a glorious vista

[incandescens]

Three day weekend!

Oh, and there was a fair amount of work today, but you already knew that.

Incidentally, Morsbags sounds like an entertaining (and not too strenuous) way of being socially virtuous. I may give it a try. Though not with any of my really good fabrics, of course.

---

What is the House of Chimes?

In an old tower, there is a stopped clock. Within the clock there is a Bell. The Bell is not to be named. Those who feast beneath it, in the House of Chimes, are not to be denied.

-- Echo Bazaar

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[archangelbeth]

On the road, the old road, a tower made of stone
In the tower hangs a bell that cannot ring alone

Shadow bell rings in the dark, daylight bell the dawn
In the tower hung the bells; now the tower's gone

[incandescens]

I feel that I should remember that. Where's it from?

[archangelbeth]

Jinnian Footseer series, by... blast, blanking on the name. Second... third? trilogy in the world of Mavin Manyshaped.

...it may also have shown up in my SSO game, where Liriel and Fou-Lu and Salathiel were wandering around in the Marches. *cough*

[incandescens]

Aha! Thank you.

(And what are good sources for if not to borrow from?)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think being English is a non-ending succession of three day weekends, Then I remember that a) royal weddings don't happen that often and b) being an Ontarian in the spring-summer is a non-ending succession of three day weekends, spaced more or less a month apart. (Late Easter meant last weekend's Victoria Day holiday happened four weeks after the lsst one. Early Easter means a ten week wait.)

[incandescens]

Indeed. This three-day-weekend spurt is not going to last. Soon we will be slaving away in the summer with nothing to look forward to. Alas.