We interred Atticus today; handling his ashes and reading the cards from the veterinary hospital - I thought the grief had become scar tissue but the wound on my heart tore wide open again.

#caturday 🎶O mighty hunter of great fighting stock- might I inquire to ask, ehhh, what’s up doc?🎵

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*Gina staggers out of the bedroom, still half asleep, squinting* Me: Do you want your glasses? Her: Nah. I’ve seen enough already.

Twelve tales of occult investigation! A tiger prowls the paintings of a museum, hunting human prey; in Paris, a dying sorcerer reaches out to his former pupil for aid; an antediluvian mummy awakens in San Francisco; and more! ko-fi.com/s/e4e59a4a36

And another 670 words added to "Beneath the Vermilion Star," the second story of Ukkura the Charioteer. The reader get their first taste of the survivor's guilt he's carrying after Kadesh.

Hobby faffing about. I stripped the half-painted Basti archers and filed the mold lines on them. Then I cleaned up all the pieces of one chariot and built sub-assemblies for painting. Ultimately the horses will have their tabs trimmed and the whole thing glued to the 50x100 base.

Gina and I on this and every rockin’ Friday night.

Dare to adventure to the dark corners of Rokugan with wardmaster Yogo Shuko in this new folk horror novel from Legend of the Five Rings. White Feathers, Crimson Leaves is written by @jmreynolds.bsky.social, and will release worldwide next week! books2read.com/WhiteFeather...

Our neighbor Liz dropped off a pot of pansies for Gina this morning!

Found a channel on YouTube showing classic tokusatsu movies. Right now it's War of the Gargantuas (1966), which I've never actually seen before. Perfect for a cold, drizzly Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kt8...

Living in the limelight, the universal dream For those who wish to seem Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation Get on with the fascination The real relation, the underlying theme

I'm still exceptionally proud of the glazing on the wyvern's horns and the tail stinger, and the tigerskin rug that orc's sitting on. One of these days I'll finally put banners on the banner poles.

Just in case you missed it the first time I shared My Beloved Brontosaurus is going to get a new printing with my real name on it! 🦕

I lied; just shy of 1600 words, and finished the first draft of "The Hedge Witch of Khalleck," (working title) a small, cozy story about Tarskia struggling with feelings of dissatisfaction with the life she thought she wanted, and seeking advice from a witch in the forest.

1200-odd words written today, across two stories. I'll take it.

Too sleepy to get all the way over to his own bed.

QRB with your woman art

1990's Record of Lodoss War is beautiful to look at and absolutely worth checking out even if your birthdate doesn't start with a 19.

… Guess who found two unassembled chariots and a war elephant that I bought for this army years ago?

Another base of jungle terrain for my collection, this one with a half-sunken Olmec head for added interest.

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Yesterday I got an early birthday present from @leadasbestos.bsky.social in the form of some Sidhe from the classic Celtos fantasy range! I’m always in awe of the generosity I’ve encountered in the hobby space!

Back in 2020 I painted most of a 1200-pt Wargods of AEgyptus army “for when lockdown ends.” I never finished the Basti allied unit. Now that I know @johnnyatomic.bsky.social has some Wargods stuff I’m thinking I should give them a bit of polish and finish those archers.

Self-promo Monday, I guess??? Hear me express astonishment at the adaptation of John Norman's Gor being the LEAST misogynistic of the movies we discuss! (Sorceress, Lucio Fulci's Conquest, Gor)

This morning I think things clicked in my head for how to build out a full arc of adventures for the Hittite charioteer Ukkura, culminating in him healing from emotional wounds gained in this first story.

This wouldn’t happen if it didn’t take three people to restrain him to clip his nails. (Alt text: three pictures of Poppy, a brown and white cat, with his claws caught in a throw rug and trying to figure out how to free himself)

If you see this, post an image you saved because it makes you laugh.

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Made some edits to "By Tarhunna I Will Live," a 4000 word sword-and-sorcery story set in the hours immediately after the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BCE. Biggest edits involving cooling my torrid love affair with semi-colons.

Well, he wasn't technically a vampire, but the guy I staked in today's Hunter: The Reckoning game was a venture capitalist so I'm still counting it as a win.

48 hours left!

My lactose intolerance is a fickle and unpredictable thing. Some dairy doesn't set it off at all, sometimes it's a "dosage" issue based on how much I eat. Yesterday Gina wanted ice cream on a whim, I went and got it, she asked me to eat half of it. I did so without thinking and exceeded my "dosage."

I started an account for pinup art only. Just for funsies. Follow it if you like that stuff. I'll post over there when the mood strikes. I'll still post some of that here as well, just not as much. If this fails to tickle me, I'll pull the plug. Ain't freedom grand? bsky.app/profile/bloo...

500 words on the dot added to the WIP I'm calling "The Hedge Witch of Khalleck" tonight. This one's likely to be saved as an interstitial chapter if I ever release a full collection of Tarskia & Aminde stories. Not much action, more character study stuff.

First two Mesoamerican houses are totally done now. I’ve got another four I expect to do over the next few days. #wargamescenery #terrain

Gina asked for a trip to the local used records store for new music. I grabbed a few CDs, but she didn’t find anything she wanted and the scent (since it’s also a vape shop) triggered a migraine. Home now and she’s sleeping it off.

The scheming eunuch of the Royal Court. Granted, all his schemes revolve around convincing me to spend 17 hours a day playing with him. #caturday

Just waiting on the glue to dry on the first layer of flock, then I can add the second, glue the roofs in place and call these first two Mesoamerican buildings done. Resin models by Acheson Creations.

Spent a lot of time today tearing the basement apart looking for the battery to our weedwhacker. Was convinced I had the charger but not the battery. The battery was attached to the charger the whole time. Chalking it up to sleep deprivation but damn do I feel stupid.

Remember sushi? It’s back - in burrito form.

Went out to pick up lunch from a new ramen and sushi place that opened up. Driving home, I thought I saw a chimpanzee getting into a parked car. It was in fact a poodle.

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Just call me St. George, because my ass is draggin’.

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Artist & friend Gary McCluskey is trying to rebuild his illustration business after a long bout with cancer. Please check out his art and consider hiring him! He's always been prompt, professional, and a pleasure to work with. www.artstation.com/garymcc

Yeah, there's no doubt my sister and I are related.

I've been lucky enough to get a sneak peek at this and I'm loving everything about it.

"It's not such a bad little tree after all, Charlie Brown..." We got a crabapple tree today, to be planted tomorrow. There's also going to be a birch sapling arriving soon - supposedly that's going to grow like 2-3 feet per year and develop a 20' wide canopy. I'm excited.