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An interesting legacy, and one that I doubt will be matched.I met him at a book signing once (he was famous for his epic book-signing sessions), and I wonder if he might hold some king of record there as well.&nbsp;He's also the first person I voted for in a presidential election.<div>He didn't cure river blindness but he helped a lot of people over the years --from the roll-up-yr-sleeves and pitch in of Habitats for Humanity to election monitoring and off-the radar unofficial diplomacy.&nbsp;</div><div> </div><div>I hear they're planting a hundred trees in his honor. I wonder what kind, and where?</div><div> </div><div>Well done, Mr. Carter.</div><div> </div><div>--John R.</div><div> </div><div>&nbsp;</div>&nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/10/jimmy-carter-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-8286370969507737955</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-09-29T12:52:36.609-07:00</atom:updated><title>D&D Gets Some Respect</title><description>So, thanks to Andrew H for this &nbsp;link to a piece by a writer with the great name of Jedediah Berry. And the article is pretty good too: from the inside, linking together the roles of DM and author in a respectful way. And it's not another one of those journalist-descends-to-write-about-strange-people-and-their-strange (possibly dangerous) hobby.&nbsp;<a href="https://lithub.com/what-fiction-writers-can-learn-from-dungeons-dragons/">https://lithub.com/what-fiction-writers-can-learn-from-dungeons-dragons/</a>&nbsp; --And this &nbsp;is a week when 'Settlers of Catan' was the correct answer to one of the challenges on NPR's 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me' &nbsp;(an answer they didn't quite get right). Have I mentioned the fundraising event coming up for the state of Washington's Attorney General where he's focusing the &nbsp;event on his being a dedicated fan of the game? More on this one later.--John R. </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/09/d-gets-some-respect.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-8740823818175136535</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-09-26T18:00:08.972-07:00</atom:updated><title>Marquette Tolkien in Sixty Seconds</title><description>So, thanks to Janice and to Jim Lowder for the link to this nice little piece: a brief account and overview of Marquette's Tolkien Collection.&nbsp;<a href="https://today.marquette.edu/2024/09/60-second-marquette-on-bill-fliss-the-tolkien-collection/">https://today.marquette.edu/2024/09/60-second-marquette-on-bill-fliss-the-tolkien-collection/</a>As someone who's spent a lot of time with this collection, let me say if you ever get the chance to see this in person, it's well worth the visit.P.S.: can you spot the point where they briefly show my book?--John R.</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/09/marquette-tolkien-in-sixty-seconds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-4331820245760425051</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-09-10T13:42:35.344-07:00</atom:updated><title>I.C.E. / E.Q. books</title><description>So, back in the day when there was no online gaming and DMs were hard to find, some of us filled the gap with pick-a-path books.*&nbsp;Of the many variants thereof, the ones by Iron Crown (a.k.a. i.C.E.) show how relaxed a lot of game companies' understanding of copyright --esp. other people's copyright-- cd be. &nbsp;And the trouble this cd cause when the Other People (e.g. lawyers) were paying attention.<o:p></o:p> &nbsp;So far as I can tell, I.C.E. released ten books in four series:&nbsp;Tolkien Quest&nbsp;(two books),&nbsp;Middle-earth&nbsp;Quest (four books),&nbsp;Narnia Solo Games&nbsp;(one book), and&nbsp;Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries&nbsp;(three books). It started as Tolkien Quest, then quickly changed to Middle-earth Quest --indeed one of the books advertised as part of the T.Q. series had been re-labeled to be MeQ books instead by the time it came out.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p> Here's a listing which may not be complete, given that more books were announced than ever appeared on shelves.&nbsp;<div> </div><div>I. Tolkien Quest<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;—The Legend of Weathertop.&nbsp;&nbsp;by Heike Kubasch (1985)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;—Night of the Nazgul.&nbsp;&nbsp;by John David Ruemmler (1985)<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>II. Middle Earth Quest<o:p></o:p>—Rescue in Mirkwood.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by Gerald Lientz (1988).** &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>—Treason at Helm's Deep.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by Kevin Barrett &amp; Saul Peters (1988)<o:p></o:p>—Mines of Moria.&nbsp;&nbsp;by Susan Mathews &amp; J. D. Ruemmler (1988)<o:p></o:p>—A Spy in Isengard.&nbsp;&nbsp;by Terry K. Amthor (1988)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[Search for the Palantir]. announced but never released]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[Race from RIvendell ].&nbsp;&nbsp;never released<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p> </o:p>Next Up: Narnia Quest --John R *P.S.:&nbsp;In my case it was Dungeon Geomorphs and Cal-tech encounter tables, quickly followed by the&nbsp;Player's Handbook, which I actually read all the way through, from start to finish. **best cover&nbsp;</div></description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/09/ice-eq-books.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-6517161039789293277</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 04:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-09-08T21:59:55.449-07:00</atom:updated><title>Tolkien Quest</title><description> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh38i5xYBg8YpsMmlGLtbqge776gZq87nmQuaPnqf1KjoM_ReOian1QrBs6BBfRMegdPA4fFzkrKV3ujaAdAzI_QMcnETewe_Edu6uGub2M7jms2Jqx-0z32OFndKs2K2SNUvG7AA_s0l8rG1G1Ns4se9Pb8ANcpi4sOnrwXq1VmqWkmD2gioQpnHY15AqV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="876" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh38i5xYBg8YpsMmlGLtbqge776gZq87nmQuaPnqf1KjoM_ReOian1QrBs6BBfRMegdPA4fFzkrKV3ujaAdAzI_QMcnETewe_Edu6uGub2M7jms2Jqx-0z32OFndKs2K2SNUvG7AA_s0l8rG1G1Ns4se9Pb8ANcpi4sOnrwXq1VmqWkmD2gioQpnHY15AqV" width="154" /></a></div> So, here are two very similar books published not that far apart.&nbsp;&nbsp;One of those cases where small differences opened up a potential nightmare for that publisher, who &nbsp;reallly shd have seen it coming.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl4uduUKtOCcOGU6NJTFKsYuUrGjY3dJFddktKCAF00plTk-uz3Z2E1ogfuJY2xlTTm4rTRaa6RMPoVgX0Fxb9_HOb8JlAg1gsX2sYbxMLofiRFN3Ozekz9zYruFSPzN55u2PTLD7Q68qT_24Gd_yhHlWymBmgFvHLDAOR4gWhrMVWYZFZuB0EgxijjmP-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="876" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl4uduUKtOCcOGU6NJTFKsYuUrGjY3dJFddktKCAF00plTk-uz3Z2E1ogfuJY2xlTTm4rTRaa6RMPoVgX0Fxb9_HOb8JlAg1gsX2sYbxMLofiRFN3Ozekz9zYruFSPzN55u2PTLD7Q68qT_24Gd_yhHlWymBmgFvHLDAOR4gWhrMVWYZFZuB0EgxijjmP-" width="154" /></a></div> And by the by this sequence of events had the wholly unintended result of allowing me to miss GenCon, that year. Among other things.&nbsp; More later--John R. </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/09/tolkien-quest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh38i5xYBg8YpsMmlGLtbqge776gZq87nmQuaPnqf1KjoM_ReOian1QrBs6BBfRMegdPA4fFzkrKV3ujaAdAzI_QMcnETewe_Edu6uGub2M7jms2Jqx-0z32OFndKs2K2SNUvG7AA_s0l8rG1G1Ns4se9Pb8ANcpi4sOnrwXq1VmqWkmD2gioQpnHY15AqV=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-4913266947074739947</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-09-06T23:46:51.037-07:00</atom:updated><title>Names and Numbers</title><description>&nbsp;So, Janice asked me a question I cdn't answer. In TotR Orcs occasionally refer to other orcs as having identification numbers. She asks: Who keeps track of the enormous bureaucracy this wd generate? <div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm rereading The Lord Of The Rings for the first time in years and I have questions! <span class="html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><a attributionsrc="/privacy_sandbox/comet/register/source/?xt=AZW7PZxMqUJ11DAEyuI2eyRIQJ3Ywl2VLPMmmnMfZJAX-zvhClIMXhKTc3Z2krR-BXyNPMJDSEbdB-npZpxb9fbpt3Ajs2_AjhCV8E9Uu1rKhIWkCEy4sVwLopwGqIRB_q_maZqc7TyIXzgmgclXKS354_kzHPsizWpWvrD_5CjgAUKksleXZyHWSjVjXe9OG25Z_Laun7Id3EEiz6vJVTwpr-y4464Hfgo4ordHAIfO2rpuyg7Bfo-FYERAGU37s5YRrv5bANKw0HQ-ToaYZSw6HpSkmflFkuM0nqx7uRp8vUsx60g2XsMMIEhigyt_3GDCzQtjkvxoabgU2LHUnJ_NMcA9lfbCbNu6h72cNeApsOEtECkjafoVG0OB2ViXArRS-9EC5DFbyDZNEf5BJeP188Fg3T8-9dDPboOINym8quy4i1fHKppypzr2BSRasggqRzR_VirxOi_KOg7cXb5kBkjIadqvYt44wSVG0C1yiQ" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/john.rateliff.1?__cft__[0]=AZWBVM_9LVrQXQO3vCZzS2RjR4kxgIwiR-piukCYrY1D5U_WBT4-ss1dBA-wLf8mNJK4LTecxAhko6LGef_RzolW6e8qazamnr37DmsAp5jgE0nnADIDD_AK_Y91EgCaHVAbGC_vyFk8mwhwKFAd1wFb&amp;__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">John</a> is absolutely no help.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;.SFNSText-Regular&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">In Book 6 Chapter 2 during a dust-up a soldier orc threatens to report a tracker orc. The tracker demands to know to whom he'll be reported and the soldier responds, "I'll give your name and number to the Nazgûl." What is this number? Who assigns it? What is it used for? Is there a Mordor Department of Orc Relations? Is there a separate Mordor Department of Human <span class="html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;"><a class="html-a xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a>Relations for the easterlings? Do they share office space? I have so many questions.</div></div>There's a hint sharing something of the same attitude in Tolkien's anger in his comments to the Zimmerman script at the rooms in the inn at Bree having been assigned room numbers.&nbsp; --John R. </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/09/names-and-numbers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-5381015553552461791</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-08-24T13:30:05.473-07:00</atom:updated><title>More on the Anderson Design Group's calendar</title><description>So, &nbsp;a little more judicious poking showed a listing of retro-style posters. Here's the listing:<a href="https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/literary-classics?gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACw_eEcg_BJukFk-tbLc4CXCZcrLD&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5qC2BhB8EiwAvqa41uRbXvmTCznc0BEEeDT-BXiY7DJ6b_23tIu3YSnJVL0MXsGziIRgrxoC2r8QAvD_BwE">https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/literary-classics?gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACw_eEcg_BJukFk-tbLc4CXCZcrLD&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5qC2BhB8EiwAvqa41uRbXvmTCznc0BEEeDT-BXiY7DJ6b_23tIu3YSnJVL0MXsGziIRgrxoC2r8QAvD_BwE</a>Of this fuller list, I've read thirty-six of forty.--John R. &nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/08/more-on-anderson-design-groups-calendar.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-398780476695795230</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-08-24T13:20:23.428-07:00</atom:updated><title>update</title><description>So, thanks to Paul W. for pointing this out: there was indeed a link that got left out to my recent post re. the odd assortment of folks who identify with Tolkien.The Boston Globe website proved surprisingly difficult to navigate, but let's try that again. <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/02/opinion/essay-lord-of-the-rings/?utm_campaign=Opinion_Facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawE3Hl1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfHXK2w5GiAl0KgiWqJycUjoF8LJrqGc62XkhBfzLrfZ7v_Ft3xKTDzYLg_aem_0AEGWW7-rizoryagH8fuTw">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/02/opinion/essay-lord-of-the-rings/?utm_campaign=Opinion_Facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawE3Hl1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfHXK2w5GiAl0KgiWqJycUjoF8LJrqGc62XkhBfzLrfZ7v_Ft3xKTDzYLg_aem_0AEGWW7-rizoryagH8fuTw</a> --John R. &nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/08/update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-5232559685116476506</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-08-23T20:57:06.087-07:00</atom:updated><title>This year's calendar: 'Literary Classics'</title><description>&nbsp;So, my office calendar this year (in a break with tradition, replacing the Mayan) is an oversized wall calendar called 'Literary Classics', with Art by 'Anderson Design Group', whom I've never heard of. But I like the art, which seems deliberately evocative of the WPA poster art of the 1920s and 30s.&nbsp;Just as interesting as the style are the choices of the Literary Classics chosen. &nbsp;January: 20,000 LeaguesFebruary: Peter RabbitMarch: The Call of CthulhuApril: The Count of Monte CristoMay: The Secret GardenJune: Treasure IslandJuly: HamletAugust: The Island of Dr. MoreauSeptember: Moby DickOctober: Sleepy HollowNovember: The Little MermaidDecember: The Time Machine An eclectic group. Some quite short (the Potter, Irving, Andersen, Wells), others quite lengthy (Dumas, Melville). &nbsp;I suspect I'm not the only one who, when confronted by such a grouping of display, such as frequently appear in the local Barnes &amp; Noble, &nbsp;pauses a minute to work out how many of them I've read. So I'll go ahead and confess I've never read The Secret Garden or Count of Monte Christo. And while I'm at it, I'll share that my favorite among the art pieces here are the dramatic view of the last moments of the Pequod and crew; the Verne; and The Time Machine.The most interesting thing about this selection is that it includes Lovecraft, who continues his ascent out of the pulp dungeon towards canonization --which wd I think have astonished Lovecraft and his pulp peers.No Tolkien, but then he's in copyright.For those who want to see more of these posters, see&nbsp;<a href="https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/literary-classics?gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACw_eEcg_BJukFk-tbLc4CXCZcrLD&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5qC2BhB8EiwAvqa41uRbXvmTCznc0BEEeDT-BXiY7DJ6b_23tIu3YSnJVL0MXsGziIRgrxoC2r8QAvD_BwE">https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/literary-classics?gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACw_eEcg_BJukFk-tbLc4CXCZcrLD&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5qC2BhB8EiwAvqa41uRbXvmTCznc0BEEeDT-BXiY7DJ6b_23tIu3YSnJVL0MXsGziIRgrxoC2r8QAvD_BwE</a>or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/search?q=%E5%B8%81%E5%AE%A2%20%E6%B3%A8%E5%86%8C%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5%E2%98%80%EF%B8%8F%E2%9C%94%EF%B8%8Fk8.money%E2%9C%94%EF%B8%8FSign%20Up%20Bonus%205$%E2%96%9F%E5%B8%81%E5%AE%A2%20%E6%B3%A8%E5%86%8C%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B592lanv%E5%B8%81%E5%AE%A2%20%E6%B3%A8%E5%86%8C%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B592lanv&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACw_eEcg_BJukFk-tbLc4CXCZcrLD&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw5qC2BhB8EiwAvqa41g_a2vAh9bRhQXErrU42YGiKtUWMcr0DiqGVKwYABA6RG6ppLFBAmxoCvSgQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/a/collections/search?</a>or just ADG.com--John R.</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/08/this-years-calendar-literary-classics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-699380129527419665</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-08-23T19:57:55.019-07:00</atom:updated><title>Calendar</title><description>So, I like calendars.&nbsp;For years now I've gotten several every year:&nbsp;--each year's new Tolkien calendar&nbsp;(sometimes multiple different Tolkien calendars in the same year), which I hang up in my office--a Mayan calendar (beautiful artwork and archeology), which I hang just under the Tolkien one--the Moon calendar (combining in a postersized grid a calendar, the entire phases of the moon for one year, and a little image of the moon as it appears on that day); this hangs in the stairwell in the hallway next to the cat-stand-- a half-sized calendar, about the size of a trade paperback book, for carrying in my satchel. The topic for this one can vary widely. &nbsp;This wide range of topics applies also to the downstairs calendar hanging by the phone; these two are the ones we write on to keep track of the schedule. The current ones are whimsical Lear birds and drawings of fruits and berries, respectively--and a miniature calendar the size of a credit card (good in previous years for scheduling; nowadays the print size is too small for aging eyes).As for this year's calendar, 'Literary Classics', see next post.--John R.current reading: THE SHADOWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Th. Ligotti </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/08/calendar.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-442490481619179805</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-08-08T16:55:15.885-07:00</atom:updated><title>My Favorite Twain Quote</title><description>So, here's a picture of me sharing a bench with one of my favorite writers, taken during our recent visit to Fairhaven.*<div> </div>"And then, to add insult to injury, they threw me over the Falls, and I got wet." &nbsp;<div>--Mark Twain, A Day at Niagara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmVHXUzSa5zHM2CIcszRdXgj7J0WYNGsDo9HsRi2d_gPuTKYl2LQgDWnpqxeq4Y-3I7KW34LHdPkk5uYin0D0T1PYd_fh7l5So3o9n6AS6NF0r984edphgMzSjFOk1M8Q4CnjpcdfvANIk0Cv9NO3TWomcgb1-Qou3AUMD02gAOzmKoRPQSWMo04yUQdDO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1275" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmVHXUzSa5zHM2CIcszRdXgj7J0WYNGsDo9HsRi2d_gPuTKYl2LQgDWnpqxeq4Y-3I7KW34LHdPkk5uYin0D0T1PYd_fh7l5So3o9n6AS6NF0r984edphgMzSjFOk1M8Q4CnjpcdfvANIk0Cv9NO3TWomcgb1-Qou3AUMD02gAOzmKoRPQSWMo04yUQdDO" width="320" /></a></div> *photo courtesy Janice C</div></description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/08/my-favorite-twain-quote.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmVHXUzSa5zHM2CIcszRdXgj7J0WYNGsDo9HsRi2d_gPuTKYl2LQgDWnpqxeq4Y-3I7KW34LHdPkk5uYin0D0T1PYd_fh7l5So3o9n6AS6NF0r984edphgMzSjFOk1M8Q4CnjpcdfvANIk0Cv9NO3TWomcgb1-Qou3AUMD02gAOzmKoRPQSWMo04yUQdDO=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-5951608003728044004</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-07-19T12:46:18.926-07:00</atom:updated><title>Mr. Taphouse</title><description>So, here's a sample entry in Philip Pullman's intriguing little book THE IMAGINATION CHAMBER I wanted to share. I've broken up the lines to make for easier reading. --JDR<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr Taphouse said one day as he ran his hand&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>over a freshly-planed length of oak:<o:p></o:p>"Feel that, boy, feel how old that is," Malcolm tried,<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;but all he could actually feel was the glassy smoothness<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;of the bare surface.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;So he imagined it: acorn, sapling, mature tree,&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>a mighty canopy in the summer and a gaunt skeleton<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;in winter. From then on whenever Malcolm had&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>a piece of oak in his hands, or walnut, or even&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>simple honest pine, he liked to think of the tree it had been.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He liked to feel the immense age of it, visible&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>in the growth rings, and the past of it, and the&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>future too, as he thought of the acorns and walnuts<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;and pine cones. He imagined it. He pretended&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>he could see it.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>From somewhere he remembered the expression&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>"the mind's eye". He imagined it, and thus he came<o:p></o:p>to see it, every time, until it became second nature . . .&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>—The Imagination Chamber. Philip Pullman (2022). page 21<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>--John R.<o:p></o:p> &nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/07/mr-taphouse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-4131296771115449229</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-06-29T12:20:31.781-07:00</atom:updated><title>Cat Report</title><description>I’m a little late getting this posted, but so it goes. Cat ROOM.&nbsp;&nbsp;June 28th &nbsp;&nbsp;Two o'clock Friday<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>'starved we are Precious, yes.'<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Still five cats (and the same five) as last week:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>MAVERICK &amp; GOOSE,&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>SMOKEY &amp; JACK<o:p></o:p>and JANE MARIE (our semi-seniors)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>They ate as if not fed since day before, and this seems to have been the case.<o:p></o:p>So after they gave due attention to their food bowls they wanted out and wanted attention.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>We had many viewers. Janice shared information to several about volunteering.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>As for the individual cats,<o:p></o:p> JANE MARIE&nbsp;wanted OUT.&nbsp;&nbsp;And Attention. And Games, esp crinkly paper and string. She and I were buddies today, and spent a lot of time together.&nbsp;&nbsp;She let me know the string game met with her demanding standards. I'd say she has an ounce of pounce for every pound of cat.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>SMOKEY AND JACK.<o:p></o:p>Our young and lively pair liked the string game and also as much of the crinkly as they had time with. Smokey bites paper (some cats do, but it's fairly rare). Late in the shift, Smokey and Jack showed great enthusiasm for the laser pointer.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>misc<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Jane (and Jack) showing an interest in Outside. Unfortunately too many dogs in the store today and we decided to err on the side of caution.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Chatted with one visitor who identified herself as a fellow volunteer from the Tukwila cat room.&nbsp;&nbsp;Didn't think to ask her name.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>HEALTH concerns.<o:p></o:p>Jane Marie: spilled cat litter all over the place. Despite this there didn't seem to be much of it.<o:p></o:p>We worked on her ears some more; think&nbsp;&nbsp;they look much better now.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>--John &amp; Janice&nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/06/cat-report.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-8372453813172882464</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-06-21T15:08:38.554-07:00</atom:updated><title>Mass Shooting in Arkansas</title><description>So, I heard today* about the mass shooting in Fordyce, where we lived the year I was in third grade and my sister in seventh and my father the high school principal. &nbsp;We left after only a year later and didn't keeping in touch with folks from there, but I still have some good memories because there we were all back together again as a family for the last time.<a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/06/21/shooting-grocery-store-fordyce-arkansas/stories/202406210123">https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/06/21/shooting-grocery-store-fordyce-arkansas/stories/202406210123</a>The shooting took place in the parking lot outside The Mad Butcher, a local grocery store (actually a small southern chain), only about a block and a half from where we lived in the Delcro Apartments (#7).<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/arkansas-grocery-store-shooting#img-1">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/arkansas-grocery-store-shooting#img-1</a>&nbsp; Not much reporting re. who was the shooter, and why: just what have become the standard in such cases: the number killer and wounded, a closing comment about some bill, currently before Congress or some other legislative body (say a state government) that wd place some mild restriction on gun ownership or pious comment on computer games, &nbsp;Occasionally some particularly heinous details of this particularly or that murder comes to light (like shooting small children).&nbsp;For those of us who remember, it's reminiscent of the Quagmire that was Vietnam, where we cdn't win and wdn't lose.<div>--And so it goes</div><div> </div><div>--John R.&nbsp;</div><div> </div>*thanks to Pam R. for the news &nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/06/mass-shooting-in-arkansas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-1945009299751038121</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-28T10:24:51.395-07:00</atom:updated><title>Re-reading books</title><description>So, I've been enjoying going through the expanded edition of LETTERS of JRRT.&nbsp;One passage that made me really realize how different the experience of reading differs from reader to reader came in a letter from Tolkien to a reader (11 April 1956; LETTERS page 359). &nbsp;Tolkien writes (emphasis mine): . . . I am a very 'unvoracious' reader,&nbsp;and since I can seldom bring myself&nbsp;to read a work twice I think of the&nbsp;many things that I read -- too soon! --Nothing, not even a (possible) deeper&nbsp;appreciation,&nbsp;for me replaces the bloom&nbsp;on a book, the freshness of the unread.&nbsp;Still what we read and when goes,&nbsp;like the people we meet, by fate&nbsp; &nbsp; This made me realize who different JRRT's experience is from my own. If I like a book, I will read it again, sometimes repeatedly. Such was the case with WATERSHIP DOWN, FACE IN THE FROST, THE BOOKS OF WONDER, PERSUASION, of course Tolkien, and many another. I don't do it as much anymore, but that's largely because my eyesight is worse and partly because I now have more books available.It's interesting to note that this is one of the many ways in which Tolkien and Lewis differed. Lewis loved to reread old favorites, and counted occasions when his doctor ordered a few days of bed rest one of life's not so little gifts. This was a trait he shared with his brother Warnie, who from time to time notes in his diary about re-reading specific books.As for THE HOBBIT and LORD OF THE RINGS: by this point I have no idea how many times I've read both. I'm always reading them, in a sense.--John R.Currrent Reading:TALKING TO DRAGONS by Patricia Wrede (the sixth time I've read it, according to my notes).<div> </div>THE WIFE SAYS:Lucky for Tolkien that his fans didn't feel the same way.</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/re-reading-books.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-1164971637590978411</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-27T20:18:44.017-07:00</atom:updated><title>TSR Women of Fantasy Calendar</title><description>So, I've been enjoying Steve (Stan) Brown's weekly podcast on the history of TSR as told by people who worked there at some point over the last fifty years, with each weekly episode illustrated by a cartoon rendering of an iconic piece of D&amp;D art.This week's guest was Karen Conlin (Karen Boomgarden back when I knew her, from '91 to '96). It was good to see her after all these years and to hear her perspective on what TSR was like in back in those times. There was one story I was sure they'd bring up that didn't get told. Thinking back, it was before Stan's time. So I thought I'd share. Here's how I remember it.A tradition at TSR every Christmas was the Tacky Gift Exchange, in which all the designers and editors who wanted to take part drew names from a hat and then traded presents on the last day before Christmas. There was a mathom that got traded around each year, but as might be expected from a great big room stuffed with creative people a few were memorable. *This particular year, 1993 or 1994, had seen the release of TSR's WOMEN OF FANTASY calendar, in which the staff artists had outdone themselves in the scantiness of the scanty outfits on display. &nbsp;Whoever drew Karen's name had an inspiration: he or she got one of these cheesecake calendars, then went through a clothes calendar like Land's End and cut out clothes to cover the inadequate bits. He or she then taped into place the comfy sweaters and sensible slacks. The juxtaposition between what we might call the Caldwell school of illustration and what those characters might actually wear was hilarious.I wonder if that artifact of the past survives and, if so, who has it. &nbsp;--John R. * P.S. For example, THE LITTLE BOOK OF ELVES, created I think by Rich Baker and given to Colin McComb; it was particularly apt because Colin had just finished PHBR6: ELVES&nbsp; </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/tsr-women-of-fantasy-calendar.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-1457213862940984142</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2024 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-24T22:27:09.782-07:00</atom:updated><title>Turtle Day</title><description>So, &nbsp;here's a distinction I hadn't known (or needed to):&nbsp;Turtle is the all-encompassing name for all creatures of this type.Tortoises are a subgroup, all of them land animals.&nbsp;Terrapin are another subgroup of turtles, &nbsp;so named by Native Americans.&nbsp; Yesterday was World Turtle Day --a holiday I'd not heard of before. Had I thought of it in time, I would have tried to make time to have gone by one of the spots in the area where turtles can be spotted in the wild. Or, failing that, one of the parks or gardens with ponds whose resident turtles can usually be seen.I've always loved turtles, and had them as pets as a child (bought as baby turtles at Sterlings, the local Five and Dime)* and rescuing them out of the street if I spotted one in peril.** But unfortunately having indoor turtles and cats are a bad mix.&nbsp;I did the best I cd, though, for the occasion, stopping by the turtle habitat in the local PetSmart when we spent some time taking care of the Purrfect Pals up-for-adoption cats today.At any rate, the occasion reminds me that I still haven't read TURTLES OF THE WORLD, a beautifully illustrated book on turtles I bought myself at Elliott Bay Books the last time I was there. I'll have to see if I can devote some time to actually reading it sooner rather than later.After all, as I think Pratchett said (or was it Gaiman?): &nbsp;it's turtles all the way down.--John R. *Among other things, I earned the Boy Scout Merit Badge for Reptile keeping. I still remember Speedy and Swifty (who were grey rather than green), and my sister's Regina, among others.&nbsp;**including, twice, a snapping turtle, which are not to be messed around with. The key is to remember that it's neck is much longer than you'd think, and he can get you from several feet away.<div> </div><div> </div><div>THE WIFE SAYS:Given my reputation (cf. The Catbite Incident, a.k.a. Thirteen Days in the Hospital), I shd make clear that I've never been bitten by a turtle.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div> </div> </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/turtle-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-2234792562531516212</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-07T19:52:10.882-07:00</atom:updated><title>Quasi Moons and Planet 9</title><description>So, I was following up on a piece &nbsp;of astronomical news by Bruce Cordell on his blog about a new designation of asteroids. The original article can explain it better than I could:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://brucecordell.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-moons-of-earth.html">https://brucecordell.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-moons-of-earth.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-has-more-than-one-moon/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-has-more-than-one-moon/</a> What particularly caught my eye is the piece about Planet X (here called Planet Nine) and the&nbsp;long and fruitless effort to locate some evidence that it exists. Instead this new approach is collecting evidence to prove places it's not, planning to solve the matter by process of elimination.<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-is-planet-nine-its-hiding-places-are-running-out/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-is-planet-nine-its-hiding-places-are-running-out/</a>--John R. The final intriguing bit for me is that observation that they might not find evidence it exists because it might no longer exist, in case they'd be looking for traces it left behind.&nbsp;Anyway, an interesting piece for those who like to put on their astronomer hat once in a while.</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/quasi-moons-and-planet-9.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-4678247615921720019</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-06T17:10:44.351-07:00</atom:updated><title>Author vs. Character</title><description>&nbsp;So, here's an amusing piece I recently ran across called Stab Me Now. The conceit is that an author planning out her new story decides to let the heroine decide what she will do, how she will react to the main events in the enusing story. Right from the start things go not-according-to-plan, as when the main character objects to the fancy clothes the author wants her to dress up in, as opposed to the practical outfit the character wd prefer. Character and Author clash over everything from what weapons she shd carry to her failure to fall in love all over the place. &nbsp;It's not fan fic, which by definition is based on the work of others (particularly characters, but usually with setting too). It reminds me of Flann O'Brien for an internet generation.If you want to give it a try, take a look at<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEE_pqix1dQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEE_pqix1dQ</a><div>for this and other works by the same author; she seems particularly taken with fantasy armor and the shorthcomings thereof.</div>--John R.--current reading: audiobook version of LETTERS OF JRRT, expanded edition (bogged down on the print book, so switching to the audiobook instead). <div> </div></description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/author-vs-character.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-6297029254951903803</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-05T17:38:32.241-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Art of the Triptych (Brust)</title><description>So, for those unfamiliar with the triptych, as Brust uses the term this is a rhetorical tool inspired by a feature in medieval church decoration. A medieval triptych is a large central painting flanked by two smaller panels that complement the central image in both style and theme. By analogy Brust's triptych focus on a central figure, with the subsidiary figures chosen for the way they highlight specific elements all three share in common.&nbsp;For example, one cd bring together a trio of tempresses centered on Guinever as she appears in&nbsp;The Fall of Arthur,&nbsp;flanked by Lady Bertilak from Sir Gawain &amp; the Green Knight and the Corrigan from The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. Another triptych cd portray women trapped is failed marriages: Erendis (The Mariner's Wife), Aredhed (Silm), and Miriel (ibid). Or yet another of warrior women, headed by Eowyn (who best exemplifies the role within LotR), flanked by Galadriel in her virago role in her early days (as depicted in UT), and Haleth (also Silm), who unlike the other two remains a warrior-maid throughout her life.&nbsp;The possibilities are myriad. I look forward to seeing what scholarship this scholarship inspires.--John R. P. S. I'm not aware of anyone else working along these lines these days, but it's interesting to note that one of the earliest books on the Inklings, ARTHURIAN TRIPTYCH by Charles Moorman, used this as its central image in his 1960 book on Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and T. S. Eliot, though it's too long since I read it for me to remember any details. &nbsp;--JDR </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-art-of-triptych-brust.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-7827185286983749561</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-05T15:56:05.331-07:00</atom:updated><title>Annie Brust on TOLKIEN'S TRANSFORMATIVE WOMEN</title><description>So, a while back I was asked to write a brief Foreword to the new book TOLKIEN'S TRANSFORMATIVE WOMEN: ART IN TRIPTYCH by Annie Brust (Vernon Press, Series in Literary Studies, 2024). &nbsp;I'm happy to say the book is now out:<a href="https://vernonpress.com/book/1702">https://vernonpress.com/book/1702</a> Brust's major innovation is to bring Tolkien's works within his legendarium into dialogue with his scolarly work explicating, editing, and translating poems in Old and Middle English -- which was, of course, his life's work at Leeds, Pembroke, and Merton as a working medievalist. Brust suggests we could learn a lot by bringing together in comparison or contrast women from the LotR &nbsp;(Galadriel, Eowyn, Shelob, Goldberry, Arwen, Rosie Cotton) and the core texts from the legendarium, esp the 1977 Silmarillion and 1980 Unfinished Tales &nbsp;(Luthien, Melian, Erendis the mariner's wife, Haleth, Aredhel, Ungoliant, Morwen, Nienor, Elbereth, Yavanna, Arien) &nbsp;with figures from medieval literature (Pearl, Wealtheow, Lady Bertilak, Gudrun, the Corrigan, Gwinever, Grendel's Mother).&nbsp;For more on Brust's method, see the next post.--John R.P.S.: extra points for anyone who can identify all these Tolkien characters without having to look up any of then,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/annie-brust-on-tolkiens-transformative.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-3157218078022243787</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 01:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-02T18:29:16.604-07:00</atom:updated><title>Two Dark Towers -- a clarification</title><description>&nbsp;So,&nbsp;Looking at the title of my recent post it occurred to me that I might have been inadvertently obscure in my references.To clarify: DARK TOWER is a D&amp;D adventure, written by Jennell Jaquays, released by Judges Guild in 1980.&nbsp;&nbsp;THE DARK TOWER is an unfinished novel by C. S. Lewis, written circa 1944 but not published until 1977.&nbsp;I contributed an appreciation to the recent deluxe edition of DARK TOWER. Years ago (1996 I think) I wrote a piece detailing THE DARK TOWER's origins.Sorry for the potential confusion.--John R </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/two-dark-towers-clarification.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-1443318330318430206</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 06:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-05-01T23:11:49.055-07:00</atom:updated><title>Dismay</title><description>So, &nbsp;for several years now we've made a point of visiting the Bonsai Garden, part of the Rhododendron Garden down in Federal Way. Not only is it a fascinating display but the little trees change so quickly that it's best if viewed every four to six weeks or so. Nor is that all: besides the Bonsai, the Botanical Garden as a whole is a quiet, peaceful setting.Ttat's why I was dismayed to learn that the people who oversee the garden have decided to cut down their biggest and oldest trees:The RSBG* has some massive trees over 150 feet tall and it's a significant expense in maintaining our plant collection. . . . While we have made substantial progress in shaping the garden tree canopy, work remains. Your gift will allow us to focus on 'problem trees' and do more required thinning and, if necessary, removal. So I'm torn between wanting to support the Garden as a whole and dismay that they want to use that support to cut down the kind of trees I most want them to preserve and protect. <div>This is the kind of progress we cd do without.</div> At any rate, here's a link to the Gardens<a href="https://pacificbonsaimuseum.org/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw0MexBhD3ARIsAEI3WHK0pTOruYJ2y9WO6KnMWKsQl08EQ6WFPXI7Qdx0lqYE31dc527iI-QaAmHUEALw_wcB">https://pacificbonsaimuseum.org/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw0MexBhD3ARIsAEI3WHK0pTOruYJ2y9WO6KnMWKsQl08EQ6WFPXI7Qdx0lqYE31dc527iI-QaAmHUEALw_wcB</a> --John R--current reading: looking over old non-TSR D&amp;D modules I've picked up over the years, from the recent GaryCon dealer's room through relics of the Judges Guild era.&nbsp; *i.e. Rhododendron Species Botanical Gerden </description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/05/dismay.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-661188753178733366</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-30T21:14:46.190-07:00</atom:updated><title>LotR Movies Back in Theatres</title><description>So, I just learned that the Peter Jackson LotR movies are due to be back in theatres in June. Since the dates given for this Fantom event are June 8th thr 10th, I assume it's be one film per night for three nights, like this:June 8th: &nbsp;THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. June 9th:&nbsp;THE TWO TOWERS. June 10th:THE RETURN OF THE KING. I'm not sure, but it sounds like it'll be extended cuts --though whether the currently available Director's Cut will be used or a different version I don't know. I'll certainly be seeing them on the big screen again.--John R.</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/04/lotr-movies-back-in-theatres.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-4888153647756511699</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-20T12:39:06.350-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Cat Report</title><description> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ4xz-XI9MtwNG_3skM1KucBm6PQeoQa7zdfOuBUztKOI2ns9mFka9PkVAqjCW3ooo4luGlrJ1t5PZn1-v_2k5Jx7lmwC5Kej6Yt9fp0XvBNRCAJBhPNZjNu04Oic0xOkd6QvNBt8v6LyICBSGA_BNBbd3JzJLJ7L2IF_6QGmNl8zyIY_Ui0vDSXEzVpVZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ4xz-XI9MtwNG_3skM1KucBm6PQeoQa7zdfOuBUztKOI2ns9mFka9PkVAqjCW3ooo4luGlrJ1t5PZn1-v_2k5Jx7lmwC5Kej6Yt9fp0XvBNRCAJBhPNZjNu04Oic0xOkd6QvNBt8v6LyICBSGA_BNBbd3JzJLJ7L2IF_6QGmNl8zyIY_Ui0vDSXEzVpVZ" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;">Glad to learn that Baseball has gone to his new home and by now is getting to know his new people.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;">The cat room now has three cats: senior cat Bettie Boop, who tends to toggle between &nbsp;wanting affection and acting grumpy. She thought about coming out several times but ended up staying in all shift.&nbsp;</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;">Bonded pair Maverick and Goose couldn’t be more different. The yellow cat (Goose) stayed in the cat-igloo all shift. I reached in and petted him a bit but decided forcing him out wd get everything off on a bad foot</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;">The grey cat (Maverick) had two micro-walks of maybe ten seconds each time. He did pretty good for just-arrived /new place / with people he didn’t know. &nbsp;He might turn out to be a really good walker once he settles in and becomes comfortable in the new place.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;">We do have one small puzzle: Goose might be a repeater. Several volunteers remember Goose as having been in our adoption room before, years back. I don’t, but that may be because I was in the Tukwila cat room, not the Renton room. In any case, glad to see Purrfect Pals’ take-them-back policy pays off.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;">&nbsp;—John R.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px;"> </div> &nbsp;</description><link>http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-cat-report.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (John D. Rateliff)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ4xz-XI9MtwNG_3skM1KucBm6PQeoQa7zdfOuBUztKOI2ns9mFka9PkVAqjCW3ooo4luGlrJ1t5PZn1-v_2k5Jx7lmwC5Kej6Yt9fp0XvBNRCAJBhPNZjNu04Oic0xOkd6QvNBt8v6LyICBSGA_BNBbd3JzJLJ7L2IF_6QGmNl8zyIY_Ui0vDSXEzVpVZ=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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