Update #4 - December 2024

 Despite the holiday interruptions, I got about a third of chapter 20 written in the last week. In this part, Taliesin and Fráechán tell the others a story about a series of fidchell games Fráechán once played against an adversary. Most of this episode is lifted from The King's Druid, but repurposed into a discussion of strategy and tactics. Fráechán tells part of it from his point of view, including something Taliesin, who was traveling with him then, didn't know. With luck I might finish this chapter in the next week. :)

Mostly dry weather, 50s and 20s, although we got a little rain last night. I went around yesterday morning and this morning giving Christmas cards and jam to a few of my neighbors. Fortunately this was Royal Crest Dairy's delivery day, because when I went out first thing to collect the milk, I found that my neighbors on the north side had reciprocated (presumably yesterday afternoon when I was at Rowen's house) with a card and cookies - happily I found the cookies before a squirrel did!

Season's greetings to everyone, and best wishes
for good fortune in the next year!