Story

If you go to chapter view, this and its predecessor bits will appear all together. In case you're reading this and thinking ... "Huh? What the !@#$ has this got to do with anything?" Have a lovely day. There was merriment that day. So much of it that it swelled over into a week. The…

Sometime when it is all set up so I can do it I shall chapterize the story entries. I am not technically astute or organized like Fearless Dreamer so I can't do it myself; I shall have to wait for the DiaryMaster to have his chapterizing tool up. Anyway, it continued a bit last night.…

Helen and the guard, who she noticed had a half-formed beard, made their way down the hill. She had little need for him, but it was after dark, and after all she had heard some terrifying tales of what might be encountered out in the paths and roads at nighttime. The guard seemed to want…

Helen went on to describe her days, tending to things and contending with the world to meet such needs as she and Maggie had. Izzy peppered her with questions on everything from how exactly one extracted milk from a cow to the logistics of transporting Maggie's cloth to market. Helen answered eve...

Helen discovered that the castle, so massive and formidable as it cast its shadow over her life, over all the lives in the surrounding fields and villages, was a cold and damp place. As Izzy led her through endless corridors, clammy close places, to show her the kitchens and the smithy and the pr...

Helen and I are going to take some serious time to see how we are going to continue through the castle and onward. But here's the next bit. ~~~~~~~~~~ The very young lady's eyes widened, and an unexpectedly open smile spread over her previously cool, haughty countenance. "Helen? Oh that's a lovel...

Slowly it dawned on the young woman that the castle, all of it, was hers to explore. There had been a huge feast to celebrate the beginning of some undertaking of great import, and the enormous party she had seen was now off to wherever it was they were going. The men left behind had…

But it wants to take its time apparently. ~~~~~~~~~~ Oh but how massive they were, these enclosing giants! What ancient trees had been used to craft them? And the metal that extended half across each one, near the top and near the bottom. As she neared the castle she saw that what from below had&...

It has no title yet. I do know where it is leading, although it is nowhere near there yet. Best title I have come across in a long time, a song sung by Capercaillie, translated from the Gaelic: When you see a pretty girl you will be in pursuit of her for one night The…

One day a party rode out of the castle. There were many people and many horses; there were wagons and there were carriages. The young woman stood back from the road a way; it had rained, and the ground was muddy, and mud flew from each hoof that fell on it. She hid behind an…