Update #3 - March 2025

 Not much progress this week, partly due to working on Oak Leaves, partly because I'm not sure about the Mac Criomthann story I want to include in this chapter. The idea--Mac Criomthann's search for his father's birth name--fits into Gwernin's quest to learn how his mother acquired the ring she left him, which Gwydion has told him was Mac Criomthann's originally, but it's slow going having to make sure this story doesn't contradict things in The Druid's Son, or at least doesn't contradict them badly. After all, details can change in 500 years of oral tradition!

The weather so far this spring has been mild and dry, with next week expected to be warmer. This is a bit of a worry, since it's still March, and having trees leafing out early might lead to broken branches and power outages if we get heavy snow in April, as we often do. In the meantime, it's been so dry and windy I am going to have to start watering things in my yard. Lots of birds lately though--my birdbath is probably one of the few water sources in my local area.