Thursday, September 26, 2024

Update #4 - September 2024

 No writing progress this last week. The weekend was busy - Autumn Equinox celebration, last Anglesey Druid class, and of course farmers' markets in the morning. Then the first half of this week I was busy writing a book review on Anthony Murphy's new book Fourknocks: Archaeology, Astronomy and Mythology and tweaking a couple of other things for Oak Leaves. That's almost finished, but now I need to develop a presentation for our October Rocky Mountain Retreat on Sacred Darkness which is coming up in three weeks. After that I can finally get back on track with Gwernin and company... Clearly this book won't be finished this year - maybe by Beltane.

After a couple of cool days and nights, the weather is warming up again as it often does at the end of September here. At least the cool spell wasn't cold enough to produce frost this time as it does some years, although I had a low of 40 F one morning, and the morning glory blossoms were more purple than blue for a couple of days.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Update #3 - September 2024

 Very little writing in the last week - I've been spending mornings doing yard work and/or more stuff for Oak Leaves. There probably won't be much progress for a while since I need to read and review a book, followed by preparing my presentation for our October Retreat. This coming weekend is already busy - in addition to the farmers' markets, we'll be celebrating Autumn Equinox here Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon will be the last of the 12 classes I've been taking with the Anglesey Druid Order. Maybe I can sneak in a few words after that - some of it is cut and paste descriptions from The Fallen Stones, plus possibly a little more from
The King's Druid
as Fráechán and Taliesin tell us things Gwernin didn't previously know.

The weather is definitely turning autumnal - 42 F today at sunrise, and more cool weather coming. I actually turned the furnace on briefly this morning to make sure it was working. The time of overnight window fans has come to an end, although I won't put them away yet.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Update #2 - September 2024

 Not much progress on Well of Wisdom in the last week, as I've been busy with layout for Oak Leaves due to having received the last submissions I was expecting. That is mostly done now, bar the proofreading and the last couple of articles, so maybe I can go back to my writing this week, where Gwernin and his friends have reached King Suibne's home. We'll now see what has developed there in the last 6 years since The Fallen Stones

The weather has settled in as autumn, with a few hot days followed by milder ones and cool nights - my morning outside temperatures have been around 50 F at dawn. Ruay has been enjoying his outside mornings, although of course he gets less time on farmers' markets days. And I have blooming morning glories here, there, and almost everywhere in my back yard - some consolation for no vegetable garden this year!

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Update #1 - September 2024

 A cool, cloudy, damp morning after last night's rain. The seasons are definitely changing - one of the Virginia creeper leaves outside my bedroom window is showing color. Too wet outside for yard work today, so I should get a little more writing done. 1,049 words so far on chapter 18, mostly last Thursday and Friday. 

The weekends start with trips to the farmers' markets, and Sunday afternoon was taken up by the on-line class I've been taking with the Angelsey Druid Order. Monday through Wednesday I did yard work in the mornings, and I also spent a lot of time doing layout for Oak Leaves magazine. That is mostly done until I get the last couple of articles I'm expecting, so I plan to work on my own writing today <grin>. And I also need to work on preparation for my talk at our October retreat, the subject of which this year is Sacred Darkness, and read the new book on Fourknocks that I just got from Anthony Murphy in order to review it... September is always a busy month for me, but more so than usual this year!