Have you ever written a letter, imagining who you will be, and where you will be in six months or seven years? Have you ever written a letter as if you were that future person, looking back to yourself, right now? Last year I was introduced to writing as if I was my future self, …
2022 feels like an endurance run. It is more of the same happening over the past two years. It is more of the same past decades; ramped up to extreme degrees that tear through our forests, oceans and hearts in such a way that dystopian novel plots are beginning to sound less like fantasy and …
Welcome dear seeker, wanderer and adventurer. The door is open, the hearthfire is lit, there is warm food waiting and stories to be told. Come on in, and rest your weary feet. Innkeeper ARR Have you ever felt lost? Have you ever felt like a year has gone by and nothing happened? Or perhaps you …
Happy March everyone! This is one of my favourite months because it is the light at the end of what always feels like a too-long winter. Even here on the island where we are fortunate enough to get next to no snow and temperatures generally stick to 5 degrees Celcius at the lowest. Like last …
The title of February’s update comes from a poem by T.S. Eliot called “Preludes.” The poem illustrates numerous mundanities to do with the rhythms of day to day life. It’s very much a poem of its time, as much of the imagery is not something we can necessarily relate to nowadays, but the theme is …
2020 was the year when time stopped. 2021 is only a few weeks in and its shaping up to be the year when time flew. Why? Things are changing. A lot of things have changed and there is so much more to come. Both in the world at large and in my own life. My …
The Myth of the First Empress: Part 1 Listen. Listen as we fly down through the seven skies. Close your eyes and settle by the fire. We land upon the Kingdom of Kypria in a past layered with so much mist it is all but myth. Listen as we play this myth out, moment by …
Stories are told to inspire hope, joy and love. Stories are told to keep us walking forward into the future no matter what. This is a tale about walking and hoping and finding out what we are waiting for and what we dream of, is not just a destination or a person outside of us. …
Moment the First It is midsummer’s eve during a comet shower, the first time Cato and Solveig meet. Cato is on the rooftop of the palace. He is stretched out with his hands under his head and his formal jacket is carelessly thrown over the tiling. He is watching the stars, who are said to …
The stranger brought the smell of stars with him. He walked into the taberna like he owned it, a proud tilt to his shoulders and the gait of a warrior. He was hooded and his cloak was damp with melting snow and mud. He’d travelled a long way. The only snow this time of year …