#Galen is GOAT

[nerdyspeechy]

@vela-ad-astra, you need this on your dash.

Clara, Galen, and Grace from the Saint of Steel series. 

I BLASTED through these books a few months ago, and needed some characters for portrait practice soo here we are!

[sacredflamingart]

[mrbopst]

Featuring music by Goat, Galen and Paul, IDLES, Of Tropique (Electric Cowbell) and many others, a new edition of The Bopst Show is now available for free public consumption on Podomatic or wherever you get your podcasts.

[thescrolls-haveforetold]

FOX DEER-STEP. a rogue Bosmer druid in Galen, lives in the woods and is generally a massive nuisance with her overly free way of thinking/she doubles as a DND character. She shifts into animals.

YES she actually has the strange feet and tail, in TES this is because she experiments with strange and powerful wild nature magic, its changed her and made her eccentric, with a cow’s tail, deer feet, goat eyes and a hunger for sweet meats. She’s capable of speaking many of Tamriel’s languages.

[xxrosemixx]

YOSFIRE GREY GARDEN DEVIL DEMON NPTS reblog ↻ , like ♡ and credit ♪ to use 　⨾ req by anon !

NAMES: Celest, Celeste, Asbeel, Belali, Dolea, Cyrus, Ellory, Ivory, Lacey, Gareth, Ivar, Lioria, Lottie, Macey, Silvie, Silvia, Tulia, Tammy, Taniagh, Trinity, Theo, Yelena, Yaad, Phoebe, Putul, Nash, Nevaeh, Nadia, Nila, Nirvaan, Rae, Raelynn, Rhea, Rene, Azurah, Aspen, Aryan, Mackenzie, Maxwell, Maverick, Maddox, Helena, Harvey, Heidi, Gia, Genesis, Gideon, Galen, Graham, Galilea, Julian, Jocelyn, Josiah, Juan, Vera, Valerie, Valen, Vienna, Vadin, Vihaan.

PRONOUNS: Dev/devil, hor/horns, fan/fangs, tail/tails, bat/bats, suc/succubus, gho/ghoul, ghoul/ghouls, sin/sins, sin/sinners, roy/royale, fla/flame, flame/flames, goa/goat, goat/goats, ash/ashes,

TITLES: [prn]’s porcelain throne, the devil in disguise, the pile of ashes, The demon of (sin), [prn] who is unholy, [prn] who embraces sinners, [prn] who embraces sin.

[goddessofslience]

May you be cursed to silence for eternity, mortal.

Galene, Greek God Bsd Oc! Roleplay blog!

ʚɞ - Galene is the goddess of silence and time, her name means "calm" & "one who is relaxing and quiet". Her pronouns are she/her and her age is unknown, but it seems to be in the hundreds.

ʚɞ - Galene usually speaks quietly, her white eyes are always covered by her hair, she has big white wings and white goat horns.

ʚɞ - Galene's personality is reserved, independent, patient, pessimistic, and closed minded. She doesn't like to be distributed and is rarely angry.

ʚɞ - You do not want to get her angry. But when she is angry, she is more cruel and will not have mercy on you. Also, her voice will grow louder.

ʚɞ - Galene has multiple powers, one being where she can curse a person to being slient for a certain amount of time.

ʚɞ - No Nsfw, flirting and suggestive messages are allowed if directed at Galene. Might be a Lesbian?

ʚɞ - Suicide/self harm jokes and messages are allowed, just please don't vent because I don't know how to respond to those and will delete them!

More About Galene - Galene's Past

Relationship with Greek Gods

Taken Anons: ...

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{ Mod uses She/They }

[outofangband]

More world building for Maglor’s Gap

This focuses mainly on agriculture and food production

Part one here

As always please feel free to ask more!

A lovely anon asked: “Have you done a world-building post on the land between Greater Gelion and Lesser Gelion, that belonged to Maglor? My headcanon sa ys it was economically important, providing food from its farmland for Maglor's followers.”

I had done a general world building post for the region but I’m always happy to do more because I love world building!

I think your headcanon is right! Though it’s difficult to say for certain as the environmental descriptions for the realms of the Fëanorians in Northeast Beleriand are vague, available maps and the brief descriptions we have do seem to suggest that much of the area between Greater and Little Gelion south of the actual Gap was wider and flatter lands presumably plains, steppe or scrublands.

Wide areas of grassland would certainly be important given the population of horses and the reliance on them for the cavalry and army. I think that Maglor also used the lands North of the Gap (Lothlann and part of Ard Galen) for grazing then had more formal agricultural projects South of the Gap.

During the Watchful Peace, the followers of Maglor grew rye and oats both of which could be used in a number of ways for both elves and horses.

Orchards, molded after a number of places including ones in Valinor as well as Mithrim and Ossiriand, are grown in the southern area of the Gap near the confluence of Little and Greater Gelion. Several species of apple, cherry, and stone fruits were grown here. Following the Dagor Bragollach, these became eerie graveyards of skeletal, twisted trees, avoided by both elves and most creatures.

Much of elven agricultural and food producing ventures, across different cultures, include the cultivation and protection of native species and the maintaining of ecological balance. This is no different in Maglor’s Gap where the host of Maglor relied heavily on hunting and foraging as well as their own introduced crops.

Alongside horses, sheep and goats are kept by some of the host. Wool is not produced on a wide scale as most textiles comes from imported linen, cotton and flax as well as leather and fur products produced in the Gap but it is spun on a small scale and especially used to supplement winter garments and in the making of bags and blankets. Goat is valued for wool more highly than sheep. A few of the higher ups in the gap wear sashes of pure white wool spun from goats.

Milk products are primarily through sheep and goat. Most from cows milk are from trade with Hithlum which is relatively unique in its population of bovines for Beleriand

Emu are actually domesticated in some parts of the world and I love the idea of them being kept in both the Gap and Himlad as well as by peoples East of the Ered Luin. They have a huge variety of uses including leather, oil, eggs and meat. And the chicks are very cute 💙

Trade is primarily with Thargelion, Himlad and Estolad, Hithlum and some parts of Ossiriand outside Finwëan rule.

I hope this answers your question, anon! As always please feel free to ask more!

[n0sewise]

aw this was fun! thanks for the tag @murderkitten666

rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people

N - No Children by The Mountain Goats

O - overpopulation at the end of everything is less of a worry, haha ('a letter to you' from mother 3) by No Love in the House of Gold

S - Spiderhead by Cage The Elephant

E - Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.

W - What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club

I - I Want You by Mitski

S - sparkling wash - galen tipton

E - Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

i absolutely do not know enough people on here to tag for each letter, but i'm tagging (so very gently and with zero obligation!) @justxtalking @lonelyclove and anyone else who wants to

[greatprotector-if]

(Sneaks into the compound where you keep your OCs and leaves Galen a bouquet of flowers and 289537289 wooden goats) Oh yeah, I am doing this wooing thing SO correctly <333

the compound in which i keep galen is an island of perpetual spring and warm weather where they are surrounded by LOVE and FRIENDSHIP and ANYTHING THEY COULD EVER DESIRE at all times because that... is what they deserve. so you do not have to sneak. if you are there to show them love and affection you will be accepted onto the island with open arms

(also flowers? very good. very good. galen loves flowers)

[runcriedthecrawlingif]

Hello!

I was wondering: what exactly people, who are living on the other trees, consume on the regular basis? Is Ledici tree/pear tree the only food source? If it is, wouldn't such restricted diet make people fall ill? Or they adapted in some way?..

Btw, you have a really great imagination. Your world building is so fascinating!

THank you <33

There are grain and vegetable farms on the other trees as well, so they have a pretty balanced diet in that sense.

The Ledici tree is the main food provider because it has strong and wide middle branches that can support a large farming district. For Galen, their branches tend to have a high incline, which makes it harder for farms to thrive. Feuon has a similar problem with their branches being too narrow and frail for large plots of earth. Both of them still grow most of their own crops, just not enough to sustain their entire populations. Taris came close to competing with Ledici's farming district before it burnt down, and was somewhat self sustainable.

For livestock, they are very rare and only the Upper Canopies can afford to raise them. As there is not enough space on any tree for large grazing lands, the livestock consists of mostly goats, sheep and chickens.

All of the trees partake in "sky fishing", which is just shooting birds with roped arrows. Although it isn't a huge part of their diet, wild fowl is not uncommon in the trees with less agriculture.

[beansonbread2]

BEANSONBREAD AWARDS 2024 - BEST ALBUM

AWARD NO.2 - BEST ALBUM OF 2024

PAST WINNERS

2023 > Squid - 'O Monolith' (see full list HERE)

2022 > Jockstrap - ’ I Love You Jennifer B’ (see full list HERE)

2021 > Self Esteem - ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ (see full list HERE)

2020 > The Flaming Lips - ‘American Head’ (see full list HERE)

2019 > Self Esteem - ‘Compliments Please’ (see full list HERE)

2018 > Kero Kero Bonito - ‘Time ‘n’ Place’ (see full list HERE)

2017 > Richard Dawson - ‘Peasant’ (see full list HERE)

2016 > Blood Orange - ‘Freetown Sound’ (see full list HERE)

2015 > Holly Herndon - ‘Platform’ (see full list HERE)

2014 > FKA Twigs - ‘LP1′ (see full list HERE)

2013 > These New Puritans - ‘Field Of Reeds’ (see full list HERE)

2012 > Django Django - ‘Django Django’ (see full list HERE)

2011 > Shabazz Palaces - ‘Black Up’ (see full list HERE)

2010 > These New Puritans - ‘Hidden’ (see full list HERE)

2009 > Animal Collective - ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ (see full list HERE)

2008 > Wild Beasts - ‘Limbo, Panto’ (see full list HERE)

2007 > Animal Collective - ‘Strawberry Jam’ (see full list HERE)

2006 > Safetyword - ‘Man’s Name Is Legion’ (see full list HERE)

2005 > Animal Collective - ‘Feels’ (see full list HERE)

2004 > Devendra Banhart - ‘Rejoicing In The Hands’ / ‘Nino Rojo’

2003 > Dizzee Rascal - ‘Boy In Da Corner’

2002 > The Streets - ‘Original Pirate Material’

2001 > The Beta Band - ‘Hot Shots II’

2000 > Outkast - ‘Stankonia’

1999 > The Beta Band - ‘The Beta Band’

1998 > The Beta Band - ‘The Three EPs’

1997 > Radiohead - ‘OK Computer’

1996 > Beck - ‘Odelay’

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THE RULES - No Re-issues, Live Albums, Compilations, or EPs.

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SPECIAL MENTIONS for these things that don’t really live on the main lists.

Dean Blunt ‘Hackney Commercial Waste (2022-2023)’

SOPHIE ‘SOPHIE’

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WORTH A MENTION (in no order) - A bunch of albums i enjoyed but didn’t quite make the final lists and others i just didn’t hear enough to be considered properly. 

Giant Claw / Oliver Coates / Ise Jones / Iglooghost / Poppy / FLO / Arooj Aftab / Babymorocco / Skee Mask / Dali de Saint Paul & Maxwell Sterling / Denzel Curry / Wendy Eisenberg / SZA / Death’s Dynamic Shroud / Rhodri Davies / Kinbote / Moor Mother / Afterlands / Omar Souleyman / Victoria Hume / L.T. Leif / Painting / WON’T / The Big Fuss Ensemble / Permapup / Tim Koh / More Eaze / Galen Tipton / Devonanon / Sega Bodega / COIMS / Copper Sounds, Dali St Paul, Laura Phillips, Dan Johnson / Holiday Ghosts / Bingo Fury / Ian Lynch / Permapup / Haley Heynderickx / Gerycz, Powers, Rolin / Goat Girl / Camera Obscura / Arab Strap / Four Tet / Myriam Gendron / Aphex Twin / Chinese American Bear / Violence Gratuite / James Devane / FearDorian / Tony Njoku / Joanna Wang / Matthew Herbert / GAISTER / Mstafa / Hayden Thorpe / Fievel Is Glauque / October Drift / Lanny / Niamh Regan / Extnddntwrk / Cowtown / Toro Y Moi / Fat Dog / Nicky / Beabadoobee / Excellent Birds / Fontaines D.C / Tyla / Black Decelerant / KOKOKO! / Remi Wolf / Shaznay Lewis / Sisso / Lava La Rue / Khruangbin / Robert Ouyang Rusli / Thom Yorke / Shabaka / Omni / Helado Negro / Nick Carlisle / Torres / Amyl And The Sniffers / Jordan Playfair / Bladee / Chat Pile / Jerry Paper / Our Girl / Beatrice Dillon / Rubie / Nicholas Craven & Boldly James / Kelly Lee Owens / Adam Ross / Jill Fraser / Dawn Richard / Caribou / The Hard Quartet / Vegyn / Elaine Howley / Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding / Anna Meredith / Plastic Beach / PACKS / Hurray For The Riff Raff / Real Estate / Kirin J Callinan / ScHoolboy Q / Waxahatchee / Lolina / St. Vincent / Bladee / Drahla / Nicolas Jaar / Bonny Light Horseman / Skee Mask / John Cale / Fire-Toolz / Joe Goddard / Los Bitchos / Laurie Anderson / Lia Kohl / Jamie xx / Xiu Xiu / Floating Points / Ginger Root / Hinds / Being Dead / Ezra Collective / Alan Sparhawk / Masayoshi Fujita / Famous / Yasmin Williams / Warmduscher / Martha Skye Murphy / Michael / Alexia Avina / Knife Liibrary

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2024 RUNNERS UP (in no order)

McClure & Whyte ‘Farming’

Actress ‘Statik’

Tapir! ‘The Pigrim, Their God and The King of My Decrepit Mountain’ 

Bianca Scout ‘Pattern Damage’

Galen Tipton & Holly Waxwing ‘KeepsakeFM’

Nia Archives ‘Silence Is Loud’

Bullion ‘Affection’

The Death Of Pop ‘FLOG’

Tierra Whack ‘World Wide Whack’

Blue Bendy ‘So Medieval’

Spirit Of The Beehive ‘You’ll Have To Lose Something’

Able Noise ‘High Tide’

Lots Of Hands ‘Fantasy’

Serpentwithfeet ‘GRIP’

The High Llamas ‘Hey Panda’

Underworld ‘Strawberry Hotel’

Bolis Pupul ‘Letter To You’

Colin Stetson ‘The Love It Took To Leave You’

Dorian Electra ‘Fanfare: The Lost Demos’

Yung Lean & Bladee ‘Psykos’

Adrianne Lenker ‘Bright Future’

Spresso ‘Pretty Penny Slur’

Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow ‘Civil War’ OST

Anna Erhard ‘Botanical Garden’

Galen Tipton ‘Tringle’

Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman ‘Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On’

Savage Mansion ‘The Shakes’

Susan Bear 'Algorithmic Mood Music’

Rhodri Davies ‘Creiriau y Delyn Rawn’

Liz Lawrence ‘Peanuts’

MJ Lenderman ‘Manning Fireworks’

English Teacher ‘This Could Be Texas’

Kim Gordon ‘The Collective’

Memotone ‘Spring Clean’

Field Music ‘Limits Of Language’

Nev Clay ‘So Little Happened For So Long’

Klein ‘Marked’

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead’

Bulbils ‘80.Art’

Jane Weaver ‘Love In Constant Spectacle’

Hiro Ama ‘Music For Peace And Harmony’

Kayla Painter ‘Fractures’

Robin Allender ‘Yesterday’s Yet To Come’

Langkamer ‘Langzamer’

J Spaceman & John Coxon ‘Music For William Eggleston’s Stranded In Canton’

Soccer Mommy ‘Evergreen’

Ezra Feinberg ‘Soft Power’

Tom Rasmussen ‘Live Wire’

Kelela ‘RAVE:N, The Remixes’

Crack Cloud ‘Red Mile’

Friko ‘Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here’

Grandaddy ‘Blu Wav’

Jessica Pratt ‘Here In The Pitch’

Lil Yachty & James Blake ‘Bad Cameo’

BABii ‘DareDeviil2000’ 

This Is Lorelei ‘Box For Buddy, Box For Star’

Karl D’Silva ‘Love Is A Flame In The Dark’

Eiko Ishibashi ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ (OST)

LICE ‘Third Time At The Beach’

Orbury Common ‘Sylvan Chute’

Urika’s Bedroom ‘Big Smile, Black Mire’

Fat White Family ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’

Tindersticks ‘Soft Tissue’

Mabe Fratti ‘Sentir Que No Sabes’

The Smile ‘Cutouts’

Minotaur Shock ‘It All Levels Out’

JLin ‘Akoma’

Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band ‘Loophole’

SML ‘Small Medium Large’

Various Artists ‘I Saw The TV Glow’ OST

Billie Eilish ‘Hit me Hard And Soft’

Jawnino ‘40’

Laura Marling ‘Patterns In Repeat’

Beth Gibbons ‘Lives Outgrown’

Dana Gavanski ‘Late Slap’

Euros Childs ‘Beehive Beach’

MGMT ‘Loss Of Life’

Clarissa Connelly ‘World Of Work’

Nadine Shah 'Filthy Underneath’

Jerskin Fendrix ‘Poor Things’ OST

Tim Heidecker ‘Slipping Away’

Lifter ‘Clasping Hands With The Moribund’

Nala Sinephro ‘Endlessness’

The Crying Nudes ‘The Crying Nudes’

Kamasi Washington ‘Fearless Movement’

Ishmael Ensemble 'Rituals'

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MY TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2024

50. James Ferraro ‘Genware I, II, III’

49. Louie Newlands ‘Shards Of The Vase (Songs From My 20s)’

48. Daniel Inzani ‘Selected Worlds’ 

47. Jabu ‘A Soft And Gatherable Star’

46. The Bug ‘Machines I-V’

45. Katy J Pearson ‘Someday, Now’

44. One True Pairing ‘Endless Rain’

43. Mk.gee ‘Two Star & The Dream Police’

42. Why? ‘The Well I Fell Into’

41. Naima Bock ‘Below A Massive Dark Land’

40. Group Listening ‘Walks’

39. Spectres ‘AM DRAM’

38. Bonnie Prince Billy, Nathan Salsburg, Tyler Trotter ‘Hear The Children Sing The Evidence’

37. Tyler, The Creator ‘CHROMAKOPIA’

36. The Smile ‘Wall of Eyes’

35. Beyonce ‘Cowboy Carter’

34. Vince Staples ‘Dark Times’

33. Cassandra Jenkins ‘My Light, My Destroyer’

32. Death’s Dynamic Shroud & Galen Tipton ‘You Like Music’

31. Deep Nalström ‘Baroud’

30. Los Campesinos! ‘All Hell’

29. Dean Blunt & Joanne Robertson ‘Backstage Raver’

28. Moin ‘You Never End’

27. Beak> ‘>>>>’

26. Ex-Easter Island Head ‘Norther’

25. Nilufer Yanya ‘My Method Actor’

24. Bill Ryder-Jones ‘Iecyd Da’

23. Gruff Rhys ‘Sadness Sets Me Free’

22. Memotone ‘Fever Of The World’

21. Still House Plants ‘If I Don’t Make It, I Love U’

20. William Doyle ‘Springs Eternal’

19. Daniel Blumberg ‘The Brutalist’ OST

18. Doechii ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’

17. Julia Holter ‘Something In The Room She Moves’

16. Good Sad Happy Bad ‘All Kinds Of Days’

15. Astrid Sonne ‘Great Doubt’

14. Claire Rousay ‘Sentiment’

13. Cindy Lee ‘Diamond Jubilee’

12. Clairo ‘Charm’

11. Trust Fund ‘Has It Been A While?’

10. Mermaid Chunky ‘Slif Slaf Slof’

9. The Lemon Twigs ‘A Dream Is All We Know’

8. Kendrick Lamar ‘GNX’

7. Geordie Greep ‘The New Sound’

6. Mount Kimbie ‘The Sunset Violent’

5. JPEGMAFIA ‘I Lay Down My Life For You’

4. A.G. Cook ‘Britpop’

3. Magdalena Bay ‘Imaginal Disk’

2. Charli XCX ‘Brat’ (+ ‘Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat’)

1. Vampire Weekend ‘Only God Was Above Us’

[hrtsmom]

My throat tightened as I thought of all those we had lost. If I was lucky, Langor had been one of the unluckiest. How could he stay strong through so many losses?

“You should sleep, Kira,” he said kindly. “I can watch the children alone, but the others are close by if I need help.” When I started to protest, he went on, “You’re already nodding off. Go; find a bed.”

As he helped me up, I said, “I suppose you’re right. If I’m too sleepy to argue with you, I’m too sleepy to stand watch.”

“Exactly so. Good night.”

Morha had made up pallets on the floor of the attic, and we adults had been taking turns sleeping there. When I reached the stairs I met Morha herself, carrying a mug of steaming tea. She offered it to me.

“Terata said you have been troubled by bad dreams,” she said. “Maybe this will help you sleep more soundly.” Like her husband, Morha seemed to have chosen to set aside the grief she must be feeling for her dead children. Instead she concentrated on seeing to it that the rest of us felt welcome and comfortable in her house, as though we had chosen to stay there rather than being trapped.

“Thank you, Morha. I’m tired enough now that I may not even need it.” I took the mug anyway, inhaling the warm herbal scent of the tea. “It smells delicious,” I said, smiling at my neighbor.

She turned back toward the front room, then hesitated. “Kira, I feel badly about you having to sleep on the floor in your condition. Perhaps you should use my bed.”

“I thought Hareno had claimed it for himself, as the eldest here.”

Morha’s smile had a weary twist; perhaps she too had grown tired of Hareno’s constant complaints. “He may be the headman now, but even he would not be so cruel as to make a pregnant woman sleep on a hard floor. If he doesn-t like it, I’ll tell him he can sleep in the barn with the goats.”

We shared a quiet chuckle at the thought of the old man bedded down with Langor’s rambunctious billy. “Thank you again,” I said. “You’ll wake me if you need me?”

“We will. Good night, Kira.”

I wandered back to my past in a dream, far back to childhood. I saw myself sitting on the bank of the stream with Cothry and Galen. They were two years older than me, but there were too few children in the village for any of us to discriminate about playmates.

I was crying, in the dream, and after a moment I remembered why: My father had died the day before. My mother, caught up in her grief and being comforted by her friends, hadn’t noticed when I slipped out of the house. I had meant to be alone. But the boys, coming down to the stream to fish, had found me.

Rather than try to cheer me up, as my mother’s friends had done, Cothry and Galen let me be while they stood nearby, preparing their fishing poles. After a time, watching them distracted me, and I went to join them.

A fish stole Cothry’s first bait, and he offered the hook and a new worm to me. “Want to do it?”

I made a face, but took the worm from him. It wriggled between my fingers and I tried to strike the balance between not dropping it and not holding it too tightly. “She doesn’t know how,” Galen teased.

“I do so!” I retorted. I snatched the bare hook from Cothry, then gave a gasping shriek as the sharp-barbed steel sank into my thumb.

The worm dropped to the dirt as Cothry grabbed my hand. “Oh, gods, Kira, I’m sorry.”

“I did it, not you,” I said, pulling away. Blood spattered my apron, and my eyes welled up again, making it hard for me to see the damage I’d done to my thumb. I was angry at my own carelessness, and now I would have to get help from my mother. As if she didn’t have enough to worry about.

“Let me see,” Galen said.

[asprinterandamarathon]

BOTR - Day 12 - June 26, 2024

We weren’t in a rush to get out of the house. Our plan was to go up by the Hyalite Reservoir and hike to see a few waterfalls. If we were lucky we’d see some wildlife from a distance.

After breakfast, we hit the road. We stopped at the reservoir for a break and met a couple from Virginia on a 40th anniversary celebration trip, 41 years into their marriage. We enjoyed comparing notes with them on places we’ve been and places to go.

We then rolled around the reservoir and onto a mile or two of pothole-filled gravel road (in Jane’s low-to-the-ground Subaru) to get to the trailhead. We planned to hike some of the Hyalite Creek Trail.

Our first waterfall was Grotto Falls. There we said hi to a mom who had her 2 and 5 year old boys with her. They were climbing over rocks and generally enjoying themselves.

Grotto Falls

At this falls, Diane spotted an American Dipper. This fearless bird would dive into the rough water looking for bugs. It would be cool to have an underwater camera to see it in action. I can’t imagine how it could plunge into such fast moving water and pop back up just a few feet further downstream.

After lots of selfies, we climbed back up to the trail. Through the trees, on the canyon wall above us, we could see Twin Falls. I’m guessing they dropped over 100 feet, side-by-side, from the top of the cliff into the trees below.

Twin Falls

A little further up the trail, we stopped to investigate little white dots that we spotted in the cliffs above. They just so happened to be 8 mountain goats lounging on a crevice.

Zoom to see mountain goats. Ha!

A half mile further up the trail we stepped over to see Arch Falls. The path to the falls hung over a steep drop into the creek. Unfortunately, none of us had the confidence to snatch a look at the arch. A couple guys had just come off the path so we asked to see their pictures. The falls crashing through the arch looked quite impressive! If only we saw it live.

Can’t see the arch behind the trees!

Just a pic…

Jeanne and Diane working the trail. It wasn’t all this tough.

In our way back to the trailhead it started to rain so we decided to forego our last waterfall. With the rain the temps dropped from the mid 70s to the mid 50s. Driving back to Bozeman the temps came back up and the sun came out.

We had a few extra folks join us for dinner at Sidewall Pizza… Jane’s housemates Galen and Margo. They both just so happen to be grade school friends from Carrboro.

L-R: Margo, Steve, Jeanne, Diane, Jane, Galen

After a delicious meal and an attempt at getting ice cream (too crowded), we headed for home and a good night’s sleep!

[im-no-jedi]

I forgot to make something for Father’s Day this year AGAIN

oh well, happy Father’s Day to the entire Bad Batch, Cut Lawquane, Jango Fett, Han Solo, Kanan Jarrus, Plo Koon (the true father of all Clones), Din Djarin, Poe Dameron (BB8 is his son tyvm), Shep Hazard, Bail Organa, Galen Erso, Clem Andor, and the GOAT himself, Anakin Skywalker 💙💙💙

and for lolz, one of my favorite vines ever 🤣

[foulfirerebel]

If I may toss in my two?

Bastila Shan. Why? Cause she's fun. A lil uptight in certain areas, very unsure of herself, but a great character in KOTOR nonetheless.

And of course. I'd be remiss if I didn't include one of my favorites.

Yes, he's the Broly of Star Wars. Yes Cal Kestis is, in many ways his better to me. Yes, he only turned to the light at the end of his game and his clone did the same. I do not care. Galen Marek will always have a place in my heart.

And of course, I can't forget the OG WHO NOBODY HAS PUT ON HERE I THINK.

Luke Skywalker. The original GOAT Jedi to me. Compassionate, a good duelist, and a goofball. I love him to death.

List of Jedi that are Perfect

So listen, I know Obi-Wan has a lot of fans who will endlessly talk about how perfect he is and that he invented perfection. However, I would like to put forward that the Jedi in general some other Jedi also are perfect and invented perfection. Here is a very small number of them.

Luminara Unduli

She makes sure she’s prepared, loves her padawan, and is very good at staying focused. She also is good at accepting reality and growing as a person. Have I mentioned that she’s also just really nice? Plus, she pulls off black better than any Sith.

Kit Fisto

He’s cheerful, loves his former Padawan, and is very good at puzzles. He is also good at accepting reality. Did I mention that he’s also very kind? Plus, you can’t deny he has a good smile.

Mace Windu

He is dutiful, focused, and patient. He is also cool and composed. Did I mention that he’s also super nice and kind as well? And you can’t deny the coolness that is purple lightsaber.

Yoda

Possibly the most perfect of all. He is wise, humorous, and kind. He also loves teaching, his grandpadawans, and teaching his grandpadawans. Did I mention that he loves all the Jedi and loves teaching them? And there is no denying he is a great frog grandpa.

(If anyone else wants to add on to this with a Jedi you think is perfect, or talk more about the ones I already listed, feel free. The only rule I’m laying down is no Obi-Wan, because there is more then enough on the internet about how Obi-Wan is perfect.)

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The Cavalry of Maglor’s Gap and Lothlann and other world building for the region (Part One)

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Like my other Fëanorian World Building posts I focus mainly on layout/hierarchy, population, resources and trade, and homes and construction.

Please always feel free to ask more! For this location or any others! And feel free to suggest locations for world building posts

Maglor’s Gap is an area of Northeastern Beleriand. It lies at the Southern end of the plains of Lothlann with the March of Maedhros on the West and Mount Rerir and Thargelion at the East.

We sadly know very little about the horsemen of Maglor other than that they were burned alive in Lothlann during the Dagor Bragollach. But as Tolkien World Building is my favorite thing, here’s some speculation

The cavalry is made up of over 300 Noldorin riders though duty is cycled so there is usually a group of twenty to fifty inactive or in less intensive tasks They are primarily a defensive measure, protecting Eastern Beleriand from invasion from the North.

Most carry a sword though there are a significant number of archers as well. The cavalry is highly disciplined and trained in both solo and smaller missions as well as coordinated combat operations involving large numbers

The Cavalry live in a number of low, wooden halls located in the foothills. Smaller, cabin like stations dot the route North towards Ard Galen where some stay during longer missions

The horses are bred in Lothlann and graze largely in the wild plains and meadow steppes. About forty elves are involved full time in their care during the watchful peace. The number drops during more dangerous times

The organization and governance of the gap is somewhere between that of the highly organized and fortified Himring and the loosely governed Himlad with no central citadel. Few records are kept and non military positions outside healers are largely temporary and shared ones, the exception being a few who deal primarily with trade and the acquisition of resources

On that note, resources primarily come from Eastern Beleriand with some imports from East of the Ered Luin and elsewhere in Beleriand. Fiber crops are not grown in the Gap and materials for clothing are accessed through trade with Thargelion*. The material is generally already processed and cleaned and requires only fashioning into clothes. Linen, wool, and silk are the most used with other furs going into linings. Leather is also imported from Himlad and Thargelion.

Some clothing is made by individuals who acquire the materials through hunting

*who also get many materials from elves, men and dwarves East of the Ered Luin

Maglor’s Gap does have a small fortress in the more mountainous Northeast near the border to Thargelion. This served temporarily as Maglor’s own home too. It was built from stone and earth to blend into the surrounding landscape (though most was above ground unlike Nargothrond

Fish from the two nearby rivers and various streams are caught often for food and are eaten more than other meat. Seeds and bread made from various flours are also eaten along with often bitter wild vegetables such as wild spinach, purslane, lamb’s quarters, red and green dandelions, etc. Salt is another traded resource. Butter and any other dairy products are somewhat rare. Goat milk products are available somewhat more than cow as goat and sheep are more common in Eastern Beleriand

The majority of the Cavalry perished during Dagor Bragollach. The rest fled towards Himring with a small number traveling further South