An everything/nothing blog of tabletop RPGs, Emacs, poetry, and other oddities. Hand-written by a recovering interrupter with occasional relapses, gatherer of books, lover of spreadsheets, blogger, adept debugger, conjurer of analogies, and probably other things.
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The start of a new age and a new campaign for a pair of knight tenants.
On Saturday I ran a face to face game of Mythic Bastionland 📖
for two players.
The players opted to start as knight te...
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In preparation for my #Stonetop #ttprg session, I wrote several questions to walk through a flashback sequence. I felt it was a rewarding experience keeping the story in the present, yet giving access to the past actions.
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Part of game culture is re-mixing and accumulating a toolbox of cool tech.
Yesterday I stumbled upon Mick’s Advanced Mystery & Manners: Together Through
Ages of the World…. In which the author shared The Long ...
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Reflections and thoughts on running #Stonetop and thus revisiting #PbtA games, having remembered some of the past challenges.
It has been over a decade since I’ve run a Powered by the Apoc...
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My thoughts for building up my questions for the first session.
After writing Session Zero of Stonetop, I sat down with pencil and paper and
wrote down four headings:
“I Wonder” Questions
Possible Threats
Opening ...
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Preparing for a face to face game of Stonetop, and considering how to approach the game and inevitable note taking.
Last night Teddy and Tricia hosted Brian and I for our first session of
Stonetop. Teddy had prepa...
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Musing on the finite nature of a CD and the false infinity of streaming.
A few months ago, we stopped in at a pop-up shop that had lots of music
equipment. A musician was downsizing and had some fantastic stere...
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Exploring my personal multitudes.
I’m in a bit of a blogging desert. In part because my daily life feels full and
rich. I’ve been learning about my attachment styles and working hard on
b...
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Seeing nature unfold before me.
Yesterday, mid-day I saw a large bird land and perch on a tree across the lake.
I grabbed our binoculars, stepping onto the porch to identify the bird. Was ...
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Establishing intentional plans for personal enrichment.
As I understand it, in mid-2025 the topic of personal curriculum started
emerging on TikTok. Jenny, then working at a small local li...
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A brief reflection on a #poetry #handbook that I just read.
I’ve been reading more poetry, and scratching out efforts at poetry. Today I
finished reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver. A compact guide into t...
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A #poem reflecting on land and language.
My ancestors carried with them a lowland language,
From flat Frisia to the banks of Motława,
later amongst the golden fields of Ukraine,
then, with treasured seed in tow,...
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A #poem of #winter reflection, of painting a ceiling not in white but in a bold color, and a mind thus adrift.
I sit and ponder this canopy of evergreen,
Painted the long year prior;
Bringing a sense of summer a...
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It is through epics and poetry that I my home.
I’ve been enjoying narrative verse, poetry, myths, and legends. Recently, I
finished Yvain by M.T. Anderson. I felt the thrill of
story and primacy of archetype....
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A bit of introspection and a #haiku. In part a post to say I’m still here.
I wonder, what makes one a poet? And perhaps not the general case, but the
self-centered case.
Am I a poet?
I write poetry. I am an ad...
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On being human, embracing the analogue, and working through private deep introspection.
From Being creative requires taking risks:
Children will say stuff that wi...
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Exhuming a reflection I wrote in October around “leaving a record.”
We cross the line, who pushed who over?
It doesn’t matter to you, it matters to me
We’re cut adrift, but still fl...
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Not all of the books of the year, but an overview of the ones that stuck out.
This year, my partner and I are participating as a team in our local library
reading “challenge.” The goal is...
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I can think of no better time than that between Winter Solstice and New Year’s Day.
Myth is a tear in the fabric of reality, and immense energies pour
through these holy fissures. Our st...
Folly is to name the days between Christmas and New Years.
There’s hardly enough daytime to warrant such.
Instead, let us embrace these long winter’s night;
Where story presses against the glass,
breath hot, frozen fog forming crystalline lace.
No logs split nor tallow lit, that once did dance.
Instead, light sits steady and flat,
And the only flicker that of picture panes.
This is a moment when little sense does our time make.
I embrace Romjul, that period between Christmas/Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve.
For most of my life, the time between Christmas and New Years has been one of
holiday. That is: not working for my employer, but instead spending time with
friends (both present and tome-bound).
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Creating a bespoke process to dump and load data in manageable chunks.
In my Mythic Bastionland Emacs package I’ve been populating an Emacs 📖
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information related to the state ...
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Considering the great utility of procedures and tables as a means of developing the fictive world, passing from potential to actual.
I’ve been playing a solo game of Mythic Bastionland 📖
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In which the Knights learn of a blood feud and yet another Myth plaguing the realm.
Three horses, two with riders and the smaller other riderless....
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In which Sir Weydlyn confronts his fear and makes a solemn promise to Beatrice.
Sir Weydlyn and Beatrice spend an uneventful and rather quiet even...
