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Dirty metal in the speed of night

Karaōke on the big money Thursday night? Why yes of course.

  • “Never Gonna Give You Up” (Rick Astley)
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Indeed I spanned the globe this evening. I also put in to do a reprise of “Xanadu” but the cards were against me since there were only about a ton of people there.
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Other than that, I ain’t got nuthin’. KINGS GRIZZLIES TONIGHT OOH YEAH

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17 September 2008

What's in a national motto?

To the best of my knowledge, only Brazil and Saudi Arabia have a national motto (or whatever you want to call it) on their national flag. Many more have a motto on their official coat of arms, though and from there, it frequently gets onto passports, official documents and the currency.

So how does the motto get chosen? And what does that choice say about a country?

I suppose most mottos are chosen at independence, so the leaders of the nationalist or revolutionary movements are probably important. But can we learn about a country's history from a motto? Or, especially in Africa, the personality of its first President or 'founding father'?

Compare these two, for example:
"Unité-discipline-travail" (unity-discipline-work)
"Unité-progres-justice" (unity-progress-justice)

The first is Côte d'Ivoire: serious, conservative, in keeping with President Houphoët's non-revolutionary ideology. The second is its neighbour Burkina Faso: superficially similar (and following France's lead by doing things in threes) but more progressive-sounding, more socialist maybe, with a revolutionary tinge. Coincidence?

I don't think so. When Burkina Faso was Upper Volta, its motto was actually "Unité-discipline-justice". When Thomas Sankara renamed it 'The Land of Upright People' in 1984, he changed the flag, national anthem and motto as well. Out with discipline, in with progress. A subtle change, but a symbolic one.

Or how about these two in East Africa? Kenya has 'Harambee' ('Together') while Tanzania has 'Uhuru na umoja' (Freedom and unity'). Almost identical, you might think. But 'Harambee' wasn't just a slogan for Jomo Kenyatta, it became a defining ideology for Kenya: nationalism, economic development and the uniquely Kenyan institution of the 'harambee meeting', community fundraising events in which local dignitaries donate to worthy causes and politicians (pardon my cynicism) return some of the cash they have looted to the people. Meanwhile, Tanzania - then as now a lopsided federation - stresses unity. The word 'Uhuru' is important too: Tanzania's president Julius Nyerere published two collections of speeches with 'Uhuru' in the title ('Freedom and Socialism' and 'Freedom and Development')

As to why Kenya has lions on its coat of arms and Tanzania has a man and a woman, I am afraid to speculate, but the symbolic contrast is striking.

Some slogans are unintentionally ironic. Liberia's fine emblem (left) fails to mention is that only 2% or so of its population where brought there by "the love of liberty". The rest of them were probably as bewildered by the beautiful ship with the white sails as I would be if a bunch of white Baptist Americans showed up in northern England and announced they had come to settle there.

How about the choice of language? Do you choose a colonial language, or do you pick a local one (and thereby risk offending minority ethnic groups?). Most countries in West Africa seem to go with English or French, whereas Swahili rules in East Africa, maybe because it's a regional rather than a local language so there's less chance of offending someone. The British and the Dutch royal families both have French mottos, but nobody seems to care.

Sometimes national mottos resonate in unintended ways. Mali's motto is a super-idealistic "Un peuple, un but, une foi" ("One people, one goal, one faith"). At first I thought it sounded like a song by U2. Then I remembered where I had come across 'one people' before. The motto of Hitler's Germany was "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer". Thankfully, a motto does not always a people make.

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As soon as I released my rage, the first thing I did was to start getting rid of the garbage. I dumped everything I was taught I should be, I dumped everything I was told God wanted me to be, I dumped everything anyone expected me to do. I dumped most of my spiritual teachings, I dumped everything I feared I might be, and dumped all I hoped to become. Those are only a few examples, but you get the idea. I can tell you that dumping garbage is a very liberating experience. I recommend it to everyone, though few take the suggestion.

I then began to practice John Sherman's Method. I've listened to him for over a year now, and I still listen, but I learned his method in the first teaching I heard.

I remember at the beginning of that teaching how eager I was to hear what he'd say was the truth about me. Would he say I was infinite consciousness? Or perhaps an individuation of Infinite Mind? Maybe the living Presence of God or the Presence of Love. Maybe he'll say that I'm Absolute Truth. He might say I'm a facet of Infinite Beingness, that's a good one. Maybe he's done the Course and will say I'm a holy Son of God. He could have a Christian Science background and will say I'm an idea in the Mind of God. I thought to myself, anything that would be the truth of what I am surely must be one of these. Well guess what? John didn't say that the truth about me was anything like any of those things at all.

What he said was this:"Look and see for yourself what it is that you really are, that never changes, that's never absent, that's always here, and that's always true."

And then he said something that became for me then, and still is for me now, the phrase I most prefer for practicing the method; because it's short enough to use, and clear enough to embrace whatI'mafter. Here it is.

"Look at this feeling of presence that is always the same."

Now, to be asthorough and precise as possible, what I'm after is to notice thedirect, immediate, pure, silent, continuous, obvious, certain, unchanging, invisible and everpresent experience of hereness, presence, awareness,being or existence. But while all of that is true, it's far too cumbersome. The brief phrase says the same thing much more effectively, because beingness is simple, not cumbersome.

Now I'm going to change gears a bit and share with you something that helped me to have a clearer experience of this feeling of presence that is always the same. This isn't anything that John teaches, but it's helped me a great deal. So I thought it might possibly be helpful to others as well.

What I wanted to do was to test and see for myself whether this feeling of presence was truly always the same. I was sure that it was, but I wanted to discover that for myself. So what I did was this. I would lay on my bed and scan every conceivable event in my life that I could think of, trying to dig up as wide a variety of events as possible. I dug up events involving fear, guilt, suffering, meanness, praise, success, cruelty, pride, love, trauma, pleasure, happiness, joy, achievement, failure, tragedy, contentment, lust, hatred, grief, delight, shyness, discomfort, passion, shame, illness, cowardice, arrogance, skill, deceit, and so on and so forth.

One thing I didn't expect was that I'd enjoy doing this as much as I did. I thought it was going to be something I'd have to discipline myself to work at. But instead I found it to be extremely interesting, lots of fun, very easy, and gently energizing in a way I don't yet understand.

There was one scene as a young child where I was terribly humiliated and severely punished because I had done something that seriously injured a cousin with whom I was playing. I had always thought of that memory as something quite awful. But now it was simply fun to notice the feeling of presence that was perfectly intact in that little kid's awareness, yet I was also still aware of the whole drama as I always remembered it, only now I was totally free and unaffected by it.

It was fun to see that no matter how wonderful or how horrible each memory happened to be, the feeling of presence was unquestionably there, completely unperturbed and always exactly the same regardless of my age or the nature of the drama involved.

I also found it helpful to alternate between distant memories and my current, present self; and in so doing I found it encouraging and fortifying to see how clear it was that there truly is a sense of self that's exactly the same in five-year-old-Ben as in 59-year-old-Ben, and that this permanent, changeless, and untouched sense of self most certainly is the truth of what I am.

Go ahead and try this yourself. It's a good way to discover a greater depth inyour experience of the method. No matter where you've ever been, or when you've ever been there; no matter what you've ever been thinking or feeling or doing; no matter what has ever been happening to you, you'll see that the one thing that will always remain the same for you throughout is this feeling of presence that's always the same.

Ok now watch this. We're now going to get into something that you might find exciting, and that I always think is quite profound.

As I practiced this method, it was evident from the very beginning that regardless of what I might ever be experiencing, my presence or existence was always absolutely certain. It wasn't long before I also saw that it is in factthe only thing about me that is absolutely certain.And soitbecame clear to me that there is nothing that's more certain about me than the fact that I exist.

And thenone day ithit me like a ton of bricks, spiking my awe and amazement way off the charts. Here's what it was that I saw.

Since there's nothing more certain about me than the fact I exist, then the fact I exist is most certainly what I am. So beyond the mere fact I exist, is the profound and awesome fact that existence itself is what I actually am.

This clearly was huge. I was overwhelmed. And stunned. Yet I knew my experience of it only scratched the surface. So I invented the following exercise to deepen my experience. After listing the following five sentences I then spent time with each one until it's meaning became more vivid and clear.

You're not something that's existing; you are existence itself.

You are not something that's being; you are beingness itself.

You are not something that's present; you are presence itself.

You are not something that's aware; you are awareness itself.

You are not something that's True; you are Truth itself.

It's been some time now since all of this happened. My awe and amazement have now quieted down. What's most prominent now is how deep a mystery all of this really is. What you are, is that you exist. That is as incomprehensible as it is certain.

One of the reasons why all this has touched me so deeply is because I have long been in awe of how profoundly mysterious it is that existence ever occurred in the first place.How could that have possibly happened? It truly is the greatest mystery of all time.In point of fact, existence is the most incomprehensible, most essential, most awesome, most unfathomable and most universal phenomenon that there is. Can you catchjust a whif ofwhat a tremendous fact it is that this awesome phenomenon called existence is what you actually are?

Ok, returning to Planet Earth, if in spite of my ranting none of this seemsvery awesome, that's perfectlyalright. It doesn't have to seem awesome in order for itto work. When Edison invented the lightbulb he was so awed byhis invention that he just stared at it, motionless,with no regard for time until finally his wife shouted, "Tom willyou please turn off that light and come to bed." A lightbulb works just as well whether we're awed by it or not. So does beingness.

One final but very important note. I'd be most remiss if I did not tell you that this essay will be totally worthless unless you engage the practice of John Sherman's method and make it a part of your life. Don't wince. It's not a burden. Nothing could possibly be easier. Practicing the method consists simply of this, and nothing but this:

"As often as it occurs to you to do so, just stop for a second and look at this feeling of presence that is always the same. Just look at that."

That's it.

As you practice this, over time, the belief that you are your life will dissolve, suffering will stop, intuition will increase, drama will weaken, problems will diminish, falseness will vanish, and your life will fall into peace, harmony and ease. I'm not making any of this up. This is precisely what has happened to me.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Leather Saddlebags From Rusty Knuckles For Harley Dyna's and Softails, Built For All Of The Lane Splitters

Rusty Knuckles custom leather saddle bags with acid etched and hand stitched Harley Davidson emblems

Creating a set of saddle bags from raw materials and building to fit a bike can be quite the challenge. For a good while now, ideas have been inked on a well thumbed page in the sketchbook as a project to get done. Luckily for us, the years of hard work and showcasing our capabilities allow for customers to spring up that want unique custom items.

One such customer out of Pennsylvania just so happened to want a set of narrow saddle bags that would fit their softail and to be in a deep cherry color to match their bike. I presented my sketches to them for a style of bag and we hatched a plan.

These bolt on saddle bags can easily be built to fit onto any bike, its just a matter of what mounting bracket that is intended to be used. We asked the customer to pick up a set of their choosing and would attach the support slot for the bracket accordingly. They chose to pick up these Saddlemen Brackets from J&P Cycle and shipped them over.

Being the fact that we also wanted a deep color to the bags with a unique look, we picked up some extra heavyweight ox blood leather in 10 oz. Then to achieve the color choice, opted to dye it some more after a light top scuffing and air brush the edges with a black fade. Another aspect that was key was a very tight fit and profile so match the bike. Nothing too bulky for hauling groceries, but a solid set of bags that could pack your leathers, some tools, oil and any other quick essentials you might need for the road.

Needless to say we are quite proud of these bags and working to produce a line of them now starting in deep black and full custom color options. We have one more round of prototypes to produce to work out any more bugs with brackets and hardware and will then be offering them as a new product in our online stores. Lots of options to also work in such as quick release mounting bolts and a locking option.

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Back panel of saddle bag showing top bolt holes for fender strut and lower stitching of mounting area for bracket

Mounting the Saddlemen S4 Universal Support Brackets on our 2000 Dyna FXDX for mockup

Old saddle bag picked up from swap meet for mock up purposes

Creating working templates with design specs for some of the leather pieces to cut out

Slip through support slot for universal support brackets for easy on and off mounting

Shaving the underside and rounding over the top flap for machine stitching for top of saddle bags

Saddle Bags in mockup stage before final coats of color are to be added
Custom etched aluminum emblems that were attached by drilling and hand stitching

Top view of saddlebag to show the narrow width of the finished bag. (bag isn't fully bolted on, just in mockup stage)

Saddle bags fully finished and ready for shipping.

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Billy Don Burns Summer Tour Dates

Billy Don Burns Tour Dates! BDB is open for booking! Contact him on Facebook or email directly  at

6/10 House Concert for John Bowers - Fayetteville, Arkansas / Richard Burnett Sun
6/11 Jimmy Driftwood Tribute Concert - Mountain View, AR. / Tim Crouch, Pam Setser, Josh Morningstar and The Tallent Brothers
7/1 House Concert for Jim Ross - Mountain View, Arkansa
7/6 Friends of Camilla's Acoustic Gazebo Sessions Nashville, Tennessee
7/8 Castle Bridge Event Center, St.Joseph, MO. / Josh Morningstar
7/21-22 Lincoln Caverns - Huntingdon, PA. / Josh Morningstar
7/23 Silver Maple House - New Eagle, PA
7/28 Ruckus in the Boonies - Heppner, OR. / Urban Pioneers / Husky Burnette, and many others
7/30 The Volcanic Theater Pub - Bend, Oregon Mon,
7/31 Down Town Ale House - Red Bluff, California Tues
8/1 House Concert / Sheana Davis - Sonoma, California Thurs
8/3 The Waterwheel Pizza Saloon - Sonora, California / JonEmery Dodds
8/5 House Concert / Angel Dean - Sacramento, California
8/8 House Concert / Dennis Yellowhorse Jones - Paradise Valley, Arizona
8/9 Radio Interview on Dennis Yellowhorse Jones show "The Real Deal" - Phoenix, Arizona
8/10 Roosters - Mesa, Arizona
8/12 The Lumberyard - Roscoe, Texas / Dale Watson, Dallas Moore, Josh Morningstar, Sarah Gayle Meech, Richie Allbright
8/19 Benefit Concert for cancer victim Dwayne Newman - Mountain View, Arkansas
8 25 "The Bakersfield Gig" - Bakersfield, CA
9/2 Chuck Reeves BBQ - Mountain View, Arkansas
9/23 Checkered Flag - Indiannpolis, Indiana

The Ditchrunners Embark On Summer 2017 Tour

The Ditchrunners Embark On Summer 2017 Tour
The timber punx from the wild north of Wisconsin are hitting the road and bringing their style of rootsy honky tonk punk down the Mississippi River and to the dirty south. Be prepared as they bring one hell of a live show and will soon have some of the catchiest new songs stuck in your head for months upon end.

6/3 Outlaw MC Annual Ripper - Madison WI
6/6 Livewire Lounge - Chicago IL
6/7 Gabe's - Iowa City IA
6/8 Pondstock - Trenton NE
6/9 Pondstock - Trenton NE
6/10 Lindberg's Tavern - Springfield MO
6/14 Blackbird on the Pearl - Tulsa OK
6/15 Depot Obar - Lubbock TX
6/16 Ray Genes It'll do - Longview TX
6/17 The Grotto - Fort Worth TX
6/18 Blackthorn - Joplin MO
6/20 Hightone Cafe - Memphis TN
6/22 Best Friends Bar - Lexington KY
6/23 Highland Taproom - Louisville KY
6/24 Motorcycle Collective - Chattanooga TN
6/27 The Thirsty Devil - Tupelo MS
6/29 Capone's - Johnson City TN
6/30 Ground Zero - Spartanburg SC
7/1 Heavy Rebel - Winston Salem NC
7/2 Heavy Rebel - Winston Salem NC
7/3 The Pour House - Raleigh NC
7/4 Philly Mike's - Raleigh NC
7/8 Flambeau River Park - Fifield WI
7/25 Lyric Room - Greenbay WI
7/27 Summer Twister - Birnamwood WI


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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

A Bio? - Even the Dog is Stressed

Okay, so the dog wasn't too stressed except that his lunch was delayed.  Me on the other hand, there was just a little sweat.  It's not that this was the first bio I've ever written, or even the second.   But there I was poised with the publish button on my new website that had been out of commission for over a week, before I even hit the publish button, but that's another story.

All the drama was exhausting.
I hesitated.

Couldn't do it.

I made the mistake of reading the bio.  No good, I told self.  Why?  It's all true.  It's me, it really happened.  Maybe it needs more reality...

But really, does anyone care that I'll devour chocolate chip cookies and can't keep a full package in the house.  Is letting them know that I once killed an influx of spiders with a can of hairspray relevant?  Seriously, none of that was there but what was, well it just wasn't grabbing me.  Maybe there's only so many times you can read about your own life - or at least skim the surface of it.

So back to square one and the original bio.  You know I think I agonized too much.  I love reading biographies, what was so hard about writing a brief bit about myself?  Once I sharpened and shortened, it's not bad.  I think it's interesting and well, it's all true.  It's my life, short form, the relevant parts... the bits that hopefully really matter to me as a writer - and the rest, well I'm not filling in the blanks at least not this go around...

Cheers to Canada Day!
 and to the upcoming Fourth of July!

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Go to Health: Strategies that work for weight loss

Researchers at Brown Medical School and the University of Colorado have established the National Weight Control Registry to follow people who have successfully lost 30 pounds or more and have kept it off for long periods of time. These people’s approaches are diverse and inspiring. Given the obesity epidemic among adults and children in the US, with an associated rise in diabetes and health care costs, the subject is important for all of us. Here are some salient findings from people who joined the registry:
*Weight losses range from 30 to 300 pounds.
*Duration of successful loss: 1-66 yrs.
*Some lost weight rapidly, others very slowly – over as many as 14 years.
*55% lost weight with the help of a program or support group.
*98% modified their food intake
*94% increased physical activity, most frequently by walking.
*78% eat breakfast every day
*75% weigh themselves at least once a week
*62% watch less than 10 hours of TV per week
*90% exercise about 1 hour a day

Mayo Clinic on Weight Loss: Here are some ideas from the Mayo Clinic Diet Book, which is sensible and pays attention to motivation as well as food and exercise. Permanent weight loss takes time and effort, and is a lifelong commitment. Address the other stresses in your life, so that you can focus on changing your habits. Find your inner motivation – looking better, or getting healthier. Pick people to support you in positive ways. Set realistic goals, such as losing 1-2 pounds a week, or walking at least 30 minutes a day. Enjoy healthier food – fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olive oil, nut butters, low-fat dairy products. Cut back on sugars, and limit meat consumption. Stay physically active. Work out a way to gradually change the habits and attitudes that have sabotaged your past efforts.

Childhood Obesity: 20% of children are now overweight or obese, mainly due to lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating patterns. Michelle Obama has put forth an action plan – “Let’s Move” to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. Her plan includes getting parents more informed about nutrition and exercise, improving the quality of food in schools, making healthy foods more accessible in poor neighborhoods, and focusing on physical education. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under 2 not watch any TV, and those older than 2 watch no more than 1-2 hours a day of quality programming. Children who consistently watch more TV and computer screens – including computer games - are more likely to be overweight. Here are some other tips for parents to keep their children healthy and slim: don’t drink soda, and don’t have it at home. Keep kid-friendly snacks in the house: fruit, nuts, low fat yogurt, nut butters, whole grain bread and pre-cut vegetables. Avoid storing cakes, chips, full-fat cheese, white crackers and most lunch-meats. Make healthier versions of favorite recipes, like cookies and pizza. Be active together – get everyone out for a bike ride or hike. Don’t make it about losing weight; make it about being healthy. Be a good example!

Sleep: getting too little sleep adds to weight gain in children and adults. The relationship in children is strongest, and may be related to disrupted levels of the hormones – gherlin and leptin – that regulate hunger. Sleep deficits also elevate levels of cortisol from the adrenal glands, raising blood sugar levels. Catching up on lost sleep on weekends is not as effective as maintaining a consistent pattern of sleep. If you are working on weight control, regular and adequate sleep will help you.

Some Extra Exercise Ideas: Get a pedometer in order to measure your steps every day, and slowly increase your walking. I recommend a Digi-walker SW - 200, available on-line. Put bricks under your desk, so that the top is at elbow height. You then have a standing desk – used by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson among other enlightenment thinkers. Standing will increase your strength as you work on your computer, or pay bills, or write your poems. Put a stationary bike or other exercise equipment in front of your television, and pedal as you watch your favorite programs. You can easily get to that hour a day recommended by the people who successfully lost weight. Get an exercise pal – who could be a dog.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Updates on Brains, Vitamin D and Green Vegetables

Your brain on weights: You’ve probably heard that running, brisk walking and other aerobics increase blood flow to the brain and may be linked to the creation of new brain cells. Recent research shows that weight training may do the same. Rats with weights tied to their tails (!) who climbed ladders, or rats on loaded running wheels, packed on muscle mass and had higher levels of ‘brain derived neurotropic factor’, which is thought to spark the growth of new brain cells. Older women who lifted weights did better on tests of cognitive functioning than women in toning classes. Teresa Liu-Ambrose at the University of British Columbia speculates that resistance training, by strengthening the heart, improves blood flow to the brain, which is associated with better cognition.

Confusion on Vitamin D: A recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that adults get 600 IUs of Vitamin D daily, and those over 71 get 800. They said that most people get this amount from foods (fatty fish and fortified milk) and sun exposure, and do not need supplements. These recommendations were contrary to the more widespread view in recent years that considered the importance of Vitamin D for bone health and other benefits, including protection against certain cancers and auto-immune diseases. Beth Dawson-Hughes, a vitamin D researcher at Tufts University, criticized the IOM recommendations as insufficient for the following groups:
*people with little sun exposure, including winter residents at higher latitudes, shut-ins, those who use sunscreen, those with dark skin (absorbs less D).
*osteoporosis patients
*obese people – it is thought that vitamin D is deposited in body fat and is less available from skin or dietary sources.
*people with gastrointestinal disorders that affect absorption.

Dawson-Hughes, as well as other vitamin D researchers, said that a laboratory level of 30 ng/mL (rather than the 20 ng suggested by the IOM) is good insurance, and is difficult to achieve by diet alone. Most adults need 1000 to 2000IU daily in supplement form, depending on their blood levels.

More benefits of Green Vegetables
Nitrate (NO-3) is found in vegetables such as red beets and spinach, and has been considered either without nutritional value or potentially toxic. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have found, however, that dietary nitrate is transformed by friendly bacteria in the mouth into nitric oxide (NO) – an important molecule in our bodies. NO helps blood vessels relax, lowering blood pressure and promoting more blood flow. It also makes the mitochondria that power our cells perform more efficiently. A high intake of vegetables and fruits has been found to protect against diabetes and heart disease. Boosting the nitrate to NO pathway may be one mechanism by which vegetables exert their protective effect. Readers may recall that dark chocolate also results in NO production in the body. But – try leafy greens first! And – think twice about using a strong mouthwash – we need oral bacteria for the system to work.
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13 January 2013

Art Journal Stampotique Challenge SDC82

Stampotique stamps, paint, layers, tonic border punch and snowflake punch

The first pages using Dylusion and Studio 490 stamps and tonic border  punches and the lyrics from "Brain Damage" by Pink Floyd.
 I am entering this in the Stampotique Challenge SDC82 which challenged you to use die cuts and punches. I finished the page but found it very hard to photograph, partly because the "page" is a double page layout with another double page inside that double page. I also used lots of mod page to stick all my layers together which gives the page a high shine. I think this page is perhaps too much and is one of those pages when I should have stopped about 4 layers back but I still like all the layers and texture.
These were the pages before I went a little overboard...

I like the snowflakes I added but think I should have left the text and the waste from the punches white.
I suppose that is the fun of journalling you never quite know what will happen. I like the fact that other pages of my journal will have the cut out shape and you can glimpse areas through the punches.
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  1. Wow Sally, this is amazing, I love all the texture and the dark moody colours! I've never learned when enough is enough, and this looks perfect to me. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designers Challenge. Sue xx

  2. Beautiful pages! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique. XOXO

  3. Fab pages, loads of detail to look at! Thanks for joining us at Stampotique.

  4. Wow Sally this is truly stunning there is so much to look at, thanks so very much for joining in with us at Stampotique :)

  5. No time this afternoon to leave you a message, but now I can ! :) I love you AJ pages with these beautiful rounds, so much work, layers and details !!! Great for me since I'm fond of details !


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Monday, June 9, 2008

First Heat Wave

It is really really hot these days. We had more than 90F degree for the weekend, and it suppose to last till Tuesday! I don't really mind that much about the heat as long as there is wind, but I really hate the humidity! Our yard is really open, no house in front or right behind us, so normally, it's not that bad if I open all the windows and doors. I am so glad that I installed the two screen doors, the front door and the kitchen door. Now the wind goes through my house freely, and we don't need to use the AC very often. We are trying to go green and save on energy, so I sun dry my laundry in summer, and we stopped using any chemical in our yard. I grow some vegetable in the garden organically, so I don't want the chemicals anywhere near them. And remember, whatever we put in our lawn can not all be absorbed by the grass or flowers, some will end up in our underground water, and might come back to us someday. And those chemical fertilizers can make your grass look very nice, but not as strong. And who are we to decide what grass are good and the others are weed? We got lots of clovers this year, they spread over from our neighbor's yard. I don't care what other people say, both DH and I think they are pretty. They provide different shade of green, and give you those lovely little white flowers. And they took over some bare spots, and I think because they blocked the light, I haven't seen any crabgrass this year. I have been fighting them for the last 3 years, and was losing the battle. I love any other kind of grass/weed, just absolutely hate the crabgrass.

My strawberry plants are doing great, still lots of white flowers, but have lots of berries set already. I picked our first strawberry yesterday, and let me tell you, the tasted of the fully ripen strawberry just picked from the garden is just heavenly. And I can be sure there is not even a drop of chemical in them. To those people want to start a home veggie garden, try grow some strawberry and cherry tomato. I guarantee you won't want to buy them from the stores any more. They are that good! Oh, don't forget the green beans, they grow like wild, don't need much care, and they add more nutrition to the soil.

I made a cute apron from my friend H. Her name means 'red leaves', so red is her favorite color. I got a piece of fabric the other day which is super cute, and decided to use it for aprons and shopping bags. The fabric has lots of squares, each one has some cartoon girls and some hilarious words. The one I chose for H is "Chocolate Cures Everything". Funny, huh? My absolute favorite is the "I Live For Weekend" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Funds" (The girl in the picture is holding tons of shopping bags!) Wait till you see the picture.

Oh, I have to show you a picture of my blooming Phal later tonight. Remember I told you that the first flower opened about a couple of weeks ago, and lost a petal to my 'flowing curtain'? The second flower opened this weekend, and it is SO WEIRD! The top 3 petals are fine, normal looking, but instead two more petals and red lip for the lower half, this one only have one more white petal! What happened there? Is my Phal mutated? Have to wait to see the other flowers. And I guess the 'flowing curtain' not only ripped off a petal from the first flower, it also damaged some small buds, and some of them turned yellow and dropped. Sad! But I learned my lesson! Update: here is a picture of the weird 4-petal flower. Notice the new flower on its left, it has all the petals, and looks gorgeous! OK, my Phal is not mutated entirely, just this one flower.

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

New Fabric Scraps Box

Since I started setting up the nursery, I took all the baby clothes down from the attic, and washed and sorted them, and put everything into the nursery closet. So, I have at least 5 big empty plastic boxes. Great for all the other organizing projects I am going to do around the house. I took one down to store all my fabric scraps. They were all over the place, in shoe boxes and bags. Now they are all folded nicely and stacked neatly in the big box. As you can see from the pictures, I didn't really sort them by color, but at least I can see every single one of them. In that shoebox in the lower left corner are those smaller size scraps, and all the bigger ones are outside. And the real tiny pieces are inside a zipper bag on top of them. Hmm, I thought I had more scraps, it doesn't look so bad now! Well, once I start making dresses for my little girl, there will be much more.

What is next on my list? I really want to organize all my craft supplies, but probably I should finish the living spaces first. OK, my next target is the kitchen, all cabinets, the island and the china cabinet. See how long this will take me.

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November 8, 2010
The Ontario State Council - Knights of Columbus recently presented a cheque for $5,000 to Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation. We are very grateful to Arthur Peters and the Knights all over North America who give so generously of themselves - and financially too. They know that every dollar and every bit of energy devoted to service of the Lord and to each other yields immeasurable fruit.
We are happy to report that an increasing number of people are donating to our registered charity. The number of persons who have donated to Salt + Light in the first 10 months of 2010 is greater than the total for 2009. Thank you.
Since 2003, the year Salt + Light was founded, we have maintained a 24/7 TV network, launched a radio program, developed popular web sites/initiatives, produced 37+ documentaries and issued a periodical newsletter, Lampstand. A lot of our work has been multilingual. We have learned, time and time again, that the fruits of our labour always outweigh its cost and obstacles.
We count on your continued prayers and support. Please inform others about S+L or consider additional financial contributions – however modest or significant. Having a presence and voice in mass media is not cheap, nor readily doled out to us. We must actively earn and pay for it, day in and day out.
On behalf of our staff, board and volunteers, I wish to thank you for your support – past, present or future, and pray that the generosity of the Knights of Columbus inspires all of us.
In friendship,
Daniel Torchia
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OAKLAND (CBS/BCN) – The East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors announced this week the selection of the district’s new general manager.

Robert E. Doyle, a 35-year veteran of the district, will take over the position on Jan. 1, 2011, replacing retiring general manager Pat O’Brien, the board announced Tuesday.

Doyle, currently the assistant general manager for interagency and regional trail planning, land acquisition and environmental review, began his career as a park ranger, working in seven of the district’s parks.

He is a resident of Walnut Creek, and attended Diablo Valley College, San Francisco State University, and Saint Mary’s College.

The seven-member board of directors selected Doyle from several internal candidates and said he was chosen for his management experience.

“The Board and I feel very fortunate that Bob will bring his extensive experience both with the Park District and in legislative affairs to the job,” Doug Siden, president of the district’s board of directors, said in a statement.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The team’s owners haven’t confirmed it, but more reports are surfacing that indicate the Golden State Warriors are planning to move to San Francisco when their Oakland lease expires in a few years.

John Madden told the KCBS morning crew he’d be disappointed to see the Warriors move, especially with the uncertainty surrounding the future of the A’s and Raiders in Oakland.

“I just feel having been a part of sports in Oakland (as coach of the Raiders), that Oakland just needs a win,” Madden said. “The history of sports in Oakland is so big, you just hate to see it… You just can’t roll over and give up, and that’s what I hope doesn’t happen.”

Madden said it’s unclear how the Warriors would do better across the bay.

“If they’re filling it where they are, why do they have to leave? I know you can build a bigger place maybe, but you can do that in Oakland too… I think Oakland has to fight, and I think not only that, people have to fight for Oakland.”

A Babe Ruth jersey sold for $4.4 million at an auction Sunday. “I don’t think there’s anything in sports that would be worth more than Babe Ruth stuff,” Madden said. “There’s one of the great names in sports, isn’t it? You look at names in sports that can hold up, and baseball has always probably been the best. Basketball (is) not very good, football (is) not very good. We forget our forefathers… history has never been important in football.” (8:00)

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Friday, January 27, 2017

I Want You

I have been wanting to draw this all last year, and finally took the time to get this done!

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Star Wars Family Commission

Here's another fun family illustration we did for Christmas.
If you're interested in a commission, please drop me a line. Thanks!

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Catherine and I have felt the need to create more positive, uplifting artwork. Let's stand together and pull each other up. The world is too divided, and we have to come together. Inspire, have hope, be confident, use your voice against injustice, and dream big!

Midnight Deer

Inspired from the deer in our backyard. We can hear them rustling in the woods at night.

Oh! And we updated our Threadless and Society6 shops for all your shirt and merchandise desires!


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↑ Return to Our School

Our Co Head Teachers are Mr David Smith and Mrs Nicola O’Hare.

The seven classes are taught as follows:

Reception Miss Nicky Stowe
Year 1 Mrs Ruth Van Hooke
Year 2 Mrs Tracy Whittaker
Year 3 Miss Bethany Hier
Year 4 Mr Andrew Young
Year 5 Mrs Nicola O’Hare and Mrs Dawn Goldspring
Year 6 Mrs Mo Serby

Support Staff

Mrs Marina Chrysanthou – Senior Administrator

Mrs Joanna Carson – Admin Assistant

Miss Elizabeth Byrne – SENCO

Mrs Roberta Lee- Early Years Practitioner

Mrs Lasairfiona MacMahon-Mills – Teaching Assistant

Mrs Sharon Mahoney – Teaching Assistant

Mrs Helen Bailey –  Teaching Assistant

Mrs Jayne Tarak – Teaching Assistant

Mrs Haley Pinner – Teaching Assistant

Mrs Aiveen White – Teaching Assistant

Mr Eric O’Leary – Caretaker

Meals Supervisory Assistants

Miss Samantha Watts

Mrs Carmen Allen

Mrs Lesley Adams

Miss Kerry Appleby

(Supported by some of our Teaching Assistants)

Permanent link to this article: http://sarratt.herts.sch.uk/our-school/staff/


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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Jane Taylor -- Metal Sculptor/Folk Artist

a visit to folk artist Jane Taylor's wonderland of rusty inspiration is the perfect antidote for winter doldrums

inspiration is found everywhere you look

and creativity runs totally rampant

inside are amazing lamps and light fixtures

super sick furniture

cool accessories

and amazing artwork

I'm junk-drunk within minutes as Jane lets me pick through her vast treasure trove of supplies for some cool pieces to use in my future projects. I think this is what heaven would look like for us crazy rust-lovers!


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Vintage wood, metal and wire collage

LOVE collaging bits and pieces of salvaged wood and metal
 and adding my own wire touches to some

wall mount jewelry organizer
large garden art flowers

wall plant/flower holder

magnet board/organizer
hanging light
wire nest with pearl edge
wire vine and vintage Kodak developer frame photo holder

wall shadowbox
tabletop jewelry tree

industrial aluminum wall plant/flower holder
note/photo holder

Most items available in my ETSY shop: SASSYTRASH ANTIQUES AND DESIGNS

Sunday, June 2, 2013

If you find yourself cruising the north Georgia backroads...AND if you are heavy into junk-spotting... not miss this FUNKIEST of all funky places:  OLD CAR CITY USA
Located a few minutes south of White, Ga on 411...
...this place has '4500 vintage cars spread over 34 acres'.
You just wander around the maze of overgrown paths (you'll probably get lost but no worries--you'll eventually find your way out) viewing the rusty, reposing residents of this unique junkyard 'museum'.
It's an amazingly surreal scene as the vegetation seems to envelop and nurture these forgotten beauties of times past.
Every turn provides the perfect photo op.
You'll quickly become rust-drunk...but press just gets better and better.
This one has to be my favorite....the face-like grimace is priceless.
Patina, patina, patina.....
.....and more PATINA!
You can tell how long these cars have been here by how the trees have grown THROUGH them....some are completely surrounded by trees.
Vintage car parts abound, but none are for sale...darn it!
Photographers come from all over the world to snap the perfect old car photos.
The folk-artsy signs provide bits of wisdom and humor along the way.
'Jungle' is right...bring your bug spray!
Aside from the fun of seeing the cool old cars, taking a leisurely nature walk, and getting great photos....I especially enjoyed thinking about how someone got creative (and downright brave) enough to start charging people 15 bucks a head just to wander around their junkyard!!
 (I can just imagine this guy sitting around with a few buddies drinkin' beer, and him saying: "I'm gonna charge people to walk through my junkyard." I bet he got big laughs....but he must be laughing all the way to the bank now, since the place was filled with us crazies who paid that.....AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!


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“When I Was Young”

Do you  remember that period of our lives when we believed  we had come into our own and were so damn full of ourselves, we could do no wrong? When we prided ourselves for being  open-minded and rational, when in reality we saw things only one way, our way!

I’m not talking about that seven year period called our teens, they were all together different. When we were teens  we simply thought  we knew it all, and everyday was about attitude. It could certainly be painful at times, but it was even more painful for parents, teachers and others who had to put up with our smart-ass, know it all, I don’t care attitudes. The truth is we didn’t know a damn thing about life then. How could we? We hadn’t begun to live, let alone learn.
No, what I’m talking about is our twenties, particularly our mid-twenties. By then most of us had either finished college and were beginning our careers or had found a decent enough job that would support our particular lifestyle. We had made it, we had arrived! We were entering the age of status, materialism and competition! Wooo Hooo!  But some of us didn’t handle our new found condition well and were insolent and shameless! Now don’t get me wrong, being full of oneself isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s all in the presentation, all about the attitude. Besides, I truly believe it’s a phase we all must pass through on our life-long journey, a necessary one.
At age 25 I was so full myself,  no one could see or understand things as clearly as I could.  I definitely thought I had it all figured out and with only a high school diploma no less!  If  I’d had my college education I’d have been even more insufferable! In retrospect, I realize that in my twenties I still didn’t actually know much about the true nature of living. That decade was an important  transitional period in my life. I was still so immature then and didn’t truly begin to understand things until I was closer to thirty.  I have long joked that my twenties were merely an extension of my teens. Yes I was twenty four- teen  when I did this  or twenty nine-teen  when I did that. And I was so shortsighted. I saw things as I wanted to see them. My opinions could not be influenced. Talk about going through life with blinders on!

Sure I’d listen to advice from my parents and others older than myself, but when all was said and done, my way was always the right way. I tell you, the answers to life’s perplexing questions could have slammed me right between the eyes and I probably would have missed them. I was often blinded by what I thought I knew or how I thought I felt about things.
Truth be told, there were several times during my twenties when I’d get this intuitiveness about something I was doing or a decision I had to make, what a good friend of mine refers to as a gut feeling. I wish I could say that I’d gone with it or heeded the warning, but that’s not true. I wish I had. It would have made quite a difference had I learned to listen to that little voice inside me. Think of all the trouble and stress I might have avoided. But no, I had to do things my way, and would simply push that rational feeling aside and do what I felt like doing. You know “If it feels good – Do it!”

I have long believed that there is a reason things happen as they do and  when they do. The moments of our lives, our experiences, our joy, pain, victories and defeats, help to shape what we become. The simple fact of the matter is that I just wasn’t ready.          Were you?

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Puppets that can have a good time while we're doing our thing!!

Do you believe our destiny is already pre-written?
If yes, then why are we here on Earth?
Doesn't that make us mere puppets?

"There is no blackboard in the sky." ~ Neale Donald Walsh

Our destiny depends upon the choices we make...God in His Infinite Wisdom has given to us free will.

There is nothing needed. God/goddess/the source/the universe does not need anything...Nor Wants anything. WE are in control of our own destiny and only WE judge...God/the source/ the all/the universe does not judge us. That is a lie. Only we do with brains and hearts to make CHOICES the choice was ours!

Our destiny is what we create in our daily living based on our personal choices. This includes embracing our personal which has to be decoded via unravelling our passions, being honest to ourselves.

We are here on EARTH to do a very important role to everyone who is alive... Now is the right time... Now is the right time to touch people's lives... it is the perfect time the very perfect time to show your faithfulness to the one closes to our heart which reciprocates our very principles in lives. Many had come and fought but died, again we are repeating the same mistakes all over again, civilization after civilization... It's a waste indeed since they are still very young and innocent?

We are all about where we are born,
The family and the environment we are born to,
The place and the environment we are raised up and
All the external factors which happens throughout our lives
Is this not part of our destiny too?

We don’t have a much of a choice in this, I you we are all those factors mentioned are tools for our Spiritual Evolution.
I.e. - we had/ have to BE at certain places with certain people to learn certain lessons via certain experiences to go through our individual Evolution via the Conscious choices we make - continuously.

“You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body." C S Lewis

If 'All’ is one', then surely that 'One' must function in absolute harmony with itself, Freewill would introduce an unpredictable factor....let's call it a fracture in the integrity of Unity.

Science has proven how thoughts arise in the mind a split second before we become aware of that thought and grasp onto it, identifying it as 'my thought'.

The thought must be a reaction that would be predictable based on the characteristics of the individual and its previous experiences.

It could be said that 'Whatever choice one makes it was the only choice one was going to make'.
Without wishing to decry the apparent freedom we enjoy in choosing, it appears to me it is not so straightforward.

I could go on at length about this as it's a very complex subject but I will just add that the illusion of freewill is a necessary device that allows us to fully experience and interact with the apparent diversity of creation that all the great ones who have gone before us have agreed is the expression of one factor...one intelligence, one mind.

The answer is only to be found when we discover for ourselves the real nature of 'I am'.

Thought of the day: - Living life positively no matter what the circumstances is the key to a SUCCESSFUL LIFE. Hence, our destiny in our hands, if we consider our DNA which is represented by four letters(A T C G); and puppets and people are not so different in that puppets are dummies, and people are just dumb; hahahahaha

"We are creating our experiences and experiencing what we have created."

Even when the choices are infinite, the infinite outcomes have to be calculated. I agree with the you that universe is not like man's image but perhaps more akin to a "HUGE COMPUTER PROGRAM" that becomes a choice, an outcome, 3D image and a human perceiver simultaneously, most interestingly even becomes a thought and a philosophical question about life that who we are.

That's why the power of universe can never be explained and understood by us through the logic.

How do we even make sense of a tragedy like that?
The question of why is there great evil will probably never be answered.

Why are some blessed and some not?

Why do some people suffer?

Who knows?

"Why are we here on Earth?" A lifetime puzzle

We can only accept that it exists and do our best to overcome it..

The society has already defined what tragedy is and what death is all about.
This is the knowledge that has been passed to us. This knowledge has shaped up a frame work for us to perceive things in black & white.
The world rises with the mind and sets with the mind. That which rises and sets is not the Self. The Self is different, giving rise to the mind, sustaining it and resolving it. So the Self is the underlying principle.
The world is only a projection of the mind. The mind originates from the Self. So self alone is the One Being. The Self resides in our heart beyond our identity and story.
Once it is realized as our true self; there is no questioner left to ask any question.


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Thursday, January 15, 2015

The unbounded nature I have discovered myself to be,gives me my human nature the freedom and courage to play it all out and work it all out......

The quest for transcendence bores me.

It bores me and distracts me from the real work required to actually grow. It's so up there, and my challenges are so down here.
The karmic field for my soul's expansion is in the heart of my imperfect patterns.

It's in the transforming fires of daily experience.
It's in the heat of my real life - not the detached life, not the pseudo non-dual life, not the projected perfect life - but right here, in this blessed and aging body temple.
It's all I can do to embody my humanness - I got no time to waste striving to rise above it. The imperfect quest for an authentic life is perfect enough for me.

"The impeded stream is the one that sings" - Wendell Berry.

We'll be transcedent when we transcend.
 If bliss is what you are looking for - know nothing !

The thing we often forget when thinking about our own changes and other’s changes is that real transformation takes real time.
No matter how eager we are to see things shift and grow, it will seldom happen quickly.

This is particularly true with respect to emotional maturation. Developmental stages are often like biological structures.
To move from one stage of maturation to another, we have to go through a broad range of experiences, integrate their meaning, and try a new way of being on for size.

It is about becoming a truly different being on many interconnected levels. I spent a lot of years in hurry-up offence with my own transformation and those around me.
It was a waste of time.

Sustainable change is built on a foundation of patience.


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Monday, November 21, 2005

NYT: Privacy vs Convenience

I am behind on my newspaper reading so I just, this evening, read the Sunday New York Times. The Week In Review section has an article on libraries and data and privacy, "Books for Lending, Data for Taking."

Nothing earthshattering in the article but I was glad to see the mainstream media recognize the "rock and a hard place" position libraries are in with regard to mining data to personalize users' experiences.

That said, as I have suggested many times in presentations, there has to be a way libraries can offer increased personalization to users as a deliberate choice. If my library asked, I would risk my personal data as an exchange for personalized information...Alane, you clearly like Alice Munro...may we send you some recommendations based on this? Readers' advisory for the web.

Blanket policies don't really work anymore. Libraries need to accommodate convenience as well as privacy, but on a sliding scale, not an absolute one.

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Real mode to protected mode inside the timer ISR

This rocks:

It’s the insane little trampoline I wrote last year in order to make real-mode BIOS calls from my toy protected mode OS, Metalkit. It’s full of all kinds of awesome and scary things.

So today, I just had occasion to try making a BIOS call from inside the timer interrupt, and it works! (Both in a VMware VM and on the physical laptop I tried it on.) Woohoo!

So now I have this spiffy little app that tests VESA BIOS palette manipulation:

Here’s a screenshot of it running in VMware and QEMU. It doesn’t work correctly in QEMU. Not sure why yet- it could just be that their VESA BIOS doesn’t support command 0x09.

Metalkit VBE Palette demo

If you want to try it yourself (on a VM or a physical machine), here’s a 4 kB precompiled binary. You can either use it as a floppy disk image or a GRUB multiboot image.

(Yes, this is a great example of the sort of dorky thing that gets me excited on a regular basis 😉


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PC Summaries

Samur Eiden Garaweth (Human Ranger)

An officer of the Angaria, Samur is stationed on Salaman Island to serve as the Empire’s representative (as well as eyes and ears). For now the island is allowed to govern itself (within reason), but the time is coming when the Empire will take a more formal role. Samur’s reports will help guide their decisions.

Okabe Rintaro (Human Psion)

A brilliant mind, Okabe believes he is destined for greatness. He has traveled to the island to uncover the secrets of time travel. He hopes to harness this power to bring down Inaulia which he believes tracks his every move. Though paranoid and arrogant to the point where few would call him friend, Okabe is determined to realize his full potential and embrace his destiny.

Estemar Rothesay (Human Warlord)

Estemar and Okabe grew up as playmates, both children born to privilege but neither very appreciative. Their friendship once saved their lives and Estemar still finds Okabe immensely amusing though sometimes he may poke a bit too much fun at the psion. When Okabe said he was chasing the secrets of time travel on Salaman Island, he knew he had to be there to join in the fun.

Romendar Estarkan (Wilden Warden)

It is rare for Wilden to leave the Varamorr Forest, but Romendar is one of a few of his kind that recognize a clash with the Inaulian Empire is inevitable. He fears for his people and their homeland, but more than that, he fears the unknown. He has committed himself to learning about the people outside the forest so that he can better prepare the Wilden that call Salaman Island home. Furthermore, he has started to perceive an unnatural presence moving in the land and has been seeking to find the source.

Xylia Ameena Argall (Half-Elf Druid)

Life has never been easy for Xylia/Ameena, but when you have multiple personalities you grow accustomed to hardship. Never comfortable around the elves of her homeland, she cut herself off from society and embraced a life in the wild, the animals her best companions. Salaman Island is perfect for her as there are plenty of wild lands in which to get lost, and few other people to get in the way. Still, she occasionally needs coin for supplies, so she has been known to hire herself out as a guide and tracker. This latest job was different from the start.

Fingolfin (Half-Elf Thief)

Fingolfin may be the only person Xylia/Ameena would consider a friend. They met on Salaman Island and discovered they both shared a similar story of how their uniqueness shaped their lives. Fingolfin was punished and teased in the Elven community for though being a half elf, his human features were dominant. He was made to do more chores than the other children and was given less attention by instructors. For fun he would sneak around watching and following others, learning people’s secrets along the way. He would steal things then put them back, never getting caught. After his mother died he left home, and traveled the land. Eventually he found himself on Salaman Island, making a living off the naive tourists who arrived seeking fame and glory. When Xylia/Ameena had jobs requiring a little extra help, like her current one, she would ask Fin to help out. He didn’t really have anything better to do.

PC Summaries

Scarecrows of Nevermore Supronar