tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39186248433827457352024-02-07T12:06:56.297-05:00The Realm of the Red RoseThe many adventures of Eva BellambiEva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.comBlogger510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-53753883452786073772012-10-11T21:00:00.000-04:002012-10-11T21:03:56.587-04:00BoobieThon 2012 - Week in Review Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">$208,746L</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">$841.72 USD</span></b><br />
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This is the continuation of the review of the first week of our 2012 BoobieThon. <br />
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On Saturday afternoon, October 6th, there were some very fun & creative events. The first was the En Garde Tournament held at the Prop Spinners Flight Deck and hosted by Miss Stereo Nacht.<br />
Miss Nacht develped the tournament with a mind to fun and fund-raising - registration fees split between the winner and the BoobieThon donation kiosk, strip play, and creative awards.<br />
A wonderful time was had by all participants.<br />
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Podrully Pecable listens to the BoobieThon report at the Winterfell Moot</div>
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Later that evening, Miss Zanya hosted a lingerie event at the Charity Way with music provided by DJ Piper Steampunk. <br />
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I was unable to attend either of these events due to real life commitments and am hoping that someone captured some photographs that they would be willing to share with the readers of this journal.<br />
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Sunday, October 7th found the Chess Garden in Winterfell filled with activity. <b>BoobieThon Chess Tournament!</b> Six hardy players sat down to the chess boards at the beginning of the tournament as onlookers filed into the gallery. It was a lovely event. I believe it may have even inspired several of us to dust off our chess pieces at home and prepare for next year!! :)<br />
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Later in the evening, Co-Chairs, Rowan Derryth and PJ Trenton, opened the <b>3rd Annual BoobieThon Art Auction at RoHaus Gallery in Magna Carta</b>. The event was well attended and the bids are already beginning to soar for many of the fabulous original & limited edition art pieces. The last bid will be taken on October 12th! Please don't miss your chance to own one or more of these fantastic pieces - and support the Feel Your Boobies Foundation while you are at it.<br />
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Finally - we must mention that Scout Danger has done a remarkable job of coordinating, maintaining, and managing the BoobieThon Vendor Faire in Winterfell. <br />
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For the first week, the Second Life login page featured BoobieThon and this vendor faire location specifically. Thankfully that increased the traffic to the area for sales and education about the work of the <a href="http://feelyourboobies.com/">Feel Your Boobies Foundation</a>.<br />
<br />Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-45616369631630059582012-10-08T14:52:00.000-04:002012-10-11T21:02:14.553-04:00BoobieThon 2012 - Week in Review Part I<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">$192, 942L</span></b><br />
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What a wonderful week it has been thanks to our generous donors, hosts, vendors, and artists!<br />
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BoobieThon has been quite fortunate to have the opportunity to work with so many wonderful people from all over the globe. This year, as you may recall, we have expanded the 'thon to two weeks for a variety of reasons. This has offered us the chance to expand the number of events and locations - sometimes quite spontaneously!<br />
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Thus far the events have been as follows:<br />
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Opening Night in the Garden of the Fæ - Hosted by Eva Bellambi with music from Icarus Ghost<br />
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Otenth Paderborn generously added BoobieThon to his normal Terpsicore Tuesday event on Day 2 of the BoobieThon. We are so grateful for this spontaneous event and the generosity and caring of those in attendence.<br />
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On Wednsday, Magdalena Kamenev hosted and provided music for Salome's Dance at the Blue Mermaid in Caledon on Sea. What a fantastic night it was! Everyone in attendance was in great spirits and many shared stories about how breast cancer has effected their lives. <br />
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Thanks to PJ Trenton for the photographs. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pj_trenton/sets/72157631717057604/with/8065548087/">PJ's BoobieThon Album is here.</a><br />
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On Thursday evening, the Poetry Slam at der Hut held a breast-themed night. It was great fun according to all in attendance and it helped push the dollars-raised up even higher.<br />
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Friday was a busy evening which began with the placement of the Venus di Milo from last year's art auction at the Consulate gardens in New Toulouse. Music provided by Radio Riel<br />
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The party then moved to the Steelhead Ballroom where we all celebrated life in shades of pink. Over $75,000L were raised at this particular event!! Many thanks to Lunar, Tensai, and Fuzzball for hosting and providing the music.<br />
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Part II update will include the Saturday and Sunday events ending week 1 of BoobieThon 2012.<br />
<br />Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-13351560927851915962012-09-29T20:25:00.000-04:002012-10-10T07:18:57.735-04:00BoobieThon 2012 Revised Events Listing!<br />
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The BoobieThon 2012 dates have been revised. What has traditionally been a week-long fund-raising event will now last for 2 weeks, <b><i>October 1-13, 2012!!</i></b><br />
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<b>October 1st-12th</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Laudanum/215/130/22"><span style="color: purple;">Merchant Market</span></a>, Winterfell</li>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magna%20Carta/159/177/30"><span style="color: purple;">BoobieThon Art Auction</span></a>, Magna Carta (Avalon Town)</li>
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<b>October 1st, 7p-9p SLT</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/191/232/25"><span style="color: purple;">Opening Night - Heart of Skye</span></a>, Winterfell. </li>
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<li>Music by Icarus Ghost</li>
<li>Theme - Gaia and the Fae (Mother Earth and Faeries)</li>
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<b>October 3rd, 7p -? SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20On%20Sea/209/152/25"><span style="color: purple;">Salome's Dance at the Blue Mermaid</span></a>, Caledon</li>
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<li>Music by Magda Haiku (Magdalena Kamenev)</li>
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<b>October 4th, 5p-7p SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/73/141/22"><span style="color: purple;">Poetry at der Hut</span></a>, Winterfell</li>
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<li>Poetry Slam - BoobieThon Edition</li>
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<b>October 5th, 6p-7p SLT</b></div>
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<li>Placement of last year's BoobieThon Art Auction consortium sculpture</li>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/158/207/24"><span style="color: purple;">Europan Consulate</span></a>, New Toulouse</li>
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<b>October 5th, 7p-10p SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead/77/140/25"><span style="color: purple;">Pink in Steelhead</span></a> (BoobieThon at the weekly Steelhead Dance)</li>
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<li>Music by Fuzzball Ortega</li>
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<b>October 7th, TBD</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magna%20Carta/159/177/30"><span style="color: purple;">Art Auction opening event at RoHaus</span></a>, Magna Carta (Avalon Town)</li>
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<b>October 7th, 1pm SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Laudanum/145/226/22"><span style="color: purple;">Chess Tournament at the Chess Garden</span></a>, Winterfell</li>
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<b>October 12th, 2-4pm SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magna%20Carta/159/177/30"><span style="color: purple;">Art Auction FINAL BIDS and closing event</span></a></li>
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<li>Music by Walt Vieria</li>
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<b>October 13th, 12p-2p SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/196/254/756"><span style="color: purple;">BoobieBall European Time</span></a>, Winterfell</li>
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<li>Music by Gabrielle Riel</li>
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<b>October 13th, 6p-8p SLT</b></div>
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<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/196/254/756"><span style="color: purple;">BoobieBall American Time</span></a>, Winterfell</li>
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<li>Music by Gabrielle Riel</li>
<li>TOTAL DONATIONS will be announced</li>
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Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-38095119812562777032012-09-08T10:31:00.000-04:002012-09-08T10:48:19.118-04:00BoobieThon in SL 2012 Starts on October 1st<span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's that time of year again! Time to focus on education, prevention, and research around breast cancer. Time to do our part to save lives!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif"><b>What is BoobieThon in SL? </b> </span><span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif"><br /></span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif" x-small="x-small">This year marks the 5th year that</span> <span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif">Lady Twilight, Serra Anansi,</span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif" x-small="x-small"> and I have been leading wonderful groups of volunteers to raise money to help in the fight against breast cancer. It all started 5 years ago when Serra happened to IM me about a very funny product for which she had just seen an advert. That product was called, <i>Boob Lube</i>. Go ahead, search for it. The product is promoted by several breast cancer awareness groups in an effort to help women remember to perform their monthly self breast exams. Anyway, Serra was enjoying the ad for <i>Boob Lube </i>co much that she had to share it with me. She and I talked about that for a while and I told her that it reminded me of a tongue-in-cheek approach to breast cancer research fund-raising called BoobieThon. This was a group of bloggers who had been raising money for a few years by posting pictures of, both covered and uncovered, breasts online for the first week of October. All proceeds were sent to <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://ww5.komen.org/"><span style="color: magenta;">Susan G. Komen Foundation</span></a>.</span> It was at this point that we began to hatch our plans to be a part of this irreverent and fun approach to raising money. We we do so in-world. There are quite a few places to read about our BoobieThon events - I will simply direct you to a couple of links on my own blog and on the BoobieThon page.</span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif" x-small="x-small"><br /></span></span></blockquote>
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<span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif">We have recently begun sketching out plans for the BoobieThon in SL events for this year. Oct 1-7 remain the dates. Due to changes at both Boobie-Thon (in RL) and Komen, we have changed our named fund-raising beneficiary this year.</span></span><br />
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<span arial="arial" sans-serif="sans-serif">Our charity is </span><a href="http://www.feelyourboobies.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Feel Your Boobies Foundation</span></a><span arial="arial" sans-serif="sans-serif"><span style="color: magenta;">.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif">This foundation happens to be local to my typist and was created after the founder discovered a lump in her own breast at a very young age while performing her monthly self-exam. This saved her life. To quote the foundation's website:</span>
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<span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" helvetica="helvetica" sans-serif="sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" x-small="x-small"><b>THE FOUNDATION & MISSION</b>The Feel Your Boobies Foundation focuses on one simple mission (and we have since 2004): using media and other unconventional outreach to remind young women to ‘feel their boobies’. Over the past few years, provocative breast cancer slogans have become more popular…and while we’re all about a good chuckle, we’d like to make sure our supporters know that we’re more than a funny slogan. Feel Your Boobies® is a call to action that reminds you about a habit that can increase your chances of early detection and potentially save your life.</span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" helvetica="helvetica" sans-serif="sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" x-small="x-small"><br /></span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" helvetica="helvetica" sans-serif="sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" x-small="x-small">Why focus solely on the use media to spread or message? That’s simple. Since 2004, this campaign has run out of our Founder, Leigh’s, home in a small town in Pennsylvania. With a shoestring budget and a few dedicated volunteers and workers, Feel Your Boobies has reached an international audience with its message and saved lives (<a href="http://store.feelyourboobies.com/testimonials.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">read our testimonials</span></a>!). Media (social media specifically) makes this possible. With over 300K “likes” on facebook and more than 1Million Cause supporters…we’re certainly making waves from this tiny PA town.</span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" helvetica="helvetica" sans-serif="sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" x-small="x-small"><br /></span><span arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" helvetica="helvetica" sans-serif="sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" x-small="x-small">Why focus primarily on young women? For women who are pre-mammogram age (under 40), “feeling your boobies” is one of the primary ways to get to know your body and detect changes in your breasts. Even as you get older, this habit can help in making sure you identify a change in your breast as soon as it occurs and bring it to your doctor’s attention. Should the change be breast cancer, early detection is the primary way to increase your chances of surviving this disease.</span></blockquote>
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<span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif">Their focus on the use of social media and unconventional methods as well as their focus on education and prevention makes this a perfect charity for a community of people who come together from all over the world in a virtual space.</span></span><br />
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<span 13px="13px" arial="arial" font-size:="font-size:" sans-serif="sans-serif">We hope that you will join the fun - and the hard work - again this year to raise money for BoobieThon in SL 2012. <b><i>Please notecard either Serra (Serra Anansi) or me (Eva Bellambi) in world if you would like to volunteer to create or host an event during this week of fund-raising.</i></b> Whether you can volunteer in that capacity or not, please do plan on attending several of the fun events during the week (a preliminary list of events may be found below), bring friends, and bring your spirit of giving. </span></span><br />
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Let's educate men and women about breast cancer and about how they can save their own lives by the simple act of feeling their boobies at least once a month.</span><br />
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See you there!!</span><br />
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<i>Preliminary Events Listing (final event schedule to be determined)</i></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Opening Night Party </i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Art Auction (all week)</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Poetry Slam</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Limerick Contest</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Educational Salons and Static Displays</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Special BoobieThon Product Vendors</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The 5th Annual Boobie Balls </i></span></li>
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<i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Here is the carriage to the event: </span><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magna%20Carta/53/214/37" style="color: #38761d;">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magna%20Carta/53/214/37</a></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Music to be provided by the fabulous Icarus Ghost!</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #006600; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">As
is my custom, we will begin the evening with a celebration of my Clan
and the Knights of the Order of the Red Rose, and then lighting of the
Beltane Need Fire. Each guest will also be offered a Beltane lamp which
will light as s/he approaches the Need Fire. This light should be
taken to his/her own hearth at the end of the festival.</span><br />
<span style="color: #006600;"><br /></span><span style="color: #006600; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">As
is always the case, I invite you to let go of the formality of day to
day life and celebrate freely the renewal of the earth, the fertility of
your lands, your livestock, yourselves. </span> <span style="color: #006600; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Release
your inner, May Queen, Green Man, White Lady, Blue Man, Roman
God/Goddess, or Færiekind. Dress is quite relaxed - and clothing
generally becomes optional as the fever pitch around the fire grows.
There will be discrete areas available for your own fertility rites to
be celebrated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #006600;">In Scottish Gaelic the month of May
is known as either (An) Cèitean or a' Mhàigh, and the festival is
known as Latha Bealltainn or simply Bealltainn - meaning
‘bright/sacred fire’. The holiday was held to mark and celebrate the
blossoming of spring, and coincided with the ancient pastoral event of
moving livestock into their summer grazing fields. It did not occur on
any fixed solar date (the tradition of solstices and equinoxes is later
in origin) but tended to be held on the first full moon after the
modern 1st of May. Some sources suggest that the blooming of the
Hawthorn was the primary signal for the event before the development of
centralized calendars.</span><br />
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was nearly entirely a celebration of the fertility of the land and
their animals. The main traditional element which was common to all
Beltane festivals was the fire which gave it its name. All the fires of
the community would be extinguished and a new, sacred ‘Need Fire’ was
lit by either the village head or spiritual leader. From this source one
or two bonfires were lit, and the animals of the community would be
driven through or between them. It was believed that the smoke and flame
of the fires would purify the herd, protecting them in the year to
come and ensuring a good number of offspring. The inhabitants of the
village would then take pieces of the fire to their homes and relight
their hearths, and dance around or near the bonfires to ensure good
portents for them and their families.</span><span style="color: #006600;"><br /></span><span style="color: #006600;">This
spring/summer rite was celebrated in many ancient cultures. Some
continue it even in modern times. In many traditions the focus of
Beltane is on the battle between the May Queen and the Queen of Winter.
The May Queen can be recognized as Flora, the goddess of the flowers,
and the young blushing bride, and the princess of the Fae. She is Lady
Marian in the Robin Hood tales, and Guinevere in the Arthurian cycle.
She is the embodiment of the Maiden, of mother earth in all of her
fertile glory.</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600;">Beltane
has a long history. The Celtic fire festival is celebrated with
bonfires, Maypoles, dancing, and lots of good old fashioned sexual
energy. In Ireland, the fires of Tara were the first ones lit every
year at Beltane, and all other fires were lit with a flame from Tara.</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600;"><br /><br />The
Romans celebrated the Floralia, or festival of flowers, which
consisted of three days of unbridled sexual activity. Participants wore
flowers in their hair (much like May Day celebrants later on), and
there were plays, songs, and dances. At the end of the festivities,
animals were set loose inside the Circus Maximus. Land owners would
have often have sex in their fields to ensure the fertility of their
lands.</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600;"><br /><br />The
entity known as the Green Man, strongly related to Cernunnos (The
Horned God), is often found in the legends and lore of the British
Isles, and is a masculine face covered in leaves and shrubbery. In some
parts of England, a Green Man is carried through town in a wicker cage
as the townsfolk welcome the beginning of summer. Impressions of the
Green Man’s face can be found in the ornamentation of many of Europe’s
older cathedrals, despite edicts from local bishops forbidding
stonemasons from including such pagan imagery.</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600;"><br /><br />A
related character is Jack-in-the-Green, a spirit of the greenwood.
References to Jack appear in British literature back as far as the late
sixteenth century. Sir James Frazer associates the figure with mummers
and the celebration of the life force of trees. Jack-in-the-Green was
seen even in the Victorian era, when he was associated with soot-faced
chimney sweeps. At this time, Jack was framed in a structure of wicker
and covered with leaves, and surrounded by Morris dancers. Some
scholars suggest that Jack may have been a ancestor to the legend of
Robin Hood.</span><span style="color: #006600;"> </span><span style="color: #006600;"><br /><br />This
festival is also seen as a time when the veil between worlds is a bit
thinner - a time for the faeries. The appearance of flowers around
this time of year heralds the beginning of summer and shows us that the
fae are hard at work. In early folklore, the more helpful deeds of the
fae should always be acknowledged and appreciated, therefore, Beltane
offered a good time to leave out food and other treats for them in your
garden or yard.</span><span style="color: #006600;"></span><br />
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The Royal Society & I were pleased to be part of this new adventure from the Steamlands to the Mainland.<br />
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Our group was led by Scripted & Magda Haiku (Madalena Kamenev), who prior to our departure gave us the following description of our potential adventure:<br />
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cross the Sea of Fables and perhaps even make it to the ancient and
mythic Linden Village, where it is said the Lindens themselves walked
among us. Along the way, we might just see some SL celebrities, and
perchance we will plant a flag or three from our own Steamland nations.
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We all dressed in our favorite adventuring gear, whether dressing like the mainlanders or in our favorite Victorian clothing (which by the way included a new ballgown thanks to the inevitable wagering and daring that happens amongst brave and bold companions).</div>
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Sincerely,<br />
Eva Bellambi<br />
Duchess of Loch Avie, Lady of Skye, Fellow of the Royal Society<br />
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The
Royal Society for the Advancement of Knowledge in the Natural Sciences,
better known as the Royal Society, serves as an academy of sciences for
Caledon, and the World at large. Membership ("Fellowship") is granted
by election by existing Fellows. The Society is based in Caledon
Tamrannoch, and welcomes all scientists, explorers, academicians et al.
who wish to forward the state of Victorian-era scholarship. </div>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-58102253295755486282012-04-15T17:12:00.000-04:002012-04-15T17:35:02.784-04:00Finally! A full set of pictures from the Snowflake BallI suppose we all go through phases where we are highly motivated to blog and others where we lose all motivation. I have been writing occasionally in other blogs in SL (and the typist in RL), but The Realm of the Red Rose has suffered horribly. Apologies!<br />
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So today, I will at least begin anew with pictures from the 6th Annual Snowflake Ball. The following post will showcase pictures from a latest adventure.<br />
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Once again the Snowflake was a meaningful and precious evening. I am so glad that everyone was able to join us High in the Cliffs of Skye.<br />
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For more fabulous photos of the night, please see <a href="http://www.flickr.com//photos/pj_trenton/sets/72157628778750497/show/" target="_blank">PJ Trenton's Flickr set.</a>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-36059954295177836782011-12-31T10:41:00.000-05:002011-12-31T10:41:04.561-05:00You Are Invited to the SIXTH Annual Snowflake Ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>It
is with great pleasure that I am once again inviting you to The
Snowflake Ball, which has become a Steamlands winter tradition. We are now celebrating our SIXTH event! The Snowflake Ball has deep
sentimental meaning for me as one of the first formal Victorian dances
in our collective history and a time and place to be with - and make -
very good friends.<br />
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The first Duchess Loch Avie, Shenlei Flasheart, started this tradition
in January 2007, and I am honored to have been able to continue to hold
this beautiful ball each year, first in my role as Duchess Loch Avie, then as the Lady of Skye in Winterfell. Although I have had a change in my Second Life - less time in world, a move to a smaller and more modern parcel of land - I am proud to continue to hold those title and to play those roles when I am in my beloved Steamlands. And this is one of the three traditions that I hold near and dear to my heart. I'll not stop holding this ball until the gods of the electronic world see fit to remove me entirely.</span></span></div>
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wish is that you will enjoy yourselves entirely on this very special
night in the snow. We do not wish that the formal nature of the ball
would intimidate you as we utilize the dance cards for our 11 dance
sets, but rather provide you with an option to enhance your pleasure of
the event. If you have not already received a notecard, which includes
your dance card for the night, there will be a table with cards
available for your use on the night of the ball. This year our celebration will be held in the Forrest of the Cliffs of Skye (i.e. way up high over my lovely Magna Carta land); however, we will continue to observe the etiquette of the Steamlands (rather than that
of strict Victorian or even more modern tradition). Therefore, anyone may request a dance
of anyone else (i.e. women may initiate an invitation to dance; women
may dance with women and men with men; all avatars are welcome
including tinies, furries, mechanical beings of all types, time lords,
and more).</span></span></div>
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perhaps begin filling the dance card - if all your dances are not spoken
for prior to the ball, of course. The first dance set will begin at 7:15pm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Snowflake by William <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Baer</span></span><br />
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Timing’s everything. The vapor rises<br />
high in the sky, tossing to and fro,<br />
then freezes, suddenly, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">crystallizes</span><br />
into a perfect flake of miraculous snow.<br />
For countless miles, drifting east above<br />
the world, whirling about in a swirling free-<br />
for-all, appearing aimless, just like love,<br />
but sensing, seeking out, its destiny.<br />
Falling to where the two young skaters stand,<br />
hand in hand, then flips and dips and whips<br />
itself about to ever-so-gently land,<br />
a miracle, across her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">unkissed</span> lips:<br />
as he blocks the wind raging from the south,<br />
leaning forward to kiss her lovely mouth.</blockquote>
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Second Annual Snowflake Ball</div>
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January 2011</div>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-67632864709457529572011-10-08T01:14:00.000-04:002011-10-08T01:14:08.919-04:00AMAZING!! BoobieThon in SL Donates $2133.88There are no words right now - only elation and exhaustion. Pure emotion.<br />
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Thanks to all the volunteers and donors for making this year's BoobieThon in SL the best one ever!!<br />
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<br />Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-3317064472321963522011-10-05T07:21:00.001-04:002011-10-08T01:15:53.976-04:00BoobieThon with a ViewWhat a wonderful week it has been here at the 4th Annual BoobieThon in SL! I wanted to share some of the scenes from events with you and let you know about the upcoming events as well.<br />
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Thank you for your on-going generosity!! I should have a new mid-week total to announce sometime later today. [SOME IMAGES NSFW!]<br />
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Opening night party at my new home, Cliffs of Skye in Magna Carta. </div>
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Opening party (photo credit: PJ Trenton)
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Stormy Mefusula, the Chief Boobie Officer of the RL BoobieThon (photo credit: PJ Trenton).
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Art Auction at RoHaus (photo credit: PJ Trenton)
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Eva and Frequency (photo credit: PJ Trenton)
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Sexy Serra - drumming up donations</div>
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Irreverence. Check!<br />
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Raising money for Breast Cancer Research. CHECK!!<br />
<br />Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-16656476318722401982011-10-02T09:57:00.000-04:002011-10-08T01:16:48.330-04:00TOUCHE YOUR BOOBIES!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a wonderful - dare I say, 'grand' - opening day for BoobieThon in SL, we resume our week of fundraising today with the En Garde tournament. We have affectionately called this sporting event Touche for Boobies. It should be a spectacle of epic proportions as fierce competitors battle it out on the pistes in Winterfell Anodyne at the BoobieBall Garden.<br />
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Come enjoy the sport and donate to the BoobieThon. As well you will be surrounded by the designer vendors where you will find fantastic clothing, accessories, and items of every shape and size.<br />
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See you there!!Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-75233633154214943382011-10-01T10:00:00.000-04:002011-10-08T01:17:58.979-04:004th Annual BoobieThon in SL - Opening NightIt's October 1, 2011! That means BoobieThon 2011 is underway in both real life and Second Life. <br />
I'm ready!! Are you??<br />
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It was a good morning for me to remember to perform my monthly self-breast exam in real life. (That reminds me, one of my fabulous content creating friends really needs to create a self-breast exam animation for Second Life. Any volunteer should IM me in world or email me at evabellambi@gmail.com)<br />
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Tonight the designer vendors open at the BoobieBall Garden in Winterfell Anodyne/180/250/30 at 6pm SLT. We have a wonderful group of designers who have joined the cause this year. We are fortunate enough to even have a furnished cottage for you to view and purchase. The model home is on display just beside of the BoobieBall Garden island. A HUGE thank you to all our contributors!<br />
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The opening party will be held at my new home in Magna Carta. It is called Cliffs of Skye after my beloved Isle of Skye in Winterfell Anodyne. We'll start on the 3rd floor "party deck" and dance and donate to the tunes spun by DJ Freq! At 7:30pm, the conga line to RoHaus will begin as the Art Auction opens to bidders. The auction will run through October 6th at 8pm SLT when the final bid will be taken.<br />
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I will let the auction poster speak for itself. Amazing! The art that has been donated is really beyond compare - stunning photographs, paintings, sculptures, and other works of art. <br />
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Can't wait to see you tonight!<br />
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As our real life BoobieThon counterparts always say, "We share because we care."<br />
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<br />Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-38477356176519521642011-09-26T00:57:00.000-04:002011-09-26T00:57:09.437-04:00Once Again We Work to Save Second Base - BoobieThon 2011<br />
October 1-7, 2011: The 10th Annual Blogger <a href="http://www.boobiethon.com/">BoobieThon</a> (a good history of this week may be found <a href="http://www.boobiethon.com/history05.html">here</a> and the 4th Annual BoobieThon in Second Life.<br />
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Over the years thousands of dollars have been raised for the <a href="http://ww5.komen.org/">Susan G. Komen Foundation</a> in both worlds.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Once again <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">he Saving Second Base committee members have been working hard to create a week of interesting, fun, and, at times, irreverent affairs for you to enjoy as we educate about - and raise money for - breast cancer research and treatment</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>October 1, 2011</b> </span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Opening Night Party - 6:30pm SLT</b>, Cliffs of Skye, Magna Carta</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Art Auction Opening</b> - travel next door to RoHaus for the opening of the bidding (7:30pm SLT)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Designer Vendors open - 6pm SLT, Winterfell BoobieBall Garden</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>October 2, 2011</b></span></div>
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<li style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Touche for Boobies - 12pm SLT</b>, Winterfell En Garden</li>
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<li> An en garde tournament</li>
<li>16 openings entry fee is 1000L</li>
<li>The winner will receive 1500L and a special trophy to commemorate the event!</li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Educational Salon</b> - TBA</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Art Auction and Designer Vendors continue</span></li>
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<b>October 3, 2011</b></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Burlesque for Breasts - 8pm SLT</b>, La Casbah, Steelhead.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Art Auction and Designer Vendors continue</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>October 4, 2011</b></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Shape Shifter Competition - 4pm SLT</b>, The Hobo Theatre, Hobo Island.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Art Auction and Designer Vendors continue</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>October 5, 2011</b></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Victorian's Secret at the Blue Mermaid - 7pm SLT</b> Caledon On Sea</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Art Auction and Designer Vendors continue</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>October 6, 2011</b></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Poetry Slam for Boobies - 5pm SLT</b>, der Hut, Winterfell Absinthe</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Art Auction and Designer Vendors continue</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>LAST BID</b> for art auction will be taken at<b> 8pm SLT</b></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>October 7, 2011</b></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>BoobieBall (I) - 12pm SLT, BoobieBall Garden, Winterfell</b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>BoobieBall (II) - 7pm SLT, Boobie Ball Garden, Winterfell</b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Designer Vendors continue</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Final Donation will be made at 8:50 SLT.</b></span></li>
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Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-87244477694859111902011-08-04T21:09:00.003-04:002011-08-04T21:09:41.609-04:00The Calm Before the Storm<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.28918949770741165" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 July</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personal Journal Entry</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I woke well before dawn to the persistant knocking at my chamber door. It was Cairine stating that Agent Shea, whom I had not had back in the Steamlands since the Fusang affair many years ago, had just arrived by airship. They were apparently mooring and he would debark shortly and was requesting an immediate audience with me.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cairine heated water for me and started to lay out a day gown for me to put on.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Gods, Cairine! I expect that I’ll be battling for my life - for the very lives of my family and clan - today. I don’t think I’ll need the formality of the proper gown at this moment. Just get my leather battle gear out of the wardrobe. I put it all together just a few hours ago.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After making myself ready, I walked down to the ballroom, where we had set up headquarters for the battle planning. I found Admiral Beaumont, Colonel Somme, Colonel O’Toole, and Sir Tele all waiting for me around the chart table. They had all heard the airship from their tents outside and rose to discover what was going on.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Your Grace, “ they all greeted me nearly in unison.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just as I was about to reply, the ballroom doors opened to reveal a very muscular young man in his regimentals entering the room confidently. His sandy brown hair cut short, but combed to the side as is the latest fashion, allowed his blue eyes to fairly sparkle. As he approached our small group his smile widened.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“My goodness, Shea, it seems that military work in the far east has been quite agreeable to you! You look every inch the well-muscled warrior at ease.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Your Grace,” he said as he kissed my hand. “I’ve been traveling back to Winterfell for some time now. Even in Fusang we were hearing rumblings of the Vulgarian violence heading your way.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well, well, Shea.” said O’Toole mildly stepping forward to clap his former protégé on the shoulder. “What news, son?”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this prompting, Shea pulled the charts out as I made hasty introductions and showed what he knew of the Vulgarian’s circuitous route. Based on what he told us of the intelligence he was able to gather along the way, it seems that the Vulgarians were stopping frequently and with distinct purpose - purchasing this and that, and conferring with shamans in various cities and countrysides.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well, “ said Admiral Beaumont, “what is clear is that they are indeed heading this way, and based on all current information they will sail into our waters sometime this afternoon or evening. What is less clear is what they have been doing along the way and whether that means anything to us. Weapons? Time travel? Some sort of magic?”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At that moment, the sounds of running feet came from the great room, and a young bosun’s mate stepped in and saluted. “Ma’am. Sirs. I have news that a large airship is headed directly for the Isle. It appears to be flying the Bellambi flag, Your Grace.”</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Very good. We shall join you outside, directly,” acknowledged Admiral Beaumont.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We left the charts where they laid on the table, gratefully accepted the tea that cook just brought in on a cart and walked with our cups (do try not to be too shocked about that) outside where we saw </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Protagoras</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> coming nearer. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Excellent!” I exclaimed, “Kate and Adso are arriving from the Royal Society. They were pleased to use this occasion to test their new experimental scientific instruments and weapons.” </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We all grinned a little and went to the mooring dock to greet them in what may have been the last peaceful hour of the day (and the sun was just fully over the edge of the horizon).</span></span></div>
Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-76681776542370620132011-08-02T10:23:00.003-04:002011-08-02T10:36:28.053-04:00The Arrival of Friends<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.08102893433533609" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As is often the case on the eve of battle, I was in my private drawing room reviewing charts and intelligence dispatches, and making sure my personal weapons were ready for the coming storm. I was honing the blade of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Claidheamh Flath </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when Admiral Wildstar knocked and entered the room with what could only be described as a school boy’s grin on his face.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What news Wildstar?” I asked with a cautious grin spreading across my own face in response to his.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this he opened the doors fully and my errant knights and protectors walked in en masse. Leading the way was the ever dapper, Exrex Somme, commander of the Lancers of Skye. Behind him was Sir Telemachus who showing the evidence of his hasty departure and rapid travel to get to me. His hair was flying wildly around him and he had what seemed like every blade he owns attached to his body in some fashion. Just a few steps behind him came the retired executive officer of the Lancers, Hotspur O’Toole. He nearly swaggered into the room in his linen shirt and pants - evidence that he was found precisely where we last knew he was located: a expat hang-out in the desert. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All three gentlemen walked confidently straight through the door and over to me. Exrex kissed my hand. Then, putting his cheek near mine, whispered in my ear, “I hope our delayed arrival did not put too much worry in your heart, Duchess Toots.” I smiled and touched his face. He had used his silly nickname for me, which he would never do in hearing distance of anyone else, and thereby let me know that he was genuinely sorry if he had caused any concern on my part.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I am awfully glad for your presence, Colonel. Have you assembled my Lancers?”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Indeed, I have, Your Grace. As we speak they are stabling the horses and making camp on the front lawn,” he said.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Very good. We are expecting that the Vulgarians will attempt to take us from all fronts - air, sea, and an amphibious assault onto the Isle.”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next Tele came over and laid his sword in front of me as he knelt down. “I am so sorry that I was such a distance away, Your Grace. But I am here and have brought several of my more </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">uncultured</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> friends.” I laughed at this and touched his head gently. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Just the guests I was counting on you to bring along.” At this I bid him rise and see his men settled alongside the Lancers. He bowed over my hand and took his leave to do so.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well, I see ye’ve gotten yerself into another fine mess, Lady, “ said the linen-clad Hotspur striding across the room. As he kissed my hand, I noted his greying red hair - just around the temples.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Aye, it seems so,” I replied. “I see that retirement is treating you kindly. You seem quite relaxed and satisfied.”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It is so, Lady. I find myself surrounded by many others of our Wrath Fleet and a few less honorable but highly interesting friends. The weather is warm, the drinks are plentiful, and we are never at a loss for stories of old battles,” he remarked.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Touching the grey hair I wondered aloud whether he was still up to the task of battling the Vulgarians. At this Exrex literally snorted his amusement and Hotspur gave me an exasperated smirk. “Aye. I’ll do. I think I may have a fight or fifty still left in me.”</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I laughed and enjoyed the easy company of my old friends and protectors. As I began showing them the charts, inviting Wildstar to join us, Cairine walked cautiously into the room.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Your Grace, there are a group of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ruffians</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> arriving from the Ferry. They say they are here to fight for you, but......” she nearly hissed.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turning to the gentlemen still staring at the charts and murmuring battle plans, I said, “I believe your troops have arrived, O’Toole.” He merely grinned.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-31452347911617373712011-07-29T19:54:00.001-04:002011-07-29T19:54:24.910-04:00Dispatch from Admiral Beaumont - Go to Highest Alert!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I just received a dispatch from my Chief of naval intelligence, who is sailing in mainland waters. I believe the information has the greatest urgency</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Here is the message, that I relay to you without comments :</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">From Captain [name redacted], Commodore of the Special Ops Squadron, sailing aboard the <b><i>Shooting Star</i></b> north of the <span scayt_word="Sansara" scaytid="1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important; white-space: nowrap !important;">Sansara</span> continent</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">To: <span scayt_word="Wildstar" scaytid="2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important; white-space: nowrap !important;">Wildstar</span> Beaumont - Vice Admiral - Wild Fleet Headquarters</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Greetings Sir.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I have just received a classified message from Commander [name redacted] sailing on the <b><i>Running Star</i></b> in the waters around Nautilus City.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">This is very </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">troublesome information: a <strong>Vulgarian fleet</strong> has been sighted sailing around Nautilus City. Its destination is unknown but it is a very powerful fleet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"> made mostly by ships of the line. I have been able to dispatch a sloop with Agent C on the coast of Nautilus and he has been able to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">follow them for a while thanks to the dark a foggy weather, and he was able to capture some images. </span></span></span></div>
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Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-12486852118427080182011-07-29T07:27:00.000-04:002011-07-29T07:27:01.989-04:00Evening Sword-PlayAfter a very long night and day of planning for the defense of the Isle of Skye and of Winterfell, it felt good to change clothes and spend time physically preparing myself as well. <br />
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It will be good when my Knights and Lancers arrive tomorrow. We are ready for you, Barken Roff!Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-55239095504175172732011-07-28T12:26:00.003-04:002011-07-28T12:28:10.109-04:00Preparations Begin<div style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">
Personal Journal Entry</div>
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25 July</div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.16933721604409568" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It
was barely daylight when Bucephalus was brought up to the house for my
urgent ride to Miss Serra’s. The horse, sensing the criticality of this
ride, was pawing the soft earth waiting to feel the weight of his
mistress in the saddle. The muscles of his flanks were twitching
anxiously until my gloved hand smoothed his side just before my
horsemaster handed me up. We rode furiously to Serra’s welcoming home.
Not entirely unexpectedly she met me at the door herself; there is
nothing that transpires in Winterfell without her sensing something of
it. “Given our friendship,” she remarked, “I felt something was wrong
with you. It woke me from a deep sleep sometime in the middle of the
night.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As
I began to share the story of the letter and the relatively recent
history with the Vulgarians, she rang the bell for a staff member and
told him to send for Admiral Beaumont immediately. We paused briefly
awaiting his arrival so that I need only share the story once. Happily
her staff brought the silver tea cart to the room. After sipping the
deliciously brewed Earl Grey blend, I felt a bit restored. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once
Wildstar, as I call my friend, the Admiral, arrived he and I placed the
historical puzzle pieces on the table for Serra. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(For those who may not know the history of the Vulgarian RP in the past please read: several articles including<a href="http://hiberniaskids.blogspot.com/2007/08/concerning-events-at-loch-avie.html" style="color: white;"> this one in Hibernia on the Skids</a>; posts of several explorers including <a href="http://hthas.blogspot.com/2008/06/of-caverite-and-sassenachs.html" style="color: white;">this one on The High Tea & Adventure Society</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“The unknown variable is really </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">how</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
they will arrive and attack. The when seems fairly certain. I am sure
they are well underway by now and will likely try to catch you off your
guard sometime in the next few days.” Wildstar remarked.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“I
drew the same conclusions. I’ve sent the call out for my knights, my
clan, and the Lancers of Skye. We need to get them here and working with
you and your officers to plan the defense of Skye and of Winterfell.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
spoke only a few minutes more before Wildstar took his leave to meet
with his officers. Serra had formulated a plan to speak with her
counterparts all over the Steamlands this very day. Then we embraced. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“I’m
off to prepare for the defense of Skye and to await the arrival of my
clan,” I said just as one of Serra’s staff members brought a message for
me into the room. I read the note written in the distinct hand of Lady
Kate Nicholas and then looked up at Serra. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Kate
and Adso have arrived from the offices of the Royal Society and are
convening a group of our top scientists to puzzle through the
possibilities of Vulgarian technological advances. Wonderful! I’m off,
Serra. I’ll check in with you later tonight.” And with that remark, I
was out the door and on Bucephalus speeding my way home.</span></div>
Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-30540764253074579192011-07-24T13:55:00.004-04:002011-07-24T17:13:05.675-04:00In Which Things Become Quite Vulgar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24 July</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since it had been an exceedingly long week dealing with complex problems associated with several of my senior staff members’ cases at MI-6 , I was happy to once again be in my private chambers at home. It had been more than a week since I had been at home. The cases required me to travel a good bit. Cairine kindly directed the staff to manage my luggage and then helped me out of my expedition travel gear and into a very hot bath. As I slipped into the water she poured a small amount of my favorite sandlewood bath oil into the tub then placed a table and lamp nearby so that I might read some of the week’s post while I soaked. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was happy to discover some lovely invitations to summer balls and garden parties in the stack. What a pleasure also to find correspondence from several friends travelling abroad. I was, however, shocked out of my steamy, relaxed, and happy mood when I picked up the next envelope which contained the seal of Barken Roff, a former ambassador from Vulgaria. Roff! the very blaggard who nearly five years ago had done his best to shock all in attendance at the ball celebrating the opening of my manse on Loch Avie with his vulgar language and poor behavior. He had only been invited as he was newly in his diplomatic position in Caledon. How much I regret that decision. It was shortly after that night that he began to claim that Loch Avie was “stolen from Vulgaria” and that the bones, which my knight, Adso Krogstad, was excavating in the lower portion of Loch Avie, would be revealed as ancient Vulgarians. The nerve of the man!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duchess of Loch Avie, Lady of Skye, Head of MI-6, Last Pretender to the Lands of Vulgaria,</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cairine gasped loudly upon her return to find me (unknowingly) standing in the tub holding the letter down at my side. I was red-faced, frowning, and stark naked. Her noise roused me enough to spring me into action. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Cairine. Assist me out of this tub and I’ll dry myself. Then I need you to set the emergency signals in motion. Agent Barns should be in the MI-6 signal station, just give him the word. I need to gather the clan and my knights. Then I shall need to be properly dressed so that at first light I may make emergency calls upon Miss Serra, Admiral Beaumont, Desmond Shang, and several others.”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Cairine walked rapidly down the stairs from the master suite I called after her, “Sir Tele, Somme, and O’Toole are going to be bloody hard to find. Make sure Barns sends his messages accordingly. Those lot have gone far afield - some in semi-retirement - but they must know their Cheiftainess has need of them and they must come!”</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cairine shouted back an acknowledgement and then I heard the door to the intel room open and close.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>“...or she may never even be known to them.”</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>To be continued</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*(Historical notes on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sìleas</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Gawter may be found in these posts : <a href="http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com/2010/03/dream-state.html">Dream State</a>, <a href="http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com/2010/03/time-and-space-fold-dream-state.html">Time and Space Fold</a>, & <a href="http://redroseofcaledon.blogspot.com/2010/09/family-history-discovered-love-letter.html">A Love Letter from Gawter to Sìleas</a>) </span></span></i></div>
Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-21891512690068682662011-06-21T15:10:00.000-04:002011-06-21T15:10:05.078-04:00Midsummer's DayThe cycle of life continues as it always does and we find ourselves at the solstice. Here in the northern hemisphere it is the summer solstice, also known as midsummer. I find that my life in virtual worlds is also cyclical. Currently my time in world is on the low side for a number of reasons (and nothing in particular) and therefore my blogging has ebbed along with my time in Second Life™. This is the normal shape of things - the normal cycle of life.<br />
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Today, however, I found myself desiring a private celebration of midsummer at the stone circle in my home sim of <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Anodyne/126/67/22">Winterfell Anodyne</a>. Happily I had the luxury of time to travel in world fulfilling this longing.<br />
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It was a peaceful, joyful celebration, which allowed me time for reflection and simple happy thoughts. <br />
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Additionally, I have had a song running through my mind for the last few days. The lyrics - and the video, in fact - seem appropriate to the sentiment of solstice celebrations and therefore I share them with you.<br />
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<blockquote>My head is stuck in the clouds<br />
She begs me to come down<br />
Says "Boy quit foolin' around"<br />
I told her "I love the view from up here<br />
Warm sun and wind in my ear<br />
We'll watch the world from above<br />
As it turns to the rhythm of love"<br />
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We may only have tonight<br />
But till the morning sun you're mine all mine<br />
Play the Music low and swing to the rhythm of love<br />
<br />
My heart beats like a drum<br />
A guitar string to the strum<br />
A beautiful song should be sung<br />
She's got blue eyes deep like the sea<br />
That roll back when she's laughing at me<br />
She rises up like the tide<br />
The moment her lips meet mine<br />
<br />
We may only have tonight<br />
But till the morning sun you're mine all mine<br />
<br />
When the moon is low<br />
We can dance in slow motion<br />
And all your tears will subside<br />
All your tears will dry<br />
<br />
And long after I've gone<br />
You'll still be humming along<br />
And I will keep you in my mind<br />
The way you make love so fine<br />
<br />
We may only have tonight<br />
But till the morning sun you're mine all mine<br />
Play the music low and swing to the rhythm of love<br />
Oh<br />
Play the music low and swing to the rhythm of love<br />
Yeah swing to the rhythm of love </blockquote><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JWiwuiT58Yc" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Blessings on all of you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Glory of <span class="searchterm3" id="high_3">the</span> Day-Star, hail!<br />
Lifter of the Light, Burnisher of <span class="searchterm3">the</span> Sky.<br />
Gifts of love to earth are bringing,<br />
<span class="searchterm4" id="high_4">Summer</span>’s shimmer, dew’s delight.</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Dancing be <span class="searchterm3">the</span> heart within us,<br />
Open be our souls to bliss,<br />
Courage vanquish every shadow,<br />
Greet Mid<span class="searchterm4">summer</span> with a kiss.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
- Greeting to <span class="searchterm3">the</span> <span class="searchterm4">Summer</span> <span class="searchterm5" id="high_5">Solstice</span><br />
from <i>Celtic Devotional – Daily Prayers and <span class="searchterm1" id="high_1">Blessings</span><br />
</i>© Caitlín Mat<span class="searchterm3">the</span>ws</div><br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"></div>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-5928764292175927052011-05-23T22:58:00.001-04:002011-05-23T23:00:04.729-04:00Modern Poetry: Location, Location, Location<div style="color: black;">I stumbled upon <a href="http://gabrielgadfly.com/">Gabriel Gadfly</a> today. What a pleasant occurrence.</div><br />
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<blockquote style="color: black;"><h2 class="title" id="tumblr_title">Location, Location, Location</h2><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana; margin-right: 50px;"></div>I could have kissed you<br />
under cherry blossoms,<br />
pale petals drifting down<br />
like the trees wanted to<br />
pretend they could be<br />
snowclouds.<br />
<br />
I could have kissed you<br />
in the rain, drenched to<br />
our bones and not even<br />
caring that the skies<br />
opened up above us<br />
and tried to wash us out.<br />
<br />
I could have kissed you<br />
in a clearing in the most<br />
secluded woods, with<br />
just the sound of wind<br />
rustling through the leaves<br />
and a few voyeuristic<br />
finches peeping at us.<br />
<br />
Instead, I kissed you<br />
in the parking lot of a<br />
Waffle House, just shy<br />
of 2 a.m. in the middle<br />
of a hectic week, with<br />
our waitress grinning<br />
at us from the other<br />
side of the window,<br />
because, honestly,<br />
how could I not? </blockquote><blockquote style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">This poem © Gabriel Gadfly. May 11, 2011</div></blockquote><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Starbucks-740160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/uploaded_images/Starbucks-740160.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ...or maybe it was Starbucks...</div>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-51397014239326820482011-04-28T10:55:00.000-04:002011-04-28T10:55:39.562-04:00Reading - two very different poems in the theme by Emily Dickenson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWr-2SjO5kBnd2mgyKJyKDRt89K05-UrJ34elcwboz7GUfz908S4UsaBLznhAogABJNDAiVcemI2mJxoLfw80BqYGdDwi1083EtOqDAILIncqOUIvETjqunCpeOHdkxO_-1cnp_F77vmY/s1600/Belly_001.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWr-2SjO5kBnd2mgyKJyKDRt89K05-UrJ34elcwboz7GUfz908S4UsaBLznhAogABJNDAiVcemI2mJxoLfw80BqYGdDwi1083EtOqDAILIncqOUIvETjqunCpeOHdkxO_-1cnp_F77vmY/s400/Belly_001.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">May I locate a book for you?</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><blockquote style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Book</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">by Emily Dickenson</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">There is no frigate like a book<br />
To take us lands away,<br />
Nor any coursers like a page<br />
Of prancing poetry.<br />
This traverse may the poorest take<br />
Without oppress of toll;<br />
How frugal is the chariot<br />
That bears a human soul! </span></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<blockquote>Going to Him! Happy Letter! </blockquote><blockquote>by Emily Dickenson</blockquote><blockquote>Going to Him! Happy letter!<br />
Tell Him --<br />
Tell Him the page I didn't write --<br />
Tell Him -- I only said the Syntax --<br />
And left the Verb and the pronoun out --<br />
Tell Him just how the fingers hurried --<br />
Then -- how they waded -- slow -- slow --<br />
And then you wished you had eyes in your pages --<br />
So you could see what moved them so --<br />
<br />
Tell Him -- it wasn't a Practised Writer --<br />
You guessed -- from the way the sentence toiled --<br />
You could hear the Bodice tug, behind you --<br />
As if it held but the might of a child --<br />
You almost pitied it -- you -- it worked so --<br />
Tell Him -- no -- you may quibble there --<br />
For it would split His Heart, to know it --<br />
And then you and I, were silenter.<br />
<br />
Tell Him -- Night finished -- before we finished --<br />
And the Old Clock kept neighing "Day"!<br />
And you -- got sleepy -- and begged to be ended --<br />
What could it hinder so -- to say?<br />
Tell Him -- just how she sealed you -- Cautious!<br />
But -- if He ask where you are hid<br />
Until tomorrow -- Happy letter!<br />
Gesture Coquette -- and shake your Head! </blockquote><br />
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Eva is wearing:<br />
Holly Pale Wicked Skin by <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genesis/103/78/43" style="color: #660000;">Adam n Eve</a><br />
Night Out Shirt in red by <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sintoma/127/162/25" style="color: #660000;">Insanya</a><br />
Jeans Wristband by <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/27505" style="color: #660000;">Pepper</a><br />
Pearl Feather Necklace by <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/27505" style="color: #660000;">Pepper</a><br />
Lanie Hair in Streaked Cranberry by<span style="color: #660000;"> </span><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Truth%20Hair/104/43/26" style="color: #660000;">Truth</a><br />
and a very old (favorite) pair of leather pants from 2006 by Blaze</div>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-16588331163082780842011-04-22T11:04:00.000-04:002011-04-22T11:04:19.048-04:00Announcing the 5th Annual Beltane Celebration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE_j2Pb-GypJ5ff8WCbXDjf1AHPQrY9-ntDjNDRx02CrW9fbGs1oY9gmzUO10J7J_GXrxpPdSPj9uEUWDlYx9uGGqIEjcIk2jFzypsYiZCwNWcvfiNnaopdKvVo8DU96EI7J3V82w-_0/s1600/2011BeltanePoster2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE_j2Pb-GypJ5ff8WCbXDjf1AHPQrY9-ntDjNDRx02CrW9fbGs1oY9gmzUO10J7J_GXrxpPdSPj9uEUWDlYx9uGGqIEjcIk2jFzypsYiZCwNWcvfiNnaopdKvVo8DU96EI7J3V82w-_0/s400/2011BeltanePoster2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Anodyne/212/158/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Anodyne/212/158/35</a><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Spring is here! For many of us, this means a relief from the cold, dark days and snows of winter. As the days lengthen and get warmer, we are greeted by the rebirth of the earth itself: bulbs come up and bloom, filling the air with their heady, tempting fragrance; birds chirp and sing as they return from their winter migrations to build their nests; cats yowl out their urgent readiness for motherhood. All around us are symbols of fertility, growth, warmth and light.</span><br style="color: #274e13;" /> <br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"> Please join us in Winterfell Anodyne on April 30th for the Beltane Festival beginning at 6:00pm SLT.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #274e13;"> This year we celebrate as the creatures on the other side of the veil. The goddess. The green man. The faerie. The spirits. Other fantastical beings. However, do feel free to come in your human form, <b>The Fae Queen of Skye</b> will pull you to the other side, if but for a while.</div><div style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #274e13;"><b>As is my tradition, the event will include:</b></div><div style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #274e13;"><b>Gathering 6:00-6:10pm SLT<br />
Recognition of the Knights of the Order of the Red Rose (knighted Beltane, 2007 ) and the Bellambi Clan<br />
Lighting of the Beltane Fires<br />
Music <br />
Maypoles<br />
Gifts of light to take back to your own dark hearths<br />
Dancing<br />
Places to be alone with your Green Man or May Queen to celebrate the fertility and the renewal of life.</b></div><div style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #274e13;">A little Beltane history as previously posted in this blog:</div><br />
<blockquote><span style="color: #274e13;">In Scottish Gaelic the month of May is known as either (An) Cèitean or a' Mhàigh, and the festival is known as Latha Bealltainn or simply Bealltainn - meaning ‘bright/sacred fire’. The holiday was held to mark and celebrate the blossoming of spring, and coincided with the ancient pastoral event of moving livestock into their summer grazing fields. It did not occur on any fixed solar date (the tradition of solstices and equinoxes is later in origin) but tended to be held on the first full moon after the modern 1st of May. Some sources suggest that the blooming of the Hawthorn was the primary signal for the event before the development of centralized calendars.</span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">It was nearly entirely a celebration of the fertility of the land and their animals. The main traditional element which was common to all Beltane festivals was the fire which gave it its name. All the fires of the community would be extinguished and a new, sacred ‘Need Fire’ was lit by either the village head or spiritual leader. From this source one or two bonfires were lit, and the animals of the community would be driven through or between them. It was believed that the smoke and flame of the fires would purify the herd, protecting them in the year to come and ensuring a good number of offspring. The inhabitants of the village would then take pieces of the fire to their homes and relight their hearths, and dance around or near the bonfires to ensure good portents for them and their families.</span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">This spring/summer rite was celebrated in many ancient cultures. Some continue it even in modern times. In many traditions the focus of Beltane is on the battle between the May Queen and the Queen of Winter. The May Queen can be recognized as Flora, the goddess of the flowers, and the young blushing bride, and the princess of the Fae. She is Lady Marian in the Robin Hood tales, and Guinevere in the Arthurian cycle. She is the embodiment of the Maiden, of mother earth in all of her fertile glory. Beltane has a long history. The Celtic fire festival is celebrated with bonfires, Maypoles, dancing, and lots of good old fashioned sexual energy. In Ireland, the fires of Tara were the first ones lit every year at Beltane, and all other fires were lit with a flame from Tara. </span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">The Romans celebrated the Floralia, or festival of flowers, which consisted of three days of unbridled sexual activity. Participants wore flowers in their hair (much like May Day celebrants later on), and there were plays, songs, and dances. At the end of the festivities, animals were set loose inside the Circus Maximus. Land owners would have often have sex in their fields to ensure the fertility of their lands. </span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">The entity known as the Green Man, strongly related to Cernunnos (The Horned God), is often found in the legends and lore of the British Isles, and is a masculine face covered in leaves and shrubbery. In some parts of England, a Green Man is carried through town in a wicker cage as the townsfolk welcome the beginning of summer. Impressions of the Green Man’s face can be found in the ornamentation of many of Europe’s older cathedrals, despite edicts from local bishops forbidding stonemasons from including such pagan imagery. </span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">A related character is Jack-in-the-Green, a spirit of the greenwood. References to Jack appear in British literature back as far as the late sixteenth century. Sir James Frazer associates the figure with mummers and the celebration of the life force of trees. Jack-in-the-Green was seen even in the Victorian era, when he was associated with soot-faced chimney sweeps. At this time, Jack was framed in a structure of wicker and covered with leaves, and surrounded by Morris dancers. Some scholars suggest that Jack may have been a ancestor to the legend of Robin Hood. </span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">This festival is also seen as a time when the veil between worlds is a bit thinner - a time for the faeries. The appearance of flowers around this time of year heralds the beginning of summer and shows us that the fae are hard at work. In early folklore, the more helpful deeds of the fae should always be acknowledged and appreciated, therefore, Beltane offered a good time to leave out food and other treats for them in your garden or yard.</span><br />
<span style="color: #006600;"></span></blockquote>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918624843382745735.post-63563136792465970162011-03-30T15:42:00.000-04:002011-03-30T15:42:16.095-04:00Haiku for Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioI8aXuXjDTU_K6xtQMooXBQD2grkdJaUwuss91pqTyj58DyW7jQHR12u-cL4W_ThY9OOeb-WzK6Ktn6CU641wBlyLMKCjemQLB8lUI9iOD2Xf81nEfl-9csOU2CXo8bdqCpB8IgvVqD8/s1600/springhaiku.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioI8aXuXjDTU_K6xtQMooXBQD2grkdJaUwuss91pqTyj58DyW7jQHR12u-cL4W_ThY9OOeb-WzK6Ktn6CU641wBlyLMKCjemQLB8lUI9iOD2Xf81nEfl-9csOU2CXo8bdqCpB8IgvVqD8/s400/springhaiku.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Eva Bellambihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302724705163071907noreply@blogger.com0