tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58129684485350980102009-11-07T18:20:48.939-08:00Medieval Welsh storytelling for the modern world.G R Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087606854160915689noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812968448535098010.post-52162054461113007742009-11-07T08:22:00.000-08:002009-11-07T08:32:41.254-08:00

While we were in Ireland, we attended an SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) event. This was the hall, partly set up for the feast. Yes, the chairs are not period, but still the overall feel was quite medieval. The food was good, too.-GRG

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The two side panels of the Cruachan chair (or throne) are carved with bulls. this is left panel (from the point of view of someone seated in the chair).-GRG(Photo: G. R. Grove)

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A wonderful object we saw in Ireland at the Cruachan Ai Center. We also met the carver a few days earlier. The chair is made of three kinds of bog wood, the darkest being oak. It looks to me like a seat appropriate for Arawn himself - or his Irish equivalent.-GRG

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Saturday was the last day for the Cherry Creek farmer's market. It seems appropriate it should end on Samhain. Observe the large piles of snow in the background from Thursday's storm!Wrote a couple more pages tonight. Sometimes it's drop by drop.-GRG

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Finished the third chapter last night - update on the sidebar. Most of the characters Gwernin's seen before, but there's one new one who should be fun. Reading the Chronicle of Ireland yesterday gave me an idea for a new plot element. Just time enough today to start the next chapter before I go back to work tomorrow. At least the snow is gone off the roads -- it was over sixty today -- though not

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More about Samhain tomorrow. In the meantime, a Samhain tale from a previous year. Enjoy!-GRG

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...and I've started writing again. Progress indicator on the sidebar, below the cover/blurb for The Druid's Son. The standing stone on that cover, by the way, is the Cuchulainn stone, about which more later.-GRG

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It's been snowing here since Tuesday night, although I think the storm is finally winding down. Looks more like December or January than the end of October. I hope this is not a sign of things to come. -GRG

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Back from my travels, and playing with photos... this is the first cut of one possible cover for the next book. As you can see, I'm thinking of changing the style for the second trilogy.We actually got back from Ireland last week, but I came down with a bug almost immediately and am just getting going again - in time for a Denver fall blizzard! A good day to play with photos.Snow pictures later,

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We took a trip up into the mountains last weekend to ride the Georgetown Loop. Mountain fall color is well advanced.Heavy frost this morning after rain. The garden's over for the year; time to clean it up and think about next year. Time for more writing, too.----------------------------------Cawson ni tro i fyny i'r mynyddoedd i reid y Georgetown Loop. Mae'r lliwiau hydref mynyddoedd yn

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Glaw ysgafn heddiw, efallai gan tipyn of eira heno? Mae'r stwrn aferol canol Mis Medi. Amser tynnu tomatoes! Wel, os mae hi'n bwrw glaw heno, gobeithio bydd ddim rhew. Mae'r tywydd yn dda i meddwl am bacio i Iwerddon, beth bennag. Gwnes i ddim ysgrifennu dros y penwythnos. Rhaid i mi geisio yn galedach y penwythnos nesaf.-------------------------------Light rain today, maybe with a bit of snow

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Dydd Gwener, diolch i'r Duwiau. Dim ond wythnos o bedwar dyddiau i fi, ond yn digon hir beth bynnag. Roedd y penwythnos diwethaf yn rhy brysur - digwyddiadau SCA Dydd Sadwrn a Dydd Sul, a dim ond Dydd Llun i ysgrifennu. Mwy o amser y penwythnos hon, gobeithio. Dw i wedi dechrau yr ail bennod Mab y Derwydd.Fel ddweudes i'n gynnar, bydd y dosbarthiadau Cymraeg yn dechrau y chweched Mis Hydref.

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The Colorado Welsh Society's Welsh language classes will be starting again soon - see the class blog for more details. Cymru am byth!

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I've got a little more work done on the new book this week. I also started a sort of pre-publication page for it on LibraryThing, for those who are curious, and will be adding to it from time to time.-GRG

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Mi gais i tipyn mwy o waith wedi gwneud ar y lyfr nesa dros y penwythnos. Meddwl yn bennaf, ond tipyn o ysgrifenny hefyd. Mi awn ni i'r Iwerddon am pethefnos yn Mis Hydref, a bydda i'n gallu weld y leoedd ble bydd y stori yn cael ei digwydd. Dw i'n edrych ymlaen ato fo!Mae'r tomatoes yn dal ato, a dw i wedi gwneud lawer o chutney eleni. Wn i ddim pryd byddwn ni'n cael y rhew cyntaf - cyn bo Mis

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It's been a mild summer here in Denver; parts of August have felt more like September. The tomatoes are in full spate, but for how much longer? Usually we have the first killing frost before the end of September, and September starts tomorrow. (Picture: view toward Golden and Boulder from the office window last Wednesday.)-----------------------------------------Mae hi'n wedi bod haf mwyn yma yn

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I'm currently doing some testing with a new camera - more blogging presently. This variety is Isis Candy, one of the tomato plants I started from seed back in March.

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I'm back from Pennsic War. Had a great time, and I'll blog about it more soon. Also I'll be posting class notes and references for the two classes I taught there: The Early Welsh Bards and Early Welsh Poetry (550-1350 CE). In the meantime, it's good to be home.-GRG

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I haven't been blogging much lately - apologies to those who've checked the site and been disappointed - but my weekends have been pretty thoroughly taken up with Celtic / medieval things. First there was the Fair at Elizabeth - a very pleasant if somewhat warm weekend. I spent both days there with the Colorado Welsh Society, commuting from Denver, and did several storytelling sessions. These

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I'll be doing some storytelling and booksigning this weekend with the Colorado Welsh Society area at the Elizabeth Celtic Festival. If you're in the area, come on out!-GRG

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Another review of The Ash Spear here.

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A great discussion of all three Storyteller books here.-GRG

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And now it's gone live!

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The Ash Spear is on Amazon.com now. It's not available for purchase there yet, but soon, soon... It also has one review already, from someone who reviewed an advance PDF copy on LibraryThing (thanks again, Andrew!).-GRG

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The pink rose is almost finished blooming - this picture was taken a couple of weeks ago - and most things have been growing like mad, helped along by one of the wettest Junes in recent memory. I keep wanting to take more pictures before posting, but the weather hasn't cooperated. Hopefully more soon.I'm still waiting for Amazon to upload the data for The Ash Spear. Unfortunately they only do

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