NaNoWriMo met NaPoWriMo!
I had hoped that some of NaPoWriMo 2012 might someday end up in this story and tonight it finally did – WOOT!
when you’re rummaging for some useful info and you realize something else might be going on. Oh Google Maps, I love you.
After I was done drawing my nice straight line I started noticing all the really cool place names…
So here I am mushing words together. Somedays it goes better than others. The other day it wasn’t going so well, and since the sun was out, I went out too – for a walk!
It was much colder than I thought but I walked long enough to get cold and be glad to come indoors again. There was no plot magic or miraculous character development or anything else. Sometimes a walk is just a walk.
I did find this:
I would guess that people have been picking up and admiring stones since there were stones, but that it got even more serious once there were pockets or bags to put them into.
Tuesday, I had arranged a room at the East Greenbush Library for WriMos to meet and write:
Lady Charlotte E. Guest translation, The Mabinogian:
Bendigeid Vran, with the host of which we spoke, sailed towards Ireland, and it was not far across the sea, and he came to shoal water. It was caused by two rivers; the Lli and the Archan were they called; and the nations covered the sea. Then he proceeded with what provision he had on his own back, and approached the shore of Ireland.
Patrick K. Ford translation, The Mabinogi:
Bendigeidfran and the host we have mentioned sailed toward Ireland. The sea was not deep then: he went through the shallows; they were but two rivers called Lli and Archan. Later the sea expanded when it inundated the lands. But at that time he walked, taking all there was of string music on his back, and made for Ireland.
Re-read the first one after reading the second because, what, string music? But in the first one, the nations covered the sea? I’m so confused.
if all else fails:
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
