Gemini Links 16/01/2025: Yesterday's Gone, The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard
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Personal/Opinions
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Yesterday's Gone
Damned nun almost ran over two of the children this morning. Hags in habits, I say.
I will do the best I can - it's been almost a year since these events occurred.
My master satisfied a rather larger than usual request from the merchants guild. 20,000 identical pieces stone. These stones would be shaped according to a template by craftsmen. We have worked with these men for almost a decade and have never had an issue with their output.
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a hazy shade of winter
another cozy evening in the pub. don't mind me, i'm just going to settle in this back corner here and listen to the jukebox, for awhile.
~bartender, just a whiskey, neat?
we just had a good bit of snow here in my part of arkansas. about 14 inches and some change. i live way out in the woods, so the roads were pretty icy for a good few days. glad the wife and i stocked up on stuff from town that we needed before the snowstorm came in. it was a beautiful few days of looking outside and seeing nothing but snow blanketing the yard.
while i'm not the biggest fan of the cold (my ideal temperatures are anywhere from 50-80), i love the beauty of the snow. of course, i'm one of those lucky folks that don't have to worry about getting out in it, so that could have something to do with it. :-) it's serene, quiet. there's something that almost encourages you to reflect while looking out at it.
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Quote of the day - museum section ⚒️
Even when official diplomatic relations are fraught, a mycelial network of archaeologists still crisscrosses the globe.
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The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard
Hour of the Dragon is the only novel-length Conan the Barbarian story by Conan's creator Robert E. Howard. I think a bunch of Conan novels were written by other authors after Howard's death at 30 years of age.
I have a real soft spot for Conan stories. Howard had mapped out a history for his Hyborian Age, and he adds a light seasoning of this into his adventure stories, which make them feel embedded in a living world. It's surprisingly complex. Where some fantasy settings may have a big empire and some smaller nations, Howard's has so many countries that the names kind of just roll over me. They have their characteristics, politics, history. Or *maybe* they do. He just gives snippets, and his protagonist, Conan, isn't overly concerned with stuff beyond his immediate goals, so he can just slam his way through a place which we're left to imagine has more going on in it.
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🔤SpellBinding: APCFKLB Wordo: WISED
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