Life in the Atomic Age

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I took this photo in the Calgary Airport, to remind me to talk about series fatigue. Is there anyone out there other than me that gave up on Robert Jordan? I read the first 6 books in the “Wheel of Time” series eagerly. The next couple I struggled through. I didn’t even finish book 9, and haven’t bothered to buy volumes 10 or 11. Do you really need 10,000 pages to tell a good story? Fantasy is my favorite genre, so it’s pretty bad when you manage to lose my interest in a story.

My all time favorites, even more than Tolkein (heresy, I know) are the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.

Read the reviews - it’s a series of books you either love or hate, there’s no middle ground. For me, it was the first fantasy I ever read where the hero wasn’t, you know, heroic.

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And so it begins.

This is my home, named Dogwood House, at sunset. The home was built in 1803 by a settler from the Carolinas. It was a small indigo plantation, and obviously survived the Civil war. While close to the Mississippi river, it was far enough away to be safe from Union forces. Plus, it really is a small cottage when compared to some of the true plantation homes near us, so hardly a target when the fighting broke out.

A little test to see if the Postie script can handle resizing an image without breaking the WordPress template. This is a photo of Niles, my wife’s Dutch Warmblood that she rides in dressage competitions. Hopefully, you will see him in thumbnail form, with a link to the full size image.