was friend or foe, but it was going to drive him crazy until he knew what it was...

Chapter 4: The Jet Set

Grettir Asmundarson — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:51:50 -0700

If Grim was ever given the opportunity to join The Jet Set, he would politely refuse the invitation...

Chapter 3: Hope Springs Eternal, Even If Kissing Doesn't

Grettir Asmundarson — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:07:17 -0700

As Grim pulled up in front of his house he saw Brad Andrus standing beside the sycamore tree that dominated the front lawn of the Magnusson's house. At Brad's side stood another boy, about Brad's age. This could mean only one thing. Something was stuck in the tree...

Chapter 2: The Queen of St. Albans

Grettir Asmundarson — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:40:55 -0700

Given it's Mormon origins, it might seem odd that that St. Albans' name had come from a Catholic saint, but the name was a borrowed one. The area around St. Albans had reminded one of the early settlers of St. Albans, Wisconsin, which, as home to a large granite quarry, had been named after St. Alban of Mainz, the patron saint of hernias.

Chapter 1: Grim

Grettir Asmundarson — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 22:39:35 -0700

Grim. It's not the kind of name you hear every day. Unless, of course, your name is Grim.