Category Archives: So That Others May Live

*Crawls out from under a pile of fabric*

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Nolie Alcarturiel

What a year this month has been already! But I had a couple of extra days off, and I’ve been having energy for things again, so some of the chaos has been the kind that, when it settles down, actually … Continue reading →

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I wish I knew what to call this

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I promised news on writing and SCA, so here you are. Listening to my sister’s playlists is good company while I clean, but apparently nothing can clarify my incoherent thoughts today. STOML — is on hold for now, after a … Continue reading →

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In Which I Lose It

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(Continued from part VI of  In Which I Forget. See also parts I, II, III, IV, and V.) Monday Olivia had an eight o’clock final and another at ten-thirty. I slept through half her first one, but I was up when she came back … Continue reading →

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In Which I Forget My Toothbrush

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(Part III of In Which I Forget. Read parts I and II before jumping in at the middle.)   (Friday, cont’d) We arrived at St Mary’s in time for Olivia to say goodbye to her two friends, set up the air … Continue reading →

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Updates on all fronts (and some sides)

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

It has been an eventful three weeks here. Three weekends ago I didn’t post because I had opened up the Two-Legged League again and that kind of swallowed me, two weekends ago I had just come down with a cold … Continue reading →

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Writing limbo

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Not having STOML demanding every moment of time and energy I can (reasonably or unreasonably) devote to it has left me strangely weightless. It’s not that I have huge gaps of time unclaimed, because plenty of perfectly ordinary and important … Continue reading →

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In Which: I sort of return from the dead.

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Once again, apologies for the abrupt silence, etc., etc. I write this post from my dining room table, which is finally cleared off enough to allow for that sort of thing, although it’s fast filling up again. I count four … Continue reading →

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Behold, I tell you a mystery

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I. 1:55, Wednesday, August 29, A. D. 2018 I was coming around the corner between the bakery I worked at and the place I’d parked my car, to get my lunch. As I turned, I saw a certain truck coming … Continue reading →

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Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Originally posted on Of Dreams and Swords:
This is going to be a long post. This “artist’s statement” was supposed to be a lot shorter, but you know how that goes. I even tried to abridge it and then found…

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Where, O death, is now thy sting?

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

It has been nine months since the event I introduced some of my readers to in this post, and Levi’s story has crossed 50,000 words. As we have come further and things have developed, I thought it would be good … Continue reading →

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