Natalie Merchant, “Ophelia”
It’s Monday again. I hope everyone is staying safe.
I’ll be back on Wednesday with a new chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, so I’ll see you then!
Have an excellent week.
Tag: alternative music
Song of the Week
In the Valley Below, “Hymnal”
Happy Monday! Where I am, the sun is finally shining. Perhaps I will venture out into the empty city today and feel like the protagonist of a postapocalyptic novel.
I’ll be back on Wednesday with a new chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, and on Friday with more Myst gameplay. I’m not sure if I’ll continue with Myst, as it isn’t very entertaining to watch or record (though it is a fun challenge to play), but I do have one more episode recorded and might as well post it.
Stay safe out there!
Song of the Week
Vienna Teng, “Blue Caravan”
Happy Monday! I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe.
I’ll be back on Wednesday with a new chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea, and on Friday with some more Myst gameplay, so if you need something to pass the time while in isolation, I’ve got you covered.
Have an excellent week!
Song of the Week
Kate Bush, “Jig of Life”
Happy Monday! I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy.
Until further notice, the plan is to post a new chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea every Wednesday until it’s finished. I’m not sure how many more chapters that will be; I think we’re past the halfway point, but not by much. It’s turned out to be much longer than I had originally thought, but I’m having fun with it, and I hope you are too.
I am no longer able to stream on Twitch because my internet connection, while free of charge, is not very fast. I end up being more than an hour ahead of the upload, so I can’t chat in real time with any viewers. To pass the time while I’m socially distancing, I’ve decided to upload some gaming videos to YouTube instead, and make them available here on the blog also. I think I’ll be playing Myst: Masterpiece Edition, for a bit of nostalgia, but I’ll have to check if it works on my computer first. You can expect the first video to make an appearance on Friday!
Have an excellent week, and don’t forget to wash your hands!
Song of the Week
Phildel, “Afraid of the Dark”
Happy Monday!
After some deliberation, I’ve decided to divide Chapter Four of The Well Below the Valley into two parts. Part One will be up Wednesday. It’s a bit shorter than these parts usually are, but I think getting all the setting up out of the way before I take you into the final dungeon will work better than doing it all at once. This also means that I’ll be on my alternating schedule of The Well and Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea for another few weeks yet.
I hope everyone has an excellent week!
Song of the Week: Double Feature
Loreena McKennitt, “The Lady of Shalott” (poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Emilie Autumn, “Shalott”
Happy Monday!
Here are two very different musical takes on the same figure in Arthuriana. I hope you enjoy them.
I’ll be back on Wednesday with another chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea. See you then!
Song of the Week
Shona Foster, “Oh Patience”
Happy Monday! We have survived January, here in the semi-frozen North, and a small rodent has declared there will be an early spring. I’m off to get the next chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea ready for you, so I will see you here Wednesday!
Have an excellent week.
Song of the Week
Bat for Lashes, “Horse and I”
Happy Monday! Also, happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
I’ll be back on Wednesday with a new chapter of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea. See you then!
Song of the Week
Garbage, “As Heaven is Wide”
Happy Monday! It’s now December. This year has both been extremely long and flown by.
Last week, against all odds, I finished NaNo! I also received some Very Exciting News, which I promise I will actually tell everyone about soon.
In less exciting news, my sweet cat Odin was very sick last week. He seems to be back to his old self, but it was very scary there for a couple of days and he had to have a lot of tests done. If you have a few extra dollars and want to help me cover his vet costs, you can donate to my Ko-Fi, but please don’t feel obligated.
I hope everyone has an excellent week.
Song of the Week
Phoebe Bridgers, “Motion Sickness”
Happy Monday! It’s the last week of NaNo! One of the first books I ever read, when I was learning to read, was The Little Engine That Could. I feel a bit like the train in that book: “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!” It’s amazing I still remember that mantra after so many years, and don’t remember stuff like…algebra.
I’ll be finishing up Chapter Two of The Well Below the Valley here on Wednesday. I hope you enjoy it; my players certainly did! They were thoroughly spooked and missed almost all the side plots in Chapter Three, they were so determined to stop the cult.
Some bad news in the Twitch department: my internet connection here isn’t strong enough to be able to stream live. It can more or less upload footage, but can’t do it in real time, which means that I won’t be able to interact with anyone in the chat. Streaming is going to be on hold until I can figure out how to fix it.
I hope everyone has an excellent week!
