Category Archives: Short story

Sing ye sweetly until the song it must end, part III

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Olivia woke me in the morning far earlier than either of us wanted to be up (and I had a sore throat, which is usually a sign of doom, but it didn’t get worse throughout the day and I turned … Continue reading →

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Sing ye sweetly until the song it must end, part II

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

One of the reasons I had put so much effort into coming to this concert, even when I would be seeing Olivia again in a fortnight at her graduation, was that due to the administration’s decision to cut the liberal … Continue reading →

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Sing ye sweetly until the song it must end, part I

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

O stay your soul and leave my heart in song! O stay your hand; the journey may be long! And when we part, and sorrow can’t be swayed, Remember when, and let your heart be staid. * On Friday morning … Continue reading →

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Beautiful and playful and robust and strong

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Nolie Alcarturiel

‘. . . bello et iucundo et robustoso et forte’ — St Francis of Assisi One of the brightest spots in all of last year, for me, was getting to take a small bug-loving adopted cousin out to the wilderness … Continue reading →

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In Which Everything Goes Downhill, part I

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Nolie Alcarturiel

   Ahead of me the line of cars and plows stretched off into an invisible distance. “Would it surprise you,” I said, when my sister answered the phone, “to hear that this is not going according to plan?”    “No,” she chirped, … Continue reading →

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Bardic Madness, A. S. LIV: The Song of the Griffin in Love

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

  Avonwood hosted Bardic Madness this year, which meant I only had an hour to drive to an event, and minimal chance of getting lost. How could I not go? Though we had a church work day scheduled, which are also … Continue reading →

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Loveable Imperfections: NS A&S Competition A. S. LIII

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

    The Northshield Arts and Sciences Competition this year was in Watertown, and I was thinking of going, but as with Twelfth Night, weather was a major consideration and looked bad all week. However, at the last minute on Friday … Continue reading →

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Penslayer gems

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I didn’t post on Tuesday because, while orchestra was supposed to start up, and we even printed out the music, the weather had different ideas and orchestra was canceled and we were stuck down there for the night. It was … Continue reading →

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Adventures of Copper and Sheba

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

[I am bidden to clarify, by persons innamorata, that this is a joint work, the product of collaboration, if you can believe it, between my sister and myself. Who chiefly took which part, and from whom came certain elements, you … Continue reading →

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Adventure on the Vienna Express

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The promised Olivia and Dr Rieppel story.     This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, actual events, names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, or incidents is entirely intentional. Adventure on the Vienna … Continue reading →

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