Update #1 - November 2024

 I didn't mind dark days when I lived in Juneau, but now I miss the sunlight when I don't have it. A little of it this afternoon is nice. We've had - 7? 8? 9? - inches of snow over the last couple of days, with more in tomorrow's forecast. Winter has come down on us like a wolf on the fold, after the last 3 or 4 dry months and a mild autumn.

I more or less finally finished chapter 18 Tuesday, although it will need a little tweaking. In the latter part of it, Fraechan tells us a little more of what happened to him during and after his last creation of the Druid Fence. It was worse than what he told Gwernin et al in The Fallen Stones, and he only survived due to King Suibne's folk aiding him and taking him back to their camp, and later to their rath for healing. King Diarmait would have left him to die on the hillside after his magic failed.

I should get more written soon, when I'm not shoveling snow!