Written By Lucita
April 15, 2020, 10:21 a.m.(2/13/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Nina
Sometimes a dose of cold hard realism is needed to save pain and heartbreak later.
Written By Lucita
April 2, 2020, 9:50 a.m.(1/15/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Luis
My charming rascal of a brother is as full of mischief as ever, but never boring. I expect his three children will be very much like him... and then he will know what his older siblings went through!
Written By Lucita
April 2, 2020, 9:46 a.m.(1/15/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Estaban
What would have been our fifth anniversary is coming up in a few days. Each time I play the clavichord that was a wedding gift to us from Aiden I remember and still miss you. You would be proud of your children... and maybe a combination of amused and annoyed if they hid their snowballs in your boots the way they did mine. We're moving on through life, and it is not as hard as it was two or three years ago, but you are not forgotten.
Written By Lucita
March 28, 2020, 8:02 p.m.(1/6/1013 AR)
Relationship Note on Ian
Yes, you got a hug. Much better to get a hug for surviving than the alternate.
Written By Lucita
March 25, 2020, 11:11 a.m.(12/27/1012 AR)
There are times when I keep my thoughts to myself. This is one of them.
Written By Lucita
March 23, 2020, 11:15 a.m.(12/23/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Eleyna
In 1008 Archduchess Eleyna created 'The Order of the White Lily'. It was to have 13 living members plus 2 who were recognized for serving bravely at Setarco and lost their lives there. This order was not a reward or recognition of service during war, it was a charge, a plea to help the Lyceum stay strong, to protect it, and to help build and maintain bridges between houses. Each had their own strengths, and varied abilities, and differences. Some embraced the idea, some thoughtful and considering it, some skeptic but all agreed to work quietly, in their own way for the betterment and safety of our homes. There are no formal meetings or gatherings, just those collars and memories to guide us and our consciences as we try to keep our word.
To me the White Lily Watchtowers seem to embody that concept, working together, maintaining communication between houses and helping strengthen and protect our homes. I am glad to have been a part of it.
To me the White Lily Watchtowers seem to embody that concept, working together, maintaining communication between houses and helping strengthen and protect our homes. I am glad to have been a part of it.
Written By Lucita
March 21, 2020, 11:15 a.m.(12/19/1012 AR)
Quiet times amid the shrines, quiet times of drinks with friends, quiet times reading to my children. Let us hope it is not the quiet before the storm.
Written By Lucita
March 16, 2020, 11:59 a.m.(12/9/1012 AR)
It is disquieting to succeed and still be left with a feeling of failure, left wondering if a better way could have been found even though one is pushed into a corner and sees no other way out.
Written By Lucita
March 13, 2020, 10:55 a.m.(12/3/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Jasher
It is good to catch up with friends. Some you can spend weeks, months away from and when you speak with each other once more, it is like a time gap never happened.
Written By Lucita
March 12, 2020, 11:26 a.m.(12/1/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Wash
Such a loyal friend. He always offers and gives help.
Written By Lucita
March 7, 2020, 10:51 a.m.(11/19/1012 AR)
Saik is a small house but our leige house. Malvici, is supportive. Saik naval vessels will sail with the Malvici navy, Lord Domonico overseeing the combined fleet as both respond to the calling of banners by Velenosa. My late husband, Estaban, had served as the Admiral of Southport so the fleets are used to training and working together.
Written By Lucita
March 4, 2020, 10:07 a.m.(11/13/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Zebulon
May your luck change for the better one day, my old friend.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 27, 2020, 7:01 p.m.(11/2/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Wash
Old friends are a treasure.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 26, 2020, 11:54 a.m.(10/27/1012 AR)
Relationship Note on Porter
If you succeed in catching the rabbit you said you were unsuccessfully chasing, please, please, please do not give it to the twins, maybe the cook, rabbit stew is good, but no more pets for them!
Written By Lucita
Feb. 24, 2020, 10:01 a.m.(10/23/1012 AR)
So much food, so many wines, such good company. It has been a busy few days. The vintners in Saikland will be delighted that that orange wine accidentally produced by an apprentice vintner's failure to remove the white grape skins during the fermenting did not spoil the wine at all. It placed second in one of the contests. The process left a beautiful unique color that did not affect the flavor of delicious white wine. I'm just glad they sampled the wine and did not throw it out when they noticed the unexpected results and bottled it.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 22, 2020, 11:47 a.m.(10/19/1012 AR)
A song of hope. I spend time in the various shrines and pick up a little inspiration for a line of lyrics here and there and slowly put them together. Composing does not flow easily to me but it is done with joy.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 18, 2020, 12:41 p.m.(10.392859209656084/16.000115740740743/1012.7827382674714 AR)
Thinking and preparing on many sides, about so many issues is not easy. As for me, just because they are not spoken of as much does not mean they are forgotten or neglected. A perpherial awareness of so many complex problems facing us makes me aware of my limitations and have growing respect for those who have the capability to handle them.
Sometimes it seems like a puzzle, many parts to handle, to figure out, twist and turn. Some pieces rely on other parts to be set into place first before they can be set where they belong. It does not mean they are forgotten but set to the side to be as the place they are to be set is prepared. Still other pieces are for use even later, but eventually they all fit together.
I only hope someone is not hiding or hoarding or lost pieces of the puzzles we need to figure them out.
Sometimes it seems like a puzzle, many parts to handle, to figure out, twist and turn. Some pieces rely on other parts to be set into place first before they can be set where they belong. It does not mean they are forgotten but set to the side to be as the place they are to be set is prepared. Still other pieces are for use even later, but eventually they all fit together.
I only hope someone is not hiding or hoarding or lost pieces of the puzzles we need to figure them out.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 15, 2020, 8:57 a.m.(10.167682291666667/10.390208333333334/1012.7639735243056 AR)
If I hurry, there is time for more trips to Saikland before fall passes and winter sets in. There are a few lingering tasks need seeing to, a map to follow, some forbidding stones to examine, some land to explore. If I hurry... fast enough. There always seems to be a shortage of time and sometimes of energy.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 13, 2020, 12:50 p.m.(10.03639384920635/3.0380555555555553/1012.7530328207672 AR)
Ohhh! I won a shucking oyster contest while on a lovely cruise hosted by Princess Alarissa. What a pleasant surprise! I didn't even nick my fingers, which was also a big surprise. Good luck must have been on my side. I'll have to remember to thank my survival teachers and cook for showing me the way to do that though hope if ever caught in a situation where they are not readily available in market, someone else will fetch them for me to shuck.
Written By Lucita
Feb. 9, 2020, 3:33 p.m.(9.655333581349206/23.698680555555555/1012.7212777984457 AR)
Relationship Note on Porter
Forgettable? Me? Harrumph. Well, maybe due to the circumstances that is excusable 'this' time. Too much glitter flecks must have blurred your vision, along with several glasses of rum. All is forgiven though after the kind escort home from the shrines.
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