#oldjohn

[nateaz]

One of the most sacred, paranormal, and haunted canyons that I know of in #SouthernUtah is right behind my grandfather’s old ranch in #Summit, #Utah. There’s a massive petroglyph site up in there and a #thunderbird. It was this canyon that brought the visions to me that sent me on the path that became #TalkingTree. It was the name of a spirit that came to me in the form of an old man. It was a powerful vision. The man entity was much older than humans, or even mankind of recent times. He had followed me home. I call him by other names like #OldJohn, Talking Tree, #TheVisitor, Or #Treeman. He came from the canyon known as #BraffitsCreek and people who don’t respect this sacred area will grow dark-hearted. The canyon is laced and tainted and will infect people’s minds if their hearts are not right or consciousness dwells in the wrong places. This curse is now infecting my family and my grandfather has been dead for nearly a decade. I’ll go up to Braffits Creek once in a blue moon and visit the petroglyphs up in there and gather certain things when needed and leave something behind but I’ve made a vow to stay away from this ranch, from here on out, that once belonged to grandpa; that once was a sanctuary with sacred corn and chickens; that once possessed the beauty and sacredness that was my grandfather. I accept the fact that there are certain things I cannot change and must leave behind and allow the infection of this curse to darken the hearts of my family members because they are not immune to it and they don’t believe me when I share this truth, or won’t believe me when they hear this. Luckily, I’m immune to it and have a choice. I choose to respect the sacred grounds and sites that haunt Braffit’s Creek. It is what happened long ago. (at Summit, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByKubuulUyi/?igshid=1jp5vi525ggjd

[imjustanauthor]

John, being the idiot that he is, decided in early March that the best way to deal with a pack of dogs is to have a sheepdog to herd them up. Being him, he decided to do this with one of the more complicated breeds to keep.

Barbara (named because Baarbara) is an Old English Sheepdog. She’s mainly grey (black as a puppy), but has a mainly white head (with a grey patch over her left eye and ear), chest, underbelly, feel, and tail tip. She also has a brown right eye and blue left eye.

As a puppy.

As an adult.

After a haircut.

[imjustanauthor]

In late May, 2017, John impulse bought two new puppies. 

He’d been thinking about getting another dog for a while. Clara could do with the company, and seeing as he was done writing his main series of books it finally looked like he’d have time. John wasn’t actively looking, though - it was just coincidence that he found the advert for a litter of Irish Wolfhound puppies one day.

He originally planned on only getting one, but when he went to visit the dogs he ended up bringing home two of them.

John named the two brothers Alistair (grey) and Wilfred (fawn).

Alistair

Wilfred

[amotorhomelifeofhankandmarvin]

At #oldjohn at #bradgateparkleicester Wonderful walk 17k steps today easy peasy 😁❤️ #motorhomeUK #vanlife #vlogger #campingwithdogs #campervan #vanlifediaries #vanlifeUK #campervanuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-ZDttBmYs/?igshid=1jmbm8jhc0mq9

[imjustanauthor]

John is an impuslive man, so much so that there is likely nobody that knows him who could deny such a thing. He also loves dogs perhaps a bit too much. These two facts combined makes for a dangerous situation where he is very likely to adopt new dogs.

... Which is exactly what happened when a dog shelter contacted him about possibly adopting a puppy from them and becoming a patron of the organisation. John being John couldn’t resist, and soon found himself agreeing to adopt a labradoodle puppy that he decided to name River.

(as an adult)

While he was there, he took a tour of the shelter - the organisation wanting to take some photos to use as publicity, and John wanting to see all the dogs - and he stumbled upon an older mixed breed. The dog was around ten years old and was struggling to find a home, having been at the shelter for a few years with no luck in regards to his adoption. John, wanting to help, inquired about how he was with other dogs and, long story short, ended up taking him home too. Not too keen on the dog’s original name, he decided to rename him Brax - something that he believed suited him much better.

[imjustanauthor]

John’s in talks for a TV series based off his books. He doesn’t expect anything to come out of them any time soon, though.

[imjustanauthor]

John’s current writing project is a collection of short stories based in the universe he has created for the Time Shards series. They include all new content, things that he had to scrap from the original books in order to stop them from becoming too long, and stories written based on scraps of paper that he’d written notes down on years ago, lost, and then recently found again.

It’s a slow project, though. He’s still writing, but he’s relaxing while he does so.

[imjustanauthor]

John’s 13th book is a spin-off to the main series (the main Time Shards series having ended in Striking Twelve). The book, titled Displacement, follows a Welsh lady that is sucked through a crack in time (as seen in his previous book, Visible Cracks) while shopping in Cardiff. She finds herself on the spaceship of Captain Hades (a character from his previous books) and his right-hand man - an alien that looks like a kind of squid-human hybrid. 

The book follows the characters attempting to send the woman home while simultaneously trying to protect a planet from space pirates, and ends with her deciding to stay - something that is a relief to Captain Hades because, as the reader finds out, he had been lying about being able to send her home all along.