Whether the weather is fine,
Or whether the weather is not,
Whether the weather is cold,
Or whether weather is hot
We’ll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
Anon
T...
2022-11-20 10:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post
First, off it will be a long time before this ever gets published, if ever (It needs a serious edit)
Second, I'm running behind on this chapter so I thought I would give you a nice image to look at while waiting.
Interested in feedb...
“Nature has a surer plan than mortals can devise.”
Janet Morris
After the Silversea family left the leaders congregated to discuss what had been illuminated by the light.
“That was insane.” Bishop Bailie...
2022-11-16 22:27:18 +0000 UTC View Post“You can hide your identity, but you can’t hide who you are.”
Dina Madini
Once the sermon on balance, diligence and expanding the compass was complete. They moved on to the blessing. Despite our privileged posit...
2022-11-12 21:54:03 +0000 UTC View PostMorning, afternoon or evening,
I am 2000 words into the next chapter but better yet I woke up and realised how the rest was going to happen, so I am working on finishing it in the next 24 hours. Hoping to get it done over the next 16 t...
2022-11-12 08:14:40 +0000 UTC View Post“When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly given in its place.”
C.S. Lewis
The meal ended with promises on both sides and an agreement for them to host us in the Town tomorrow for a blessing o...
2022-11-09 00:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post“He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.”
Publilius Syrus
Aleera hesitated a second before jumping into the next round of negotiations, “A healer.” I coughed surprised. I supposed it made sense...
2022-11-05 23:49:49 +0000 UTC View Post“The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory and to save an empire.”
Emile de Giradin
The next morning the sun shone brightly as s a sm...
2022-11-01 20:36:36 +0000 UTC View Post“If you want to be a sharp thinker be around sharp people.”
John C. Maxell
Cleo arrived on our island later that day in the company of Grandpa Smit. He seemed amazed at our grand welcoming hall and I realised that...
2022-10-30 22:22:39 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry. It’s my fault. How do I make it right?”
Randy Pausch
Cleo carefully entered the church proper carrying plates of refreshments. Aravan had them sat to the side of the nave attempting to improve his ...
2022-10-28 10:53:33 +0000 UTC View PostPosting Schedule for November
I tried to stick to a schedule before the summer but it all fell apart a little over the last couple of months. I simply posted as soon as I had written. Here is me trying again. This month October I will have m...
2022-10-27 09:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post“Not double trouble but twice blessed.”
Anon
I awoke refreshed and clear of mind. It probably helped that I had yet to start up any of my parallel processes and that my mind fortress was currently empty of any oth...
2022-10-25 23:27:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 133: Me, myself and I
“The best people to work for are me, myself and I.”
Oscar Wilde
“What?” I asked astonished staring at myself in what had been the most private of my refuges, my mind. I bein...
2022-10-25 10:02:05 +0000 UTC View PostNote to readers: Realised why I have not completed the update for the status in a while. It takes a really long time! 3 hours for 1,214 words written so far of Chapter 133 of which 493 are the status update but those 493 words have taken the major...
2022-10-25 01:25:37 +0000 UTC View Post“When the puzzling problems of life perplex,
And dangers threaten and failures vex,
May the Angels form in a magic ring
And shelter your life from everything.”
Anon
“We are truly grateful for everything...
2022-10-24 20:14:57 +0000 UTC View Post“For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.”
Friederich Nietzsche
“Ah yes, Level 4 is it? It is growing well.” She did not seem surprised by this fact as she patted the roots proud of ...
2022-10-16 23:20:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Observation is like a muscle. It grows stronger with use and atrophies without use. Exercise your observation muscle and you will become a more powerful decoder of the world around you.”
Joe Navarro
All was forgi...
2022-10-15 23:31:19 +0000 UTC View Post“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.”
Mario Puzo
We spent the entire day holding the Lodestar with Aleera attempting to gain the Inspect skill. I continued to...
2022-10-09 14:22:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Mark my words. Perception is reality and how someone perceives you is their reality.”
Chris Murray
I left the sliver I’d stolen attached to my amulet in my chest. The amulet would keep the light alive or it wou...
2022-10-06 21:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation.”
Nikola Tesla
While we were waiting for the rest of the family to arrive, I had a thought. The new seed of the Lodestar we had cut from the shard of the Lo...
2022-10-03 22:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post“A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.”
Chris Hedges
We were making a theft which would hopefully allow us to lie to a bishop. The slippery slope we were stan...
2022-10-02 21:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
Desiderius Erasmus
It was morning once more and we had gathered for breakfast. I’d never really thought about it but the morning as the sun rose around 6 ...
2022-10-01 22:46:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
R Collier
It was morning. Sun shone through the balcony that ran along the eastern wall of our growing mountain hall or palace. The world glowed ...
2022-09-26 21:49:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly – right now.”
A Buckminster Fuller
I returned to the world, able to hear and see more than the blue screen reality had hidden behind. There was ...
2022-09-21 23:02:48 +0000 UTC View Post“In the universe, there are things that are known and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.”
William Blake
The archways into the Lodestar Church loomed above us. I couldn’t believe I had neve...
2022-09-18 07:28:22 +0000 UTC View Post“You can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.”
Jack Buck
The next day, I was well chuffed with my smuggling skill an...
2022-09-11 17:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Skedaddle - to depart quickly, hurriedly or to flee”
Dictionary
Although it had felt like a long time during the wait. Once he had finally returned, I realized that it had hardly been any time at all. It was simply the conse...
2022-09-03 21:02:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 119: Cher Ami
“Cher Ami, A World War I homing pigeon who saved the lives of 194 soldiers by delivering a plea for help despite being shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, and having a leg hanging on by a tendon. She was awar...
2022-08-29 10:42:07 +0000 UTC View Post“The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we’re only now penetrating it.”
Robert Ballard
We set sail the next morning. Father was happy...
2022-08-26 00:05:36 +0000 UTC View Post