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While scanning through my blog’s list of chapters, I noticed that I failed to post a chapter titled “The Non Restful Day”, a VERY long time ago. It’s been many years since I began writing this blog, and with events as they had been, a pandemic, a tyrannical website ”editor”, as well as personal health…

Chap. 4A The Non-Restful Day      “This is unfair. It’s WRONG,” Borost grumbled. Kandar paused in shoveling muck into the wheelbarrow. He looked at the 19 year old who was being very careful to stand in the one spot where there was no dung. “What’s unfair?”  “It’s REST day! I don’t call this ‘resting’.”  “Beasts don’t…

Chap. 427 The Water Bearer “It’s a lot bigger out here than when I saw it in the shop,” K’ndar said, dismayed. The water bucket lay before him, the ropes all laid out in neat rows. The bucket had collapsed but looked like it would be as tall as a man when filled. “Aye, it’s…

Chap. 426 The Broken Hub That was a good drill, Raventh said, I like to tell the bronzes what to do K’ndar laughed out loud. What do they think? Or say? It was Raventh’s turn to laugh. They say, yes, Wingleader. But it doesn’t sound as if they mean it. It sounds like they’re doing…

Chap. 425 The Naming Game A crowd of children were standing just outside the library. “Good morning, sir!” they called to K’ndar as he approached. Behind him, Raventh had landed in the commons fronting the library, joining Motanith. Francie’s fire lizards were atop the green. “Good morning!” he returned. Francie was already there. “Good morning,…

Chap. 424   A New Class “So, this is the steppe?” Francie asked.  “Yes. I know it looks pretty barren, but yes, we are on the edge of the Kahrain Steppe, and no, it’s not barren at all,” K’ndar said, fondly. She looked at him, askance. The wind was just this side of cutting through her…

Chap. 423 The Gamer “I guess I should blame you, K’ndar,” Chief Elene said.” “What? What?” “The kids. They’re gone bonkers over the mural in DR Plank’s museum.” “No! They’ve not disturbed anything?” “No, no, but they’ve been in here after looking at that mural and wanting to know what IS that animal!” “Engineering hasn’t…

Chap. 422 The Warehouse Engineering’s Chief stood next to Raylan, Jansen and K’ndar-Siskin happily chittering on his shoulder-as her team finished prying solidified ash off the pedestrian door of the warehouse. “It will be dark inside,” she said, watching several apprentices loading the hunks of ash into a new cargo trailer, “I’m assuming there are…

Chap. 421 The Logbook of 1LT Michael Cook, Pilot. “They did it,” Jansen said, “Acquisition opened the metal case holding Lieutenant Cook’s logbook.” “Did it fall apart?” K’ndar asked. “No. At least they didn’t say so. They got it all scanned into the database and then they resealed it in the metal case.” “That was…

Chap. 420 The Tool Shed How did I end up this way? he thought, the rain slashing his face. I’m soaked to the bone, my feet are wet, this slicker isn’t helping. I didn’t realize how dark it gets here. I’ve got to get to shelter. His mind was swirling, one moment lucid, the next…