The Militiverse

  Good evening my friends. Isn’t May a lovely time of the year? Those bright evenings slowly blend with beautiful salmon coloured silk skies, suddenly deepening into an eerie navy but not quite as unsettling as an October night. Yet, some evenings it’s still chill enough to light the fire in the library because somehow you know, you just know, that sleep will be elusive and when you get that feeling, it’s nice to have something warm to wrap around your shoulders and to curl your toes at. Now, where are my manners? Let me get you a glass of something and get comfy, Lady Cora Cat has decided to join us tonight. She likes the fire, and the chat. The Hour When the World Stops Explaining Itself In that in between time, after I have finished writing a book, and before the polishing begins, I love to sit down with a good book, or sometimes, a good movie.  My reading time usually begins in the hour when the world stops explaining itself.  The library, unlike the Scriptorium, wher...

  Good evening my friends, and a very happy May weekend to you. I say weekend but it is actually Monday and here in the Militiverse it is a public holiday. So, let’s sit out on the agora and continue my confession from last week. Accents: The Original Emotional Clickbait Who doesn’t love an accent? I watched a movie over the weekend with Christophe Lambert, completely in French. The story was interesting, plot, historical drama, but let’s face, I was there for the dialogue. I go weak at the knees for a French accent. There is something about the way the syllables just roll of the tongue. Certain words sound irresistible when spoken with a French accent. What do you think? Let’s not even go there with the Spanish accent. I have limits. Very few, but some. Blond Hair: Why My Brain Thinks This Is a Personality Trait During my late-night ‘research’ on Pinterest, it appeared that my brain made the executive decision that blond hair is a personality. Tall. Blond. Impeccab...