(Content Warning: Suicide, recent real world suicides my own thoughts on my own mental health, don’t read if you’re not in the right place) Today I heard a man I barely knew but had had some intense online conversations with over the pandemic had killed himself. He was a LARP photographer so he had touched … Read More
It’s easy enough when it’s a dead author to distance yourself from them whilst still enjoying their works. But what do you do when they’re still alive and creating? In J K Rowling’s case it’s been pretty easy not to engage with her continuing content, the Robert Galbraith stuff is just crap and the whole … Read More
Right now I’m doing that thing of having a reaction that I feel guilty about. I believe the healthy thing is admit it, move on. Instead I’m going to write a blog post and if any of my friends read it possibly make them feel like I’m a self righteous little bitch. But then when … Read More
Had dinner out for my birthday, pizza because BBF could get a gluten free option easily. Before that though I played two games, both very gamey which leaves me a little worried for tomorrow. So this morning The Pirate and I were in the same game which was really nice. He hasn’t played Space 1889 … Read More
So, this is my birthday treat, a LARP um… festival? Convention? No idea what to call it. In any case this first night is all a bit of a party and hang out. My hotel is wonderfully close, met up with BBF for sushi beforehand and discovered to my cash rich horror that too much … Read More
So I did not do well at keeping them last year but I rather think that’s because my mental health was in the absolute toilet. Today’s tarot reading rather confirms that and re-emphasises that I work best with rhythms to my days.
1.What did you do in 2024 that you’d never done before? Travelled to Lapland and rode in a sled with huskies. 2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Ish. Very ish. And always it keeps me focused. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? No … Read More
Today we all had skiing lessons before the final festive meal in the evening. The Bonsai Kaiju and Britney go each week to the Dry Slope near them so they were well away and The Smol Dragon relished having his own teacher so he was well away too. In fact given he’s only had a … Read More
We got up late and sledged and The Princess made more ice baubles because she’s always wanted to and it’s never been cold enough. Though overnight it snowed so we found out that that thing they say about snow being insulating is genuinely true – the ice baubles under the snow didn’t freeze overnight because … Read More
We are in The Arctic Circle and I am incredibly excited about that fact. That and the Aurora Borealis last night has me massively excited, The Princess is too, and Britney I think – I mean on a different level to the kids. They’re excited because it’s a holiday and they’re somewhere new but the … Read More
