tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58129684485350980102012-01-26T18:40:02.510-07:00Medieval Welsh storytelling for the modern world.G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-28828770080537809012012-01-26T08:33:00.001-07:002012-01-26T08:34:17.001-07:00

Got to get back to blogging regularly again. In the meantime, still here...

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Two weeks since posting... where does the time go? Not into the new book, unfortunately, but I'm planning on getting back to it soon now the holiday distractions are over.In the meantime, the Colorado Welsh Society is celebrating St. Dwynwyn's Day this coming Saturday. Also, on February 11, I'll be doing a book reading and signing at Spiritwise on South Broadway. Stand by for more details...-GRG

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and best wishes to all.-GRG

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Well, what can I say? It's been Christmas... We got a big snow last Wednesday night and Thursday, roughly 8-10 inches here - very white Christmas. No new progress on the current book, but that should change soon. Other than that, not much different. Hope everyone reading had a good holiday!-GRG

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The weekend was busy, with SBGH's Yule celebration on Saturday night and some follow-up business on Sunday. Now I can get back to writing (!) for a while. Cold gray weather today with a few snowflakes should make it easier...-GRG

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Today's other poem/poems:pen gaseg ar bren onn - ywdim ond hen ysbryd - menywbod wedi marw amser maithyn ol. nawr, yn y noswaith,mae hi'n cerdded trwy'r trefgyda wyneb yr hunlefa'r pobl rhoi diod grefiddi - i fyned adref.A mare’s head on an ashen post?No, it’s only some ancient ghostOf a woman who died in the long ago days.Now, in the twilight – or so they say! –She walks through the town in a

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The Colorado Welsh Society is having their Christmas tea this afternoon, and I'm scheduled to read two poems as part of the program. So guess what I was doing this morning... Here's the first.Where is Llywelyn? Ble mae o?He was due back eight nights ago.The low sun creeps across the skyAnd still I wait. He cannot die.Without him, Wales might cease to be!Ble mae Llywelyn? Where is he?Where is

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No more snow this week, but a lot of what we got last week is still here, partly because of some really cold (-4 F)weather Monday and Tuesday. After that anything above freezing feels mild!I've mostly been involved with the Yule ritual and the Welsh Society this week, but finally got started again on the new book and made my 1,000+ words daily quota last night. Onward...-GRG

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Still here and busy, just not keeping up with the blog...Three snowstorms in the last week:About a foot of snow on the ground now, and the high today was around 16 deg. F...I think we'll have a white Christmas (& Yule)!-GRG

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Still here, just busy. More in a day or so (probably...)-GRG

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Well, it's been a while - party I've been busy writing, and partly with other things. The book's coming along well - over 44,000 words now. I think this one will be significant bigger than Ash Spear - possibly around 150,000 words.After a nice day outside today, Titus found a sunny south window for a nap:More tomorrow, perhaps...-GRG

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Still making good progress on the book - past 39,000 words now. I took Saturday off to celebrate Samhain (one more time) with SBGH. They're promising us some more snow tonight (sigh), so I spent some time yesterday getting some large broken branches down - elms are not my favorite tree. Back to work...-GRG

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Snow again last night and this morning, seven or eight inches this time, I think. At least the power stayed on. Not fun to shovel because the base was heavy and wet, and it stuck to the shovel--not to mention the trees. Didn't get as much written as usual last night due to Welsh class, and also to the nature of the story at this point which requires a little more thought, but I'm pressing on.

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Just a jack-o-lantern picture.Needed the tripod for this one!Nos Calan Gaeaf Da eto!-GRG

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And hard at work writing after a most productive weekend. I did take time out last night to celebrate Samhain (one night early). Our Samhain pumpkin:Being as it's a pie pumpkin from my garden, we baked and ate it. I've have pictures of my Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin up in a day or so.Nos Calan Gaeaf Da i chi!-GRG

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Conditions here are drifting back toward seasonal normal now. A lot of the snow has melted, but by no means all:Back to writing...-GRG

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No post yesterday because I was offline all day due to a power outage. Denver had its first autumn snowstorm, and it was a big one:I think we got about 8 inches here, though it's hard to be sure. The several days before had been warm and sunny, and I spent them frantically preparing house and garden for what we got. One of Tuesday's last tasks: potato and beet harvest:No writing yesterday as I

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Busy again in the garden yesterday and today. Our first big winter storm is due tomorrow night, with possibility of 4-8 inches of snow and lows Wednesday night in the teens (F), so I've had a lot to do the last few days in putting the garden to bed and making the garage ready for those geraniums etc. which are too tall to fit in the cold frame. Almost done now - I'll bring them inside tomorrow,

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Been a busy week, more with the garden than with the book. New pictures presently - just wanted to say "I'm still here!" We might have snow Wednesday...-GRG

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Hmm, running late today and it looks like I forgot Friday. Ah well, still here, busy, etc. Weather is changing - high around 50 F day, currently 42 F and partly cloudy, so I'm expecting a hard freeze tonight, which should take care of most of the rest of the garden - everything but the beans is already harvested anyway.No additional writing the last two days but I spent some time yesterday and

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More writing, more gardening, more fine autumn weather - nothing much different. Roses are still putting on a fine show:Word count on the new book is now 24,247 words. I'm still arguing with myself about the title, but in the meantime here's a cover mock-up I'm using on LibraryThing:The stone circle is Drom Beg in Ireland.-GRG

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After two nights of mild frost, the vegetable garden is pretty much done for the year. I haven't harvested the last of the beans yet, and the potatoes and jerusalem artichokes are still to come (I'll dig them after we have a killing frost), but otherwise it's a time to admire the rowan berries and the remaining roses and asters, and start the last clean-up. Cadfael rose:and Glamis Castle rose:

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A touch of frost last night. I was expecting it, and harvested most of the rest of my vulnerable crops (peppers, eggplant, squash, tomatoes, basil, and the last cucumber). Not much damage that I can see so far except to the zucchini leaves, but the next few nights are supposed to be colder. Still haven't picked all the beans - we'll see how that goes.Writing continues to go well. I'm up to 19,000

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Autumn color is starting to develop on some of the trees, especially the ash trees, and on the Virginia creeper. Garden harvest is coming to an end, with possible frost this weekend. Weather's finally cooling down a bit, too, which is welcome.I'm still knocking out 1,000+ words a day on the new book most days. Yesterday was a bit of a strain, because Welsh classes started again, which meant I had

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The asters are at their peak bloom now, and the bees are going crazy. I have to remember to water them early, before they fully open, so I don't disturb so many bees.We were busy Saturday with ADF at Front Range Pagan Pride, and Sunday I was writing. Still good progress on the new book. In fact, I'm going to go work on it now...-GRG

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Cooler weather yesterday, which was nice. I'm making good progress on the new book, and have set up a page here for information about it. I'll add new bits from time to time. In the meantime the harvest goes on:Back to work!-GRG

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Wednesday already! I've been busy with the book the last couple of days - over 1,000 words a day, which is fast for me. Now if I can just keep it up... Weather's still warm - too warm for this time of year, though not setting records. I picked the three remaining ripe pumpkins today lest the squirrels get them; the three younger ones are changing color, so may have time to ripen fully if the

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The new book is coming along slowly. Title still seems to be a bit uncertain - I may use something other than "The Druid's Son" after all, and leave that one for Gwernin... Got a little writing done over the weekend, in and around other things.The finches are busy with the sunflower seeds now, but one took a little time out yesterday to take a bath:Weather's still warm and dry - I actually am

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I'm thinking of redesigning the look of this blog somewhat. I'll start gradually, though, so as not to create too much confusion...

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An early post, since I'll be busy today. Yesterday morning we had our first frost. This is relatively late for Denver, where we often get a hard garden-destroying freeze in early September followed by another month of irritatingly mild weather. Yesterday's frost was light - I had a small amount in the coldest spot in my yard, but saw frost in some other open spaces and on roofs while I was taking

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Busy with a wood-working project the last couple of days. It's good for thinking, though. Should be able to get some more writing done now.Rowan berries are very red now:That's all today.-GRG

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More fine autumn weather. We celebrated Harvest with SBGH Saturday, and I sacrificed a pumpkin for a pork and pumpkin casserole: The 17th seemed a little early for the equinox celebration, but I think there were scheduling conflicts. We'll have our own celebration Friday.The new book is coming along fairly well. Unlike the Gwernin stories it's third person narration and not planned out ahead of

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And a cool autumn morning (40 deg. F. by my back door at dawn). Lots of dew on top of last night's showers, so nice and damp - good for photography, too:This morning I harvested my first pumpkin. It's going into the pot along with some pork and other good stuff for tomorrow's feast.Back to work...-GRG

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...and the weather is changing. It was clear at dawn, but now the clouds have moved in, and the forecast is colder and wet. No frost likely here yet, but the snow level may be down to 10,000 feet in the mountains tonight, which means Mt. Evans will have a new white hat in the morning.I've been involved in a lot of miscellaneous activities the last couple of days, but now it's time to get back to

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I meant to put the book review I did for Sharon Penman's new book Lionheart up on the blog, though I did link to it on LibraryThing. Anyway, as the book release date is coming up soon (4 October according to Amazon), I thought I'd post it here as well. So here goes...--------------------------------------------------------------------Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman.Covering the period July 1189

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We spent the weekend at Estes Park in the mountains, helping with the Colorado Welsh Society booth at the Long's Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival and telling stories. I got a chance to do the Mongan story for the first time. It still needs a little more polishing, and preferably a venue with *slightly* less overwhelming background noise, but it's coming along. I also did a few others - "

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As I noted on my LibraryThing thread a couple of days ago, something strange is currently happening with my writing: I now seem to be working on two books simultaneously! The first one, of course, is The Druid's Son, which will form the fourth book of the Storyteller Series. But the other one... well, it's a sort of prequel, not narrated by Gwernin, which forms the background to the main book.

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Cool, cloudy weather yesterday and today with occasional light drizzle - makes me think of Ireland and Wales. (In fact today's temperature here is about the same as Cardiff's!) Working on some writing ideas today - a new plot thread for the current trilogy has surfaced, also some more background for the title character.No photos today as the light isn't great, and there's nothing really new in

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I don't usually post on Tuesday, but I got some photos yesterday I'd like to share...Ever had a day like this?Or found yourself in this position?Or this?As far as I'm aware, the mouse survived. He (yes, I checked) was very good at getting down under the grass, and creeping along or holding still. I think the cats eventually lost interest, and he escaped.There are a few more shots on Flickr from

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First, our performance as Dwygelli at the fundraised Saturday night went well. I've set up a new website for us under that name here - take a look and tell us what you think.While I was at it, I finally got the .com domain name for Tregwernin and set that up. the old blogspot address will continue to work, but you can also get to this page now by simply typing "tregwernin.com".Yesterday we spent

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Cooler weather at last! And I've spent half the day working on website and email stuff - what a waste! I'm going out in the garden now - but one picture first of the green beans (3.5 pounds) I picked yesterday: -GRG

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First, here's the link (and a second link)for Saturday's event. It's a fundraiser for Gateway Battered Women's Shelter, run by our local ADF group. We're Dwygelli, and we open (4:00-4:45 pm). Here's our card:Next, a picture of Monday's tomatoes:Weather's still hot, with temperatures well above seasonal normal (as in mid-90's again today, close to a record high), but it should be a little better

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The weather's a bit cooler today, so I'll be canning tomatoes. The Romas in particular have been very productive this year, so we'll have a good supply. I'll put up pictures later. On other news, we'll be doing a short set of songs and storytelling to open for a charity event this coming Saturday. Links later... -GRG

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Too hot to do much here, but I thought I'd put up a picture of the reinforcement of the bean fence. Hopefully this will keep it from collapsing until the end of the season. That's all for now. -GRG

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Oops, running late again. Here's the book review for Lionheart I mentioned in my last post, and the story I've been preparing to tell. Also, on my LibraryThing discussion thread, a list of the stories I've told or could tell. Being busy with the latter was why I forgot to post here yesterday. One more garden picture: And that's it for today... -GRG

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Oops, forgot Friday again... I was preoccupied with canning tomatoes, among other things. At this point almost all our vegetables come from my garden, and I have excess to can or give away. Won't last much longer, though - first frost here is usually mid-September. The beans have recovered from last week's mishap. The only question is whether the post extension at the west end of the fence will

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Trouble in the garden yesterday evening - the bean fence fell over! Under-engineering, basically, plus very healthy beans this year. We got it part of the way back up, and are hoping it will hold for the remaining 5-6 weeks before our usual mid-September frost. Must do better next year! The last two days I've been writing, but not on The Druid's Son. With all of the storytelling we did over

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Apologies -- looks like I missed last Friday. Blame it on the hot weather. We had a fun weekend at the Rocky Mountain Highland Games with the Colorado Welsh Society. Lots of storytelling with some good audiences. It's always great to have a chance to perform, polishing old stories and trying out new ones. Performance always requires two necessary parts: the audience and the performer. Without

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Weather's a little cooler today, which is nice. Garden continues to burgeon. The few Scarlet Runner beans I managed to start are blooming now - little sparks of red among the green: We'll be storytelling again in the Colorado Welsh Society booth at the Rocky Mountain Highland Games this weekend. Should be fun! -GRG

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After a hot weekend, the weather's a little milder today. Good for the garden, though: The tallest corn stalks are over seven feet high now. -GRG

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Too busy to blog today, but here's another garden picture: summer in the cold frame...-GRG

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Nothing much new... I'm harvesting the onions, which have all made their bulbs and lain down for the season. Back-filling with a few marigolds. This is the third and last batch of onions, harvested today and drying in the sun:And this is yesterday's batch with their tops braided:Not much progress with writing, alas, but the weather cooled off yesterday, so there's hope...-GRG

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No writing over the weekend, which was mostly occupied with various Lughnasadh celebrations. Weather continues too hot for comfort here, but looks like we might gt some thunderstorms soon, which will cool things off a bit. I'm having trouble imagining rainy pleasant Ireland while sweltering here...Sunflower season now:And some of my large tomatoes are finally showing color...-GRG

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Almost Lammas, and harvest in the garden is going great: squash, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, beans... Here's some of what I've picked in the last couple of days (there were also two zucchinis and more tomatoes, but we ate them): Some of the corn is seven feet high and starting to bloom... Back to work now.-GRG

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We had a thunderstorm yesterday evening, which cooled things off a bit. The vegetables like the hot weather as long as I keep them watered. The cucumbers and squash are doing well, and the sweet 100 tomatoes are really getting into their stride. Still waiting for the other varieties - lots of green tomatoes, but only the black cherries (another small variety) are starting to show color.Under

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A hot weekend, and no break so far, but at least when it's hot in Colorado it's also dry - plus it usually cools off nicely at night. I got up early today to get part of the lawn mowed before the day warmed up - front yard's done, anyway. Might be able to finish it tonight.I've been posting a bit about my research for The Druid's Son on my LibraryThing thread, and I'm also doing a giveaway of a

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High summer in the garden, and the bees are going crazy on the leek blossoms:The vegetables are growing faster than my manuscript, but I'll keep plugging along...-GRG

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It's been suggested to me more than once that when I appear somewhere (like the Elizabeth Celtic Festival this past weekend) doing storytelling for the Colorado Welsh Society, I should have a display poster about my books for the booth. So yesterday I finally got motivated, and did one:The photo at the top is one I took last August in the Black Mountains.Now back to writing...-GRG

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A busy weekend. I spent most of it at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival, doing storytelling with the Colorado Welsh Society. The relatively cool weather we had been having broke on Friday, so the festival was sunny and warm - a little too warm for my taste. However, it's good for the garden:That's a pumpkin vine in the picture.Now back to work...-GRG

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We've had a lot of rain in the last week, and everything in the garden is growing like crazy - including, of course, the grass and weeds. But the corn has been particularly impressive:Writing's not going quite as fast, but I'm trying to get back on track after the midsummer distractions. Back to work...-GRG

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I've finally got the rest of the photos from my Irish trip uploaded to Flickr, although not properly labeled yet. Any guesses where this one is?-GRG

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Very behind on blogging due to various factors. First, I was writing; then we were celebrating Midsummer both publicly and privately; then we were recovering from the celebrations; then I was reading and researching... Anyway, before I plunge back into the writing cycle, I thought I'd better let people know I'm still here...The garden's coming along well, despite a few minor hailstorms: the third

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No posting lately because I've actually been getting some writing done. I love it when the story presents me with characters and plot twists I hadn't expected... makes it much more fun. I'm well into the second third of the book now, and things are bubbling along well (like my second batch of mead). On the gardening front, the last of couple of days I thoroughly watered trees, roses, and lawn.

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I was offline most of the past week due to modem problems. The good news is that I got quite a bit of writing done - about a chapter and a half, and still going. The story's moving much better now since I got past the problems of integrating the historical bits around Tara...The garden's doing well, too--got to get some more pictures up soon. A lot of the corn and beans are up now - I'll do a

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Time flies, writing doesn't. Garden is 99% planted now. And this morning - May 31 - I had *frost* in the back yard! Everything seems to have survived, although it was a close thing with the cucumbers and basil... and tomorrow it's supposed to reach 90 F!Not much writing done yet on the current chapter, but I know where I'm going now. Only thing is to put words on screen and start getting there...

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-26494949817639394472011-05-23T09:48:00.003-06:002011-05-23T09:53:09.182-06:00

May has been busy with gardening, writing, and (most recently) a weekend in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Most of the garden is in now, though, and I should soon have more time (and energy!) for writing and the blog. I've finished the first draft of the first section of The Druid's Son - it's in three sections of ten chapters each - and should be starting the next chapter in a few days. In the

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Well, for the last week I've been busy -- first with writing, then over the weekend with Beltane celebrations; after that, with a new time sink called ancestry.com, and finally with gardening. Hopefully I can get some writing done today! For Beltane we had two celebrations: first, our private one on Friday night, and then the public ADF celebration on Saturday in Cheeseman Park with SBGH. Chilly

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Still here. The last couple of days I've been writing, not blogging. Finally finished the chapter which was giving me trouble, the one about the Last Feast of Tara, and hope to make better progress now.Frosty here the last couple of nights, after a long stretch of mild weather: spring in the Rockies.Back to work.-GRG

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Thursday already? I'm still getting caught up from Ireland. Strangely enough, spring was not much farther along there than it is here in Denver - and an early spring in both places. Good information, since this is about the time Gwernin will arrive there in the current book. In the meantime, my larger apple tree has started to bloom, the daffodils are almost finished, the potatoes have started to

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-74850200144100898972011-04-16T07:52:00.002-06:002011-04-16T07:57:38.715-06:00

I'm home again, with lots of new ideas for The Druid's Son and lots more pictures, which I'll upload today or tomorrow. In the meantime, another springtime picture from Ireland:-GRG

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We spent most of today in Kildare, visiting sites assocated with St. Bridget. The monastery here was already established in Gwernin's time, and the site probably had earlier use by the druids, as Kildare means the church of the oak grove. Today the town was preoccupied with preperations for the impending visit of the Dalai Lama, who will be here Wednesday. Not sure whether or not we're sorry to

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-12400003262941299092011-04-09T12:18:00.002-06:002011-04-09T12:28:05.881-06:00

We're in Shinrone now, near Roscrea. Spent today driving around Lough Derg to the west. A mild day which started clear but turned to hazy cloud. Spring is farther along here; white blossoms in the hedges, some pink-flowered ornamentals which look like crab apples, and some broadleafed trees beginning to bud out. I'm told it's an early spring, and this would be more usual for May.Didn't take many

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-67764917396043860332011-04-08T02:08:00.005-06:002011-04-09T12:30:29.505-06:00

Spent the night at a nice country b&b near the Hill of Uisneach. We walked on the hill yesterday evening, and I think it's quite true that you can see all the fifths of Ireland from the top. There's going to be a fire festival held there May 1 - Beltane! Pity we can't stay that long. I'll post a photo later - it would take too long to upload the set now. Well, maybe one, of the festival

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-297842827944071892011-04-07T07:54:00.002-06:002011-04-07T08:11:41.875-06:00

Having a spot of lunch and a latte in the cafe at Cruachan Ai visitor center in Tulsk (no wifi last night) after a morning spent at Rath Croagan and the Morrigan's cave (note: spell check and corrections later). The Cave is a natural fissure in limestone to which someone in about the 6th century built a roofed souterraine entrance. The entrance is low, but the main cave is at least 6 metres high

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-32780804376367509962011-04-06T01:28:00.003-06:002011-04-06T01:42:50.236-06:00

Raining again, but we'll be on the road again today. Yesterday was good for me; I actually got some writing done in the morning, on the chapter where Gwernin arrives at Tara. Some complicated plotting in that one, and some decisions about the Last Feast of Tara, but visiting the site a couple of days ago helped me make some decisions. I could almost see the procession, winding its way from

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-14643310093808961102011-04-05T03:35:00.002-06:002011-04-05T03:42:45.794-06:00

Another gray morning, a breeze rather than a hurricane, a few raindrops rather than a deluge. Probably good April weather for western Donegal. I've uploaded more pictures from yesterday on flickr, but this one will give a good idea of yesterday's weather:A little time today to write up some notes and think. -GRG

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A gray start to the morning today. Yesterday was mixed sun and showers, and increasingly windy. Much of the day we were driving north, and of course the rain was light until we reached our destination. Then suddenly we had a horizontal downpour. We sat in the car for 15 or 20 minutes until the band of rain passed, then went up the hill. The pictures were worth it.Gray again this morning. Sideways

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-45639291263512074672011-04-03T00:57:00.002-06:002011-04-03T01:04:08.123-06:00

A good day yesterday, although with some bands of showers moving through in the afternoon. This morning it's mostly clear again, with some high wispy clouds. I heard the wood pigeons cooing at dawn; now it's robins in the garden. Back on the road again today, moving north, but first breakfast...A new set of pictures on filickr that I uploaded last night: here's a sample:-GRG

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No post yesterday because I was traveling. The weather was gray then; it's clear this morning, but may not stay that way. Spring is farther advanced here; trees beginning to blossom out, daffodils in the ditches, and green grass everywhere. A well watered land, this, and the weather's cool but mild. Yesterday's gusty wind has dropped, which should make it better weather for walking.-GRG

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-58755004679034377922011-03-30T14:08:00.002-06:002011-03-30T16:12:25.930-06:00

Cool and windy here, with a touch of snow again yesterday morning, but the next few days are supposed to be warmer. Spring in the Rockies...The yellow crocuses are still blooming, and my first daffodil is about to open:-GRG

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A fine spring morning - not!Oh well, we need the moisture.Here's a more seasonal shot from yesterday...(It's stopped snowing now, but I don't think I'll be doing much gardening today!)-GRG

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I took some pictures yesterday of different stages of one of my recent projects - making small wire rings to give away. Here's an example of the finished product:and here's a link to the rest of the pictures. It came about as part of a larger interest in making miniature votive items, but that's a story for another day...-GRG

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-44052551379976561712011-03-25T07:47:00.005-06:002011-03-25T08:09:36.521-06:00

Already? What happened to the week? Well, a lot of gardening and garden carpentry (pictures soon), plus yesterday indoor rearrangements and paper shredding (do I really need personnel records from twenty years ago?) to make more storage room for copies of my books, which were infringing on a bookcase (valuable space!). Anyway... Back to the subject of writing.As an example of the sort of research

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Spent the weekend gardening and observing the Equinox, first with SBGH and then at home. The latter observance was yesterday, when we planted a plum tree in the front yard (no more room for fruit trees in the back) and had our regular fire at sunset. The crocuses in the back part of the garden are now blooming so exuberantly that even periodic squirrel attacks can't suppress them entirely:That's

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A little snow overnight, which made for good dawn photography. Here's one example:A nice contrast with yesterday:Still more gardening than writing going on here at the moment, but that will change soon. In the meantime, check out the rest of my March photos.-GRG

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The crocuses are performing so brilliantly I just had to share another picture:-GRG

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More crocus pictures - these little guys popped up under my older apple tree yesterday.Definitely it's spring!-GRG

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After a gray dawn, a sunny day. It actually rained last night! It must be spring indeed. A beautiful moist smell in the air, and life stirring all around...Today's photo: a pot of crocuses (croci?) from the cold frame. The yellow one bloomed last week, but the purple striped ones are just starting.-GRG

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Spring returned Wednesday, and today should be in the upper 60s! I've been busy at the computer this week, but with accounting, not writing - a necessary if less exciting part of the writer's life. First it was getting the information together to file my taxes; then I spent a couple more days improving my sales tracking spreadsheets so that the tax information will be better next year. And now,

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Gloomy cold weather today with a trace of snow, a long way from last week's preview of spring. To brighten things up a bit, here's a picture from Caherconnell in Ireland:That's it for now.-GRG

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Colder weather yesterday and today, but here's a shot of spring in the coldframe I took earlier in the week. Catmint in the upper right, chives in the lower right, violets blooming in the middle! Meant to get another shot yesterday as one of the crocus bulbs is now blooming as well, but it was too cold to leave the lid up for long.Maybe in a day or so... Lots of tulip noses appearing in the

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... and still researching (and gardening, and...)After a long break, I've decided to start brewing again. Here's a picture of my first 3 gallon batch of mead, started last sunday. Nothing complicated, just local wildflower honey: quaffing mead, I call it. Should be ready to drink as soon as it clears, probably in a couple of months. This is an approach I worked up a few years ago while thinking

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Researching again. One thing leads to another, but some details are coming into better focus. Several of the books I'm currently working with are listed here, but these two are especially interesting to me at the moment. The Iona book is one I bought a while back thinking it would be useful for book #6, but I was pleasantly surprised to find some of the discussion very pertinent to one of my

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A cold, cloudy day with a touch of light snow - not a day to tempt me into the garden at all! I've done no writing so far this week, but reading and thinking, yes, and this is a good day for more of same. Sixth century Ireland seems in many ways to be as obscure a time and place as sixth century Wales, despite a much greater quantity of written sources. The sources, however, are none of them - or

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-14305003502563040372011-02-21T09:14:00.003-07:002011-02-21T09:20:54.739-07:00

I didn't post last week partly because I wanted to leave the daffodil picture on top, and partly because I was mostly doing garden-related carpentry (of which more below) and other yard work.This morning when I went out a little after sunrise, I found this beautiful feather. I think it's a breast feather from one of the flickers which frequent my bird feeders and bird baths, probably one of the

G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-47431453979426202292011-02-15T11:24:00.003-07:002011-02-15T11:27:44.179-07:00

Hmmm. Progress of a sort... I did get some writing done yesterday, but then had some thoughts about the overall plot structure which led to another pause for research. I think a little more action is called for...Daffodils from the market, not the yard, alas, although the temperature here was in the 60's F. yesterday:Back to work...-GRG

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Back writing today after a weekend off. I think chapter 8 is pretty much finished, and I've started chapter 9. Gwernin is at Tara now...Back to work.-GRG

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Where did the week go? Snow shoveling on Tuesday and Wednesday, writing on Wednesday and Thursday... sometimes one thing crowds another out. In this case, it was blogging which got displaced. However, chapter 9 is more or less finished at last.Nicer weather yesterday made it hard to stay inside, especially after some of the record cold weather lately.-GRG

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Snowing again today; about 4 inches so far, I think.Current book references of the week: More snow to shovel, then back to work.-GRG

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Spent yesterday shoveling snow and working of The Druid's Son. More of the same today (well, minus the shoveling -- that comes tomorrow morning...).A shot from yesterday morning:Back to work!-GRG

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