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Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day Four

The owls had spoken too soon because when they finally flew back to their wood, their bellies not as full as they would like but full enough all considering, they heard a fair ruckus of snarling and yelping and spitting and found Eustace the Badger squared off against two foxes at the mouth of theContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day Four”

Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day Three

“Come, I’ll show you,” said Abigail to Armand over her wing, then she veered off toward the place where she had seen the men digging what looked like a road but what Gustav had called “the train.” When the ram had made the word, it clanked like a cowbell or a shovel hitting a stoneContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day Three”

Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day Two

When the men had limbed their haul of timber and lumped it into pyramids on their sledges and dragged it creaking over the snow back to the village, when the sun had broken and run on the horizon like a watery egg, when the night had bled in enough from the east that you couldContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day Two”

Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 1

I had so much fun doing my advent calendar story a couple years ago that I thought I’d do one again this year. My Christmas theme this year is Enchanted Forest, and the advent calendar in my collection that fits the theme best is a beautiful one my friend Steph gave me several years agoContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 1”

Ceramics Saturdays: Aga Khan Museum

I knew next to nothing about Islamic ceramics when I walked into the Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Art in Toronto last month. I knew they had beautiful faïence wares, often intricately decorated, but that was about it. The collection at Aga Khan blew my mind–in particular the Bellerive Room, which showcases Prince Sadruddin’s personalContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Aga Khan Museum”

Loading…Review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (for Switch)

I’ll just get straight to it–the reasons to play this game are (1) the characters and their development (2) the design of the world and how it looks on the Switch (3) the combat dashboard, which manages to winnow a quite technical JRPG combat system down to something that’s not only playable but enjoyable. ReasonsContinue reading “Loading…Review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (for Switch)”