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The most famous and powerful of the Peer Families are the Meyricks of Riversouth. The most eccentric (amongst some stiff competition) are the Bescoby-Angells of Sussengaard.
The Bescoby-Angells are known as the Gardening Peers. Their main seat is Sussengaard, a...
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The title is not misleading, – this is a very soup-focussed entry. If you do not care for soups, broths, pottages, bisques or chowders, feel free to skip this one!
When planning our trip we made sure that we would be in Tel-Yarridge on the second Thursday of the month...
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Aracely Cheth is where Aracely Tookley the poet retired to, and it is said he watches over the village even to this day, nearly a hundred and fifty years after he died. It is unique and remarkable in many other ways as well, particularly with regards to its name: it is...
Craft of the Heretic
Jason Blackmore
Prologue
The man found in the cabin was roused with a lash of seawater. He sat up feebly on the deck, squinting in disbelief at the strangers, then casting his eyes down as though straining to make sense of it all—a man with a groomed beard scouring a...
Chapter 1 The Wall
Raskelf was a dozen miles away along the winding curves of the valley but half that distance the way that Harad had walked, taking the straight route over the hills with his long, gangling limbs carrying him swiftly on the narrow paths. The high ridgeline ended in a treeless...
The Heart of Gumber - Year 1451
2 April
A baby's cry rang about the glistening trees. The sky was lit with dawn that broke through the canopy of leaves. In the heart of Gumber was a meadow that danced with blossoming flowers. The music of frogs, bugs, and birds came together as a chorus...
I'm in a bad state, and it's interfering with my writing, and other creative puruits. Did you ever feel like cutting out the broken bits of your brain and see what can be stitched back afterwards? It's gotta be less hellish than what I am experiencing now.
Each time I sink this low I find...
So far a lot of what I've had planned for 2020 has gone to hell in a handbasket, yet strangely I'm still achieving some of my goals. I've spent a lot of time trudging through my files, in an attempt to get organised. And I haven't even looked at the paper files ... well at least not for long. My...
Long before I found this wonderful community I found myself stumbling on my path to recovery - but it took a long time for me to identify the stumbling block. Even after I identified the stumbling block I still kept back sliding and losing my way - even though it didn't appear that way to others...