Written By Cambria
May 18, 2020, 6:04 p.m.(4/24/1013 AR)
For all those that believe they see another manipulating us, many and more only see what is immediately before them - what is immediately affecting them. What those people who think they see a hidden hand prying at cracks should realize is that they are exploiting a fault that was already there. It is time to stop pretending the divide is paper thin, and see it for the gulf that it is. Maybe it is time the Crown looked at its citizens in the Boroughs and asked them what it is they want.
After all, as Grandmaster Preston recently wrote himself, the problem is a condition. I would implore anyone reading this particular entry to consider how many acts of charity that they have witnessed, or been part of, during their time in Arx. And what about work programs? Even now, the Crafter's Guild has put out the call that they will hire those in need of employment, or train those who come seeking a new skill. It leads one to wonder if our education system is truly so lacking. Is there truly so little means of gainful employment?
Or is it more?
Members of the Peerage, rightly or wrongly, misguidedly or otherwise, you cannot go on throwing silver at this and assuage your souls and your hearts by claiming you are doing Gild's good work. There is more, much more, and it is much deeper than merely pressing a coin into a palm, or a bowl of soup into a pair of hands. When daily there are submissions into the Whites that lambaste the Peerage, the Peerage should really stop and reflect on this.
I beseech the Crown to lend their ear here, now, in the capital of Arvum, where men and women, young and old, are facing yet another crisis in but a few short years since the last.
After all, as Grandmaster Preston recently wrote himself, the problem is a condition. I would implore anyone reading this particular entry to consider how many acts of charity that they have witnessed, or been part of, during their time in Arx. And what about work programs? Even now, the Crafter's Guild has put out the call that they will hire those in need of employment, or train those who come seeking a new skill. It leads one to wonder if our education system is truly so lacking. Is there truly so little means of gainful employment?
Or is it more?
Members of the Peerage, rightly or wrongly, misguidedly or otherwise, you cannot go on throwing silver at this and assuage your souls and your hearts by claiming you are doing Gild's good work. There is more, much more, and it is much deeper than merely pressing a coin into a palm, or a bowl of soup into a pair of hands. When daily there are submissions into the Whites that lambaste the Peerage, the Peerage should really stop and reflect on this.
I beseech the Crown to lend their ear here, now, in the capital of Arvum, where men and women, young and old, are facing yet another crisis in but a few short years since the last.
Written By Cambria
May 16, 2020, 2:59 a.m.(4/19/1013 AR)
Sometimes, when I am struck by a particular mood, I sit and summon the ghosts of my past. I ask them to account for themselves, but ever and always I am met with silence. There I even times when I choose instead to explain myself, yet it makes no difference.
If there is any lesson for me to learn, then I think perhaps it is this: that more often than not, there is no why.
If there is any lesson for me to learn, then I think perhaps it is this: that more often than not, there is no why.
Written By Cambria
May 15, 2020, 7:54 p.m.(4/18/1013 AR)
There is something melancholy in most natural sounds, such as the murmur of the sea, or the many voices of the wind. But I do not think as though Nature has a sound any more melancholy than that of rain among the trees.
Written By Cambria
May 15, 2020, 1:46 a.m.(4/17/1013 AR)
Once the mind is made up, it is very tiresome to unmake it.
Written By Cambria
May 10, 2020, 2:34 a.m.(4/7/1013 AR)
My cousin, Lord Vitalis, is officially wed into House Clement. This makes the third of my cousins to marry out of the House under my leadership, the others being Lord Andreas to Lady Ouida Harthall and Count Giulio through establishing Corvini. Mazetti is not a House that glorifies in fast and frequent change, something I can neither hide nor deny. Yet since I have assumed this mantle from my parents, a great deal of change has been wrought. Not all of it has been well liked by everyone, but then again, if you attempt to live your life by pleasing everyone all of the time, you will quickly find yourself going mad. Some of the change has not been for the best, but I have yet to meet anyone that is perfect, not even mine own husband - which is to say, not even myself, since I chose him.
That said, I do not feel as though this move is anything but good for all involved. I believe Lord Vitalis will have a bright future within House Clement, and I believe that our two Houses will greatly benefit from such an alliance.
That said, I do not feel as though this move is anything but good for all involved. I believe Lord Vitalis will have a bright future within House Clement, and I believe that our two Houses will greatly benefit from such an alliance.
Written By Cambria
May 6, 2020, 4:03 p.m.(3/28/1013 AR)
I have been thinking about change lately. A lot has changed since I came to Arx, some of which I planned for and sought to achieve and quite a lot that I had no idea would occur and never hoped to experience. Yet I lived through it all just the same, and I am who I have become because of it. The road is not nearly so flat as to allow us to perceive what is just beyond the horizon, and I dare not believe the one upon which I walk is anything other than long.
There is a change that weighs heavily on my mind, one which may need to come about through my hand and yet it is not something I wish to make so. Or at least it is not something I do not currently wish to make so. If Limerance and Lagoma remain silent, I must look to Jayus for inspiration.
Of one thing I am certain: I shall remain ever undaunted, no matter what I may face in future. There is no challenge, no trial, and no hardship that will ever keep me down for long.
There is a change that weighs heavily on my mind, one which may need to come about through my hand and yet it is not something I wish to make so. Or at least it is not something I do not currently wish to make so. If Limerance and Lagoma remain silent, I must look to Jayus for inspiration.
Of one thing I am certain: I shall remain ever undaunted, no matter what I may face in future. There is no challenge, no trial, and no hardship that will ever keep me down for long.
Written By Cambria
April 29, 2020, 3:26 a.m.(3/13/1013 AR)
To the Thief of all my Thoughts,
Will you ever release me?
Will you ever release me?
Written By Cambria
April 23, 2020, 8:22 p.m.(3/2/1013 AR)
I do not often eat cake or cookies, but when I do, I eat them all and do not share.
No Scholar, I do not wish to make this one a Black Reflection. I want my sons to see why their mother does not indulge in sweets, and I must needs have a ready reminder for myself as to why I should feel guilty about it.
I do not, by the way, feel guilty about it.
No Scholar, I do not wish to make this one a Black Reflection. I want my sons to see why their mother does not indulge in sweets, and I must needs have a ready reminder for myself as to why I should feel guilty about it.
I do not, by the way, feel guilty about it.
Written By Cambria
April 23, 2020, 3:32 p.m.(3/2/1013 AR)
The mirror is no worse
For having held another face first
For having held another face first
Written By Cambria
April 17, 2020, 1:13 a.m.(2/16/1013 AR)
There are people who submerge themselves in surfaces, and drown in mirror-reflections.
Written By Cambria
April 15, 2020, 7:11 p.m.(2/14/1013 AR)
Recently, I received a gift from someone whom you could argue had no reason to give someone such as me anything. It is not an expensive gift, but it is a thoughtful one. In this simple act, the generosity of Gild shines bright, and I am humbled.
Written By Cambria
April 10, 2020, 5:47 p.m.(2/4/1013 AR)
I have long thought that if it were not for complaint, we should have very little to talk about.
Written By Cambria
April 6, 2020, 1:32 a.m.(1/22/1013 AR)
So much of art, but poetry especially, is inspired by infatuation, first loves, first kisses, and first glances. It is not hard to find songs written about longing and loss, heartbreak, estrangement, and pain. We are told all aspects of love - from rapture to sorrow - are beautiful. Yet it seems to me, overlooked in a dusty corner, there are but a handful of poems about domesticity and the joys of familiarity, and comparatively so few tales about the comfort and bliss of lifelong love.
Written By Cambria
April 4, 2020, 3:51 p.m.(1/20/1013 AR)
It is in our nature to transform loss into virtue, so that we might live with it, so that we can justify it.
Written By Cambria
April 4, 2020, 3:43 p.m.(1/20/1013 AR)
I recently read a journal musing on last moments. I too, now wish to put to parchment my own thoughts on them.
To die in someone's arms - could there be anything more comforting? And how selfless a gift, too.
To die in someone's arms - could there be anything more comforting? And how selfless a gift, too.
Written By Cambria
April 1, 2020, 6:37 p.m.(1/14/1013 AR)
What you may want to do for your friends may not always be what they want, despite your best intentions. Sometimes, it is the modest gestures, the humble acts, that have the most meaning - and not the expensive parties or grandiose gifts.
Written By Cambria
March 27, 2020, 3:35 p.m.(1/4/1013 AR)
The cycle of life is immutable. All things come to an end. It also means they are replaced by something new.
Written By Cambria
March 23, 2020, 8:13 p.m.(12/24/1012 AR)
I am interested in the truth.
While I would love to weigh in on certain current affairs, I must admit that I do not know enough to do so. I do have plenty of questions, though. Yet for some inexplicable reason I feel as though I will never have any answers.
Should I congratulate myself for a job well done in the mean time?
I think not.
Accolades belong to other people.
While I would love to weigh in on certain current affairs, I must admit that I do not know enough to do so. I do have plenty of questions, though. Yet for some inexplicable reason I feel as though I will never have any answers.
Should I congratulate myself for a job well done in the mean time?
I think not.
Accolades belong to other people.
Written By Cambria
March 21, 2020, 4:27 p.m.(12/20/1012 AR)
It's strange how you are sometimes forced to assumed a rather unsympathetic view of yourself through another's eyes. Strange and unpleasant.
Written By Cambria
March 21, 2020, 4:20 p.m.(12/20/1012 AR)
People will change their minds about almost anything, if history is anything to go by.
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