Life in the other lane

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The Walls of Moria by  Donato Giancola

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Inside the Deep

Part I Since there’s nobody following a calendar, I’m going to call today, Yommer 1st, 1 ND. I’m optimistic, New Dawn is a good name for a hopeful new era. Yommer just sounds funny. There are no options to use celestial objects like they used to, so really this is just up to me. Today was a day. Just like yesterday, and likely same tomorrow. I made some progress on my work. Not much, but enough…

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A Short Story Serial

As an aspiring writer, I am often thinking of ways to hone my writing skills. I have a few exercises, one being a daily one sentence, where I try to write the best single sentence I can, á la Hemingway. I have another I’ve conjured. This one being an ongoing serial of short pieces. In a first-person journal style. It leans sort of sci-fi, but I’m hoping it will be interesting. The name of this…

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Closing out Colorado Trip 2026

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One more night…

Phil Collins had it right. Today had the potential to be a glorious day. The night was cool, and I slept great. The crickets and other night creatures were a soothing lullaby. And then. Frustration and angst. There’s construction going on at the campground, and a swarthy team of redneck construction workers got started at 6am. Joyriding their little carts around the campsite and generally…

One more night…

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On the road again… again

On the road again… again

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Red Feather Lakes, Part Deux, Part II…

Red Feather Lakes, Part Deux, Part II…

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Red Feather Lakes, Part Deux

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Thursday Things (Wild West Edition)

It’s Thursday morning and I’m enjoying some delish coffee. I’m waking up slowly today. I slept well, my sluggishness may be due to my hours in dreamland. I have some chores to do this morning. Laundry, shower, and such. I’ve had an M&M canister filled with quarters in my center console since around 2017; remnants of my time living in Savannah GA. Feeding parking meters y’know. Laundry complete,…

Thursday Things (Wild West Edition)

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What to do in the Wild Wild West…

What to do in the Wild Wild West…

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Finally at my destination

Finally at my destination

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Feelin’ Husky

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Mighty MO!

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Indiana Calling

To kick off this Colorado trip, I thought I’d swing by my cuz David’s house. And the trip was going sooo smoothly. Until it wasn’t. And that was about thirty minutes from my destination. Spittin’ distance we’d say down in the mountains. An Appalachian storyteller would start off like… “I was a gittin’ it along 64 west, just a hair of a mile from my exit. Danged if all-a-sudden they’uz nothing…

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It’s the final few days of the Bluminarmour Project! After some issues with Kickstarter let’s see how far we can get!

If you want to see fantasy tropes, historical movement and silly tricks tested in authentic full plate armour, please consider chucking a few quid over (or like and share this post):

The Bluminarmour Project

Blumineck is trying to fun a video series doing fun and serious historical and fantasy testing in fitted plate armour.

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Update on this:

Kickstarter removed my highest funding tier so I lost £11k of funding since earlier today.

BUT

I’ve managed to get the deadline extended in light of this. So this might still happen!

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We’re into the last week now! This is close enough that I think this could actually happen, but it’s still got a way to go!

If this is something that interests you, please consider donating or sharing!

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Who wouldn’t want to see Blumineck do all sorts of gyrations in a full set of armor! Let’s get this over the line!

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First date with Stella…

First date with Stella…