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I built this dog house for Simba, the bitch with the boy’s name. Yes, that really doesn’t sound good, but … back on topic. I scavenged all kinds of wood to build this, and I was so very, very proud of myself.
It was heavy.
I was less proud and a little pissed off when I had to carry the damn thing up the rocks to where Simba lived.
And then it was in place.
Proud again!
The boys looked at it like they wanted to christen it.
Simba moved in.
To be continued…
Chris
Title says it all, really!
It’s getting closer!
I fell in love with Northern Lights when I was studying in Glasgow. I discovered that children’s paperbacks were cheaper than more adult reading material, and splashed out a bit of student loan on Philip Pullman’s book. Well, I’m pretty sure I missed an assignment deadline because of it. I know I spent my student loan on a trip to Alta, Norway, to work at a sledge dog kennel because of it. And, damn it, it’s highly probable that I married Jane because… well… all the Danish words in it! 🙂
Okay, there might be more to our marriage than that …
However, I know for a fact that I was inspired to move to Greenland in search of the places Pullman describes in Northern Lights. Several years later, I even wrote my homage to Northern Lights about a certain ice master called Captain Erroneous Smith!
However, this photo is a random find from the hard drive when I was stuck in Ilulissat one winter.
Happily stuck with a fabulous book!
Chris
Just catching up on the summer’s releases in 2022. All links go to Amazon pages.
July
August
September (still summer in my mind)
Phew, that’s it for now. More soon!
Chris
Quick post to reveal some of the things that distract me from writing. Jane and I played a lot of computer RPGs when we lived in Scotland, lots of board games in Greenland, and card games on camping trips – not the ones with numbers… thanks to a bloody awful maths teacher in high school, I don’t do numbers. (He was “old school”, meaning you got a clip round the ear when you got a sum wrong. Hmm… chew on that if you will.)
Anyway, digressing and venting and all that…
Jane changes when she plays games, revealing an aggressive streak. Which means she wins. Although, there was that one time when I won the game of travel Settlers. Of course, it has nothing to do with us being on a Swedish ferry in heavy seas. Nothing at all. I still don’t understand why Jane didn’t reach the points she needed. It seemed what she needed was a bucket!
More digressing… and crowing, not venting – left all the venting to Jane! 😉
Anyway, if you’re reading this, and it is of any interest, you can follow our games and stats (I’ll be the one losing) on the page: Game Night!
Right, must find Jane and remind her of the time I beat her at Settlers!
Chris
