<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Clare on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/clare/</link><description>Recent content in Clare on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/clare/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>A Different Perspective</title><link>/stories/2004/09/06/a-different-perspective/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2004/09/06/a-different-perspective/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;For today’s adventure, I decided to see the world a different way.
I’d wanted to do this for ages but couldn’t figure out a way to make it
work. Being tied was Ok, but I was always looking for new ways to do it.
Once I’d put the key to my handcuffs in a small box, and a coin in five
identical boxes so that they weighed the same. I placed each box in a corner
of the house and thrown the last one out of the window into the back garden.
Then I stripped, gagged and blindfolded myself, chained the cuffs to my
ankles and dragged myself around the house in search of the key. The two
boxes upstairs yielded copper coins. Getting downstairs was hard work and
gave me carpet burns on my knees, elbows and breasts. I was lying across
the front doorway, resting, when a shower of letters, bills and junk mail
dropped on me as the postman made his delivery. Fortunately the door is
half solid, with frosted glass at the top. I’d like to think he went on
his way, oblivious to the shock and suffering on the other side of the
door. I was thankful that the key was in the next box, and I didn’t have
to slither across the patio in search of a small object sitting in 150
square yards of grass.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Riding The Metal Pony</title><link>/stories/2003/09/20/riding-the-metal-pony/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2003/09/20/riding-the-metal-pony/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The windows and doors were locked, the answerphone was on and everything
I would need was gathered in a sports bag. Using a pole with a hook on
the end, I opened the hatch to the loft and pulled down the ladder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although it had been a hot day, the air in the loft had cooled now to
a reasonable temperature to be naked – I hate being cold. I turned on the
light and unpacked the bag, laying out all the items and checking that
nothing was missing. All present and correct, I covered the hatch with
a large box, cutting out most of the external light, although a little
could seep in through the vents between the roof and the top of the walls.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>