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Pathfinder calls the DM a GM--Gamemaster--and our GM thinks we have five or six more sessions left in our Abomnination Vaults adventure.

I read up on Tengu because I'm pretty stoked about my new character. His name will be Ti'Ganite, a play on the Greek word for Muffin. He'll also have an eagle companion, Braulio. Braulio sounds tough, but it's Spanish for radiance, shining or brilliance. I haven't decided what sort of eagle species he will be yet.

In our current adventure, I play a halfling ranger named Mauve. Mauve had to leave her pony, Swifty, in town, unfortunately because ponies are a little tricky to take in dungeons. I could have built my character a lot better. Mauve ended up being one of the party's two healers and that was not my plan for her at all. Unfortunately, my husband plays his sorcerer as if he was a barbarian, and everyone's lack of self-preservation plus general poverty meant Mauve was always patching people up. There's no reload in a TTRPG, people! ;-D

Tengu have a lot of benefits right out of the gate, so it will be an exciting character to create.



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Here's another interesting video for Black History Month. As an avid cartoon watcher, I know there's a lot of influence from minstrelry and Blackface, but the Sapphire stereotype was entirely new to me. I've certainly noticed it though! As a writer, I always try to be conscious of these stereotypes so I'm not carrying them into the future.



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Canada also observes Black History Month in February! I highly encourage anyone interested in Black history or Canadian history to watch this great documentary about a famous Alberta cowboy--John Ware. I love that someone did a deep dive into his life--Alberta has a lot of invisible Black history.



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I was old enough to be a NKOTB fan, but somehow they bypassed me--especially their Christmas album. My parents only listened to oldies radio, so perhaps it was a blessing. How does this go on for five minutes?

Ah well...happy holidays!




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It's better to laugh than cry :-D I love the Holderness Family--the dad never outgrew his theatre kid energy :-D



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Seriously this is my life lately! It's not hard people!



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If you know, you know!



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I was surprised at how out of sorts I was when I heard the news Queen Elizabeth passed. Whether or not you love/hate/meh the British monarchy, their role in colonialism or their place in a contemporary society, Queen Elizabeth was a huge part of Canadian culture. She's been on our money for decades. Her portrait graced classrooms and public buildings. Queen Elizabeth reminds me of my grandmother--she lived a few years longer and saw a ton of history and technological changes. The Queen's passing is like the death of a far-off family member for me. Someone you knew a lot about, but never met, but still have some feelings for.

And of course, she was parodied by Kids in the Hall back in the 90s. One of my favourite sketches of all time TBH!



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I made big leaps and gains in my family tree on Ancestry--logging over 100 relatives so far! My grandfather's American parentage is quite well fleshed out, to the point where Ancestry's black box magic auto-suggests things. It looks like my grandfather's mother's family moved West from Connecticut and his father's family is from assorted parts of England. Genealogy can usually tell you the who, when and where--it can't always tell you the how or why. So, my next questions are, how did my grandfather's parents end up in Alberta, Canada and why. My grandfather's father's side loved wandering--they were born in one place, married in another and ended dying or buried in yet a third place.

Ancestry's mapping ability isn't the most amazing, so I'm going to try turning to Google Maps. I created a new map with a layer for each side of my grandfather's family. I'll see if there's an easy way to export the data out of Ancestry so I can import it into Google Maps. This quick video shows how!



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Let's see how that post-grad to-do list is coming along...

Peaches
Dog portrait
Wash donation blanket
Make thrift store box
Call the junk trunk
Recycle (so, so much recycling)
Wash the walls
Vacuum office
Make thank you cards
Mail thank you cards
Join Alberta Craft Council
Join CARFAC
Stampede entry ideation
Website updates
Facebook updates
Spaaaaace horse short story submission
Thunder as an MLP

At least nothing new has been added to it? I will probably call the junk truck at the end of the month since some things haven't found new homes.

I will be dropping off a bag of leftover weaving supplies to the fibre program such as cones of cotton I never used and leftover wool. Regrettably, I let the wool get tangled, preferring to give the skeins a haircut whenever I needed a bit of yarn. This is a bad, bad, bad thing to do. A moment's convenience will need hours to fix :-D

I ventured into making a couple of videos for Instagram. My IG photos get poop numbers, but dang, my knitting machine video has netted almost 3000 views and maybe my thing will be winding yarn.


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I love Toy Galaxy because host Dan Larson and producer Greg MP delve into half-forgotten toys and gimmicks and dig up a surprising amount of history. This recent video is all about a Chex cereal premium based up on Doom--no kidding! I had no idea this game would be so popular or so well-produced for 1996. I played many a crappy game back in the day, so it's awesome that the fan nostalgia is strong for Chex Quest.



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One of my favourite Gordon Lightfoot songs--I was reminded of it thinking of a family member the other day. Some people live so long or so hard that it's hard to imagine who they used to be!



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The “orange shirt” in Orange Shirt Day refers to the new shirt Phyllis Webstad's grandmother gave her for the first day of school at St. Joseph’s Mission residential school in British Columbia. When Phyllis arrived, her clothes, including her new shirt, was taken away and she never saw it again.

Orange Shirt Day began in 2013 as a grass roots campaign to bring awareness to Canada's treatment of Indigenous people. In the video below, Phyllis explains the history and talks about the present and future.



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I was reminded of this song by by Ingrid Michaelson recently. Most people probably remember it from a pivotal moment of S4 of Grey's Anatomy. I like the repetition of a simple line and the overall prettiness of the song. Every now and then I stop and thinking "All I can do is keep breathing" :-)



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I heard this song a while back and went to find a version on YouTube that jived with me more than the solo performer. I forgot to paste the video here and naturally I can't find it again.

Anyhow, It Is Well With My Soul sounds best performed by a choir, IMHO, and there isn't a shortage on YouTube. The hymn was was composed by Philip Paul Bliss with lyrics by Horatio G. Spafford in 1876.



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I loved Nashville when it was on the air. I think about this signature song a lot lately!



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I saw a short version of this clip on FB, but fortunately I found a longer version on YouTube. Neat! You never know where inspiration will come from...or be referenced!



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If you are of a certain age, chances are that your parents had Nana Mouskouri's Christmas album. Her voice is so beautiful and I was so moved to hear it recently. I haven't heard her Christmas album in decades, but I instantly recognized this classic, Kalanta.

I highly encourage you to check out her non-Christmas music as well :-)



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