Update #3 - August 2026

 Finished chapter 7 - now working on chapter 8. This is mostly another jigsaw piece, using a story Taliesin told Gwernin in The Old Gods Endure about his first bardic competition, when he won his Master Bard rating. But there's more new material at the end: Gwion changes his name to Taliesin, and asks King Arthur for a boon. This will lead us up to the next chapter, called "Galanas", which will be all new material. The cooler weather the last few days means my brain is working better.

Speaking of weather, we had three days in a row of heavy thunderstorms, amounting to at least 3 or 4 inches of rain in total - more than we got in the last month and a half! I haven't had to water anything for three or four days, although that will start again in the morning. Aside from the sweet 100s and the cherry, the tomatoes have stopped setting. I picked all the ripe or almost ripe ones, so hopefully the nocturnal outdweller (well, the raccoon...) will find a different salad bar!