Fear – T. G. Shepherd https://tgshepherd.com Fights, Flights, and High Fantasy Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:23:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.12 https://i0.wp.com/tgshepherd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tgshepherd-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Fear – T. G. Shepherd https://tgshepherd.com 32 32 137681805 Oh, Captain …. https://tgshepherd.com/2018/07/03/oh-captain/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:47:14 +0000 https://tgshepherd.com/?p=80 I was a lonely child in a house full of living things. Seven siblings, two parents, family friends, members of the Catholic community, big dogs (a succession of German Shepherds), two to five cats, two budgies and a large fish tank. I shared a bedroom with at least two people till I was in my twenties. The only space I had to be alone was either in/under the holly tree in the yard (with the…

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]]> 80 The Loss Of Fear https://tgshepherd.com/2018/04/02/the-loss-of-fear/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 07:40:52 +0000 https://tgshepherd.com/?p=74 (Reblogged from the WarpWorld blog Aug 2016 — http://www.warpworld.ca/on-loss-loss-of-fear/) I have been afraid my whole life. Afraid of sharks in the bathtub. Afraid elevator doors would close unexpectedly, crushing me to death. I was afraid that having two Christmas tress meant we would get carpenter ants in the house. I was–and still am–mocked by my family for that last one. No…

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