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  • On a dark and mysterious Reformation Eve . . . .

    In the dark of the night, two mysterious figures tread a stealthy path from their secret abode, La Cachette Boheme (the Bohemian Hideout) and made their way into the darkness.They were none other than: The Black Shadowan…

  • Pirates and Fairies and Things

    My most-beloved roommate, I learned to my horror this autumn, had never in her life carved a pumpkin!So yesterday, we set about remedying that situation.Here is my roommate sitting upon the lawn, cutting cheerily into th…

  • Dancing and Pumpkins and more Dancing

    This has been the dancing-est weekend!On Friday night I betook myself to my former campus to attend a theatrical production thereat. (Is thereat a word?) The play was so-so, but the company discovered afterwards was marv…

  • Simple Gifts

    I was given many gifts today.The first was a tank, firing orange shot at a white sky. That was exciting, if a little 2-d.The second was a game of checkers on an interestingly-proportioned table between two still more int…

  • YIIIIIIPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

    I did it.For the first time in about four, maybe five years . . . .I'VE FINISHED A BOOK!Well, the rough draft, anyway.But we're talking a full length book, my friends! Complete with chapters! A beginning, middle and an e…

  • Muses, Mortals and Great Endeavors

    Wanted to let you know, faithful readers, that I am in fact still alive and kicking! However I might not be blogging quite as much for the next week or so.You see, I am in the process of finishing a novel, and it's prett…

  • Happy Things

    I have a new student, a bright little boy with snappy dark eyes, who possesses one of the cheeriest personalities I've come across.Problem is, in all his cheeriness, he delights in talking about dark and depressing subje…

  • Shylock, Soup and "It's Thwell!"

    Yesterday I had the great pleasure of hosting half a bazillion members of my church singles group at my household, and it was delightful!We had soup!We had wassail! . . . Or rather, a nonalcoholic version of wassail dubb…

  • Phineas Also

    Of course, you know, my heart was utterly and completely broken by the untimely demise of my beloved Phinny.I'm talking, pain that will not die, agony that goes on and on and on and on and on . . . .Which is why I purcha…

  • New Commission

    I have a new commission!My brother's class in helicopter training has commissioned me to draw up a couple of designs for their class patch. This is the patch that goes on the shoulder of their flight jackets and distingu…

  • Tragic End

    I fear my long standing relationship with Phineas Brutus may have come to rather a gruesome end.Perhaps not gruesome.Mysterious, anyway!Phinny is . . . for lack of a better word . . . gone.And in my heart I wonder if Ril…

  • More Adventures with My Roommate

    So my roomie and I had a free morning and decided to go hiking again! And this time, we brought a camera!This is my favorite tree: See how conveniently bent it is? I'm a big fan. I debated with Charity the pros and cons …

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