#roslyn hawke

[pumpkinlass]

Carrying Carver Hawke

Inspiration + Colors: Ivan Bilibin

[queenrhaenysloyalist]

Lady Roslyn Baratheon(Female Robert)

An artwork I commissioned from KITAUMI for my fic of a female Robert AU.

Some details of the art:

Hawking and hunting are hobbies enjoyed by both men and women in Westeros, so there's a falcon on Roslyn's shoulder signifies her passion in it.

She's a little tanned from her love in riding and outdoor activities.

"Renly was handsome as Robert had been handsome; long of limb and broad of shoulder, with the same coal-black hair, fine and straight, the same deep blue eyes, the same easy smile." ---Catelyn, A Clash of Kings

Everything is kept except the straight hair. It's just I feel like curls fit female Robert more for the implication of her wild nature. She's also busty.

She is an alchoholic which implies through the cup of wine she held. If you look at it closely, you will find something interesting.

Roslyn is a spendthrift like Robert, which is evident in the jewelry she wears.

Link of the fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43269546/chapters/108759393

[pupsmailbox]

AUTUMN ID PACK

NAMES︰ acer. acorn. acre. amber. apple. archer. arden. ash. asher. aspen. aster. auburn. august. augusta. augustus. autumn. autumna. autumnal. autumnelle. autumnessa. autumnette. autumni. autumnine. autumnus. bean. birch. blaire. bonfire. bramble. branch. briar. carmel. casper. cassia. cassiah. cedar. cerridwen. chai. chestnut. cider. cinna. clara. cocoa. cora. corn. cornucopia. cozy. crimson. crisp. crow. ellis. ember. equinox. eve. fall. fallelle. fallen. fallette. falline. fallon. faye. finn. flannel. foggy. forest. forrest. ginger. glenna. goldie. halloween. harper. harvest. harveste. harvester. hawk. hay. hazel. hollis. hunter. jora. juniper. kaziah. keziah. latte. leaf. libra. lief. lilith. linden. luna. maize. maple. marigold. marley. marlow. maze. melanie. mocha. moss. november. nutmeg. oak. oakley. october. opal. orchard. orla. pansy. pie. pine. piper. poe. pumpkin. raine. raven. redd. rory. roslyn. rowan. russet. ruston. sabrina. saffron. scarecrow. september. sienna. sorrel. sullivan. sylvia. tamsin. teresa. tessa. wesley. willow.

PRONOUNS︰ amber/amber. apple/apple. au/autumn. aug/august. august/august. autumn/autumn. branch/branch. brew/brew. cider/cider. cloud/cloud. co/cozy. cocoa/cocoa. cof/coffee. corn/corn. cot/cottage. cozy/cozy. crow/crow. drift/drift. drizzle/drizzle. fa/fall. fall/fall. flannel/flannel. glisten/glisten. glow/glow. gold/gold. hallo/ween. hallow/halloween. halloween/halloween. haze/haze. hazel/hazel. hug/hug. jacko/lantern. lea/leaf. leaf/leaf. maple/maple. maze/maze. mellow/mellow. moss/moss. oct/october. october/october. orange/orange. pie/pie. plush/plush. pump/kin. pump/pumpkin. pumpkin/pie. pumpkin/pumpkin. rain/rain. raven/raven. red/red. sca/scarf. sept/september. september/september. sip/sip. snug/snug. snuggle/snuggle. soft/soft. soothe/soothe. spice/spice. sweater/sweater. swirl/swirl. syrup/syrup. thanks/giving. tick/treat. treat/treat. trick/trick. tuck/tuck. wa/warm. warm/warm. whiff/whiff. whisk/whisk. wrap/wrap. yellow/yellow. 🌽. 🍁. 🍂. 🍄. 🍎. 🎃. 🕯️. 🥧. 🧣. 🧶.

[hannahxinterrupted]

No one laughs at God in a hospital No one laughs at God in a war No one's laughing at God When they've lost all they got And they don't know what for

laughing with - regina spektor rises the moon - liana flores missing out - maya hawke fidelity - regina spektor habits - genevive stokes roslyn - bon iver i know the end - pheobe brigers pocket - margaret liotta paint - the paper kites cairngorms - sarah julia soldier, poet, king - the oh hellos light of love - florence + the machine

[anxietyonmars]

Thanks for the tag @mistressaccost !! Xx oof this was super hard!!

Name 10 favourite songs with names in the title

Marjorie by Taylor Swift

Thérèse by Maya Hawke

Emily I'm Sorry by boygenius

Sara by Fleetwood Mac

Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie

Marceline by WILLOW

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

Dear John by Taylor Swift

Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac

Roslyn by Bon Iver & Saint Vincent

I'm tagging: @moony-t0ast,@opulence-is-decadence,@slvrroses,@y0urivygr0ws,@byersclub and anyone who wants to participate! 💖

[boroughshq]

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maya hawke as roslyn ray

[ maya hawke, cis woman, she/her ] — whoa! ROSLYN RAY just stole my cab! not cool, but maybe they needed it more. they have lived in the city for FOUR YEARS, working as a RADIO HOST/ WAITRESS. that can’t be easy, especially at only 28 YEARS OLD. some people say they can be a little bit NAIVE and IMPRACTICAL, but i know them to be ENTHUSIASTIC and DRIVEN. whatever. i guess i’ll catch the next cab. hope they like the ride back to QUEENS! — (shay, 33, cst, she/her, none)

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[winterfellsroses]

The Dance of Ice and Fire

Pre-story Timeline

While the events from Fire and Blood reflect the 'real' history as recorded and known during Sansa's own time, part of the premise of this fic is that Sansa going back in time causes a ripple in time, meaning a lot changes (such as new characters, different timelines, characters who have changed from what Sansa has learned about them, etc. ...), and this story will be based on the show's version of events. Consequently, the book timeline doesn't work. I've taken the dates for the births of Viserys' generation and Rhaenyra's year of birth as mentioned in the book as guidelines for my own timeline, which will up to a point follow the show timeline, or at least my interpretation of it. 

Below are all the relevant dates of births and deaths for House Targaryen, House Stark, House Velaryon, House Strong and House Hightower, and other signficant events prior to the day when this story starts, which is the 28th day of the last moon of the year 124 AC.

Events with canon dates according to Fire and Blood or other WOIAF sources are in bold. I've also added the years of birth for Viserys' generation's parents when known.

This timeline may be updated as I define more details.

legend

* birth

+ death

name x name wedding

name - name betrothal

son/daughter of name x name trueborn child

son/daughter of name/name natural child

# other event

older spouses are listed first

53 AC

* Corlys Velaryon

54 AC

* Jocelyn Baratheon

55 AC

* Aemon, son of Jaehaerys x Alysanne

57 AC

* Baelon, son of Jaehaerys x Alysanne

60 AC

* Alyssa, daughter of Jaehaerys x Alysanne

* Vaemond Velaryon

63 AC

* Vaegon, son of Jaehaerys x Alysanne

* Lyonel Strong

71 AC

* Otto Hightower

74 AC

7th day of the 7th moon, * Rhaenys, daughter of Jocelyn x Aemon

* Catelyn Fossoway

77 AC

* Viserys I Targaryen

78 AC

* Rickon Stark

81 AC

* Daemon Targaryen

* Bennard Stark

82 AC

* Aemma Arryn

83 AC

* Rhea, daughter of Yorbert Royce x Amanda Arryn

86 AC 

Lyonel Strong x Denyse Malister

87 AC

* Harwin, son of Lyonel x Denyse

89 AC

* Gilliane Glover

* Otto Hightower x Catelyn Fossoway

90 AC

* Rhea Manderly

* Mysaria of Lys

Lyonel Strong x Alys Frey

* Daeron Velaryon

91 AC

Corlys x Rhaenys

* Meredyth, daughter of Otto x Catelyn

* Larys, son of Lyonel x Alys

92 AC

13th day of the 3rd moon, + Aemon Targaryen

93 AC

* Drystan, son of Otto x Catelyn

* Criston, son of Artor Cole x Myria Sand, a natural daughter of Lord Jordayne

* Margaret Karstark

94 AC

Viserys x Aemma 

* Laena, daughter of Corlys x Rhaenys

Lyonel Strong x Jeyne Darklyn

95 AC 

* Gwayne, son of Otto x Catelyn

* Melony, daughter of Lyonel x Jeyne

96 AC

* Laenor, son of Corlys x Rhaenys

* Alicent, daughter of Otto x Catelyn

97 AC

* Rhaenyra, daughter of Viserys x Aemma

* Roslyn, daughter of Lyonel x Jeyne

99 AC

* Jaehaerys, son of Viserys x Aemma

* Alysanne, daughter of Corlys x Rhaenys

100 AC

1st day of the 7th moon, + Alysanne Targaryen

* Daemion Velaryon

101 AC

+ Baelon, son of Jaehaerys x Alysanne

# Great Council, Viserys is chosen as Jaehaerys' heir

Jaehaerys - Alysanne

Bennard Stark x Margaret Karstark

102 AC

* Alys Rivers, daughter of Rickon Stark/Ellyn Strong

103 AC

+ Jaehaerys Targaryen

# ascension of Viserys I

* Benjen, son of Bennard x Margaret

105 AC

Laena Velaryon - Fregar Montaryon

+ Jaehaerys, son of Viserys x Aemma

Daemon Targaryen x Rhea Royce

106 AC

+ Catelyn Fossoway during a hawking accident

* Brandon, son of Bennard x Margaret

108 AC

Rhea Manderly x Daryn Hornwood

109 AC

* Arya, daughter of Bennard x Margaret 

* Arra Norrey

* Jon Cerwyn

Rickon Stark x Gilliane Glover

110 AC

* Harrion, son of Rhea x Daryn

* Cregan, son of Rickon x Gilliane

111 AC 

+ Aemma Arryn

* Baelon, son of Viserys x Aemma

+ Baelon, son of Viserys x Aemma

+ Daryn Hornwood

# Daemon and the Velaryons leave for the Stepstones

* Beron, son of Bennard x Margaret

112 AC

1st day of the 1st moon, Viserys x Alicent

* Eddard, son of Rickon x Gilliane

+ Giliane Glover

* Aelon Waters, son of Daemon Targaryen/Mysaria of Lys

* Sara Snow, daughter of Rickon Stark/Jeyne Poole

* Aegon, son of Viserys x Alicent

113 AC

* Daena, daughter of Daemon x Rhea

* Lysa, daughter of Bennard x Margaret

114 AC

Rickon Stark x Rhea Manderly

* Helaena, daughter of Viserys x Alicent

Daemon returns from the Stepstones

# Daemon and Rhaenyra visit Flea Bottom,

# Rhaenyra sleeps with Criston Cole

115 AC

1st day of the 1st moon, * Alysanne, daughter of Rickon x Rhea

+ Rhea Royce, died in a hunting accident, though there are rumours that she was killed by or by order of her husband, Prince Daemon

Laenor Velaryon x Rhaenyra Targaryen

+ Fregar Montaryon, betrothed of Laena Velaryon, killed in a duel against Prince Daemon during Princess Rhaenyra's wedding celebrations

+ Joffrey Lonmouth, succumbed to wounds suffered at the hands of Ser Criston Cole during the tourney that was part of Princess Rhaenyra's wedding celebrations

* Aemond, son of Viserys x Alicent

116 AC 

Daemon Targaryen x Laena Velaryon

117 AC

* Baegor, son of Daemon x Laena

* Arella, daughter of Rickon x Rhea

Alysanne Velaryon x Daemion Velaryon

118 AC

* Aemma Velaryon, daughter of Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen

+ Eddard Stark, who drowned in the black pool of Winterfell's Godswood

* Daeryssa, daughter of Viserys x Alicent

119 AC

* Veraena, daughter of Alysanne x Daemion

* Edric, son of Rickon x Rhea

* Rhaena, daughter of Daemon x Laena

* Lucerys Velaryon, son of Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen

120 AC

* Jaemion, son of Viserys x Alicent

121 AC

* Joffrey Velaryon, son of Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen

* Laenora, daughter of Alysanne x Daemion

123 AC

Daena Royce - Aemond Targaryen

[solasan]

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cedany amell (dao) | adelheid hawke (da2) mirae lavellan (dai) | roslyn trevelyan (dai)

[buttsonthebeach]

September Reading

I am back! And only slightly late this time! My usual categories (audiobook, physical book, and fics) are under the cut.

Books I Listened To

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Wow. I can see why this won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. It has been on my reading list forever and it did not disappoint. Mukherjee is a physician and oncologist who wanted to write a “biography” of cancer through the ages. He weaves scientific explanation with extended metaphor and his personal stories of treating patients with cancer, and it is all so effortlessly done. I learned a lot and truly loved his prose and the connections he drew between past and present.

Books I Read

East is East by T.C. Boyle

So... I did enjoy this, but the ending is a tough one to swallow, and at the end of the day I’m not entirely sure what Boyle wanted me to get out of this story. It follows Hiro Tanaka, a Japanese man who jumps off of the boat where he works near the coast of Georgia and ends up on a small island where there is an artists’ colony full of novelists and painters. The plot is interesting and the characters are richly detailed and flawed, but as I said, it left me feeling a little empty (although maybe that was the point).

Fics

I am SO CLOSE to finishing Ascendant: Prophet Eminent by @eveninglottie, so I won’t give my full review yet, but GUYS. READ IT WITH ME. FLAIL OVER ROSLYN AND SOLAS AND ALL THE MYSTERIES.

Some short fics I loved:

"The Absence of Dislike” by @dirthara-mama. Solas x Ayelet. NSFW. GUYS GUYS GUYS. FRIENDS. I adore this. It is sexy and just the right amount of emotional. I love Solas wanting the emotions from Ayelet as much as the sex.

“Untitled” by @jawsandbones. Hawke x Varric. NSFW. I’ll recommend this just for the final paragraph (hell, just for the last line). The build up, and the emotion, and the sex are all just the cherry on top. I’m not even much of a Hawke x Varric shipper but this one got me for sure.

“Dreaded” by @roguelioness. Solavellan. Man oh man oh man my friends. The idea of an Inquisitor who becomes a monster so Solas doesn’t have to is SO. APPEALING. TO. ME. RoLo killed it on this one.

“‘there is a moment when i look at you and no speech is left in me’“ by @jawsandbones. Warden x Zevran. I had to give Lisa another shoutout for this short, incisive character study. I love quiet moments that speak volumes, and Zevran brushing this Warden’s hair while talking about whether or not she fears for her life when she is with him is spot on.

“Shadows” by @thevikingwoman. Solas x Iwyn. This is another short one that I would recommend for the last line alone. Viking really finds the emotion in things said and unsaid in this quiet, nighttime moment between Solas and Iwyn.

[pumpkinlass]

This is your fault!

How could you let her charge off like that?

[eveninglottie]

ASCENDANT: PROPHET EMINENT UPDATE

From the ashes of Haven, the Inquisitor rises. As Roslyn’s power grows and the world turns to her for salvation, something else stirs in the shadows—something ancient, that should never have been forgotten.

Dragon Age || Solas x Trevelyan || Sequel to Herald Asunder

Chapter 50. Made of This

Roslyn hit the ground amidst a torrent of water. The anchor pulsed and shuddered. She clenched her fist, and the Fade answered. The tear over her head sealed shut.

Only then did she hear an answering sound—a deep, mournful bellow of frustration, like a chorus of furious voices cut short from devouring a feast.

It stirred terrified nausea in its wake. She coughed and flipped over, vomiting water onto the ground. Her stomach throbbed as it cleared, inky darkness reflecting up at her as it splashed over yellowed rocks. Dimly, she heard someone doing the same nearby.

Hawke—or what she assumed was Hawke, as he was covered in streams of black ink and looked like he’d been shat out the wrong end of a troll’s ass—wretched a few feet away. It took her a moment to get her bearings, throat raw, chest burning as she sucked in breath. She tried to get up, only to stumble over something wet and solid.

Something was still wrapped around her legs. Fear cut through her momentary relief. A large, wet tentacle, twice the circumference of her thigh, was circled around her ankle. As she stared in horror, it pulsed. She kicked in alarm, summoning arcane energy to sear it clean through—only to watch it fleck away into the air like embers from a fire.

She sat back with a grunt, following the trail it made in the soft breeze, realization wiping clean her mind.

“By the Maker’s gleaming phallus,” Hawke groaned, slumping to the ground beside her. His arm flopped onto her leg, startling her. “What happened? Did we die?”

Roslyn couldn’t speak. Now that she was paying attention, she noticed the lightness in the air. The heightened senses. The feeling of infinite, wonderful possibility. The world glittered before her, motes of brilliant light coalescing and losing shape again, like blood dispersing through a wash basin.

She lifted her hand, and willed one large, white flower to rise from the dirt. It bloomed with less effort than it usually took, and in a moment, she was thumbing a petal of Andraste’s Grace.

The quick padding of feet sounded behind her. She jerked to her feet and then sagged with relief when she recognized her wolf bounding toward her.

Hawke followed her gaze and yelped. He tried to rise, only to fall face first into the dirt again.

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[shuubunni]

Obscure ask for your Dragon Age OC! (Or feel free to answer for multiple OCs!) What was the moment your OC realised they had fallen in love with their LI? How did they react?

Sorry for the delayed response! Here we go (going to be long, just FYI...)

I’m going to list my canon worldstate chars (since I have a bazillion DA OC’s...whoops), so you get to hear about all 3. 

Janiya Mahariel: It took a lot of time for her to even warm up to Zevran’s advances, given how she was strictly following Dalish traditions and duties. But after the whole mess in the Bracillion Forest happened, she decided that maybe there was more to life then duty and tradition. Their “dalliance” began after that, and she began to loosen up and relax, primarily around him. Though she didn’t come to realize the depth of her feelings until they spent weeks/months in the Deep Roads trying to find ONE DWARF, only for her to be buttnut insane. However, even though Janiya realized she wanted something more with Zevran - who made her feel delightfully normal compared to the chaos going on around her - she wasn’t sure if he wanted the same thing. So, she kept quiet about her emotions and they continued to sleep together, and he continued to be the balm to the world falling apart and her being the only one trying to fix it. Oh, and he could loosen up her usually straight laced nature, if you catch my drift. 

When he offered the earring to her as a token of gratitude, Janiya knew she couldn’t keep going as it was. Shit was hitting the fan, she had just found out about elves in the Alienage being sold for slavery, and the nightmares were getting worse. She threw caution to the wind, especially knowing that they might all well die tomorrow and all of her fighting would be for naught. So, after a heated argument, they parted. But, of course, we all know the outcome of that ;)

(Also, in my headcanon, after she’s Warden-Commander for some time, she and Zev murder their way up the chain of command with the Crows and take over. The Crows are terrified of her XD)

Roslyn Hawke: So, Roz and Fenris started off on the wrong foot, given that she’s a mage and all. However, she can’t deny she was curious and somewhat attracted to him from the get-go. Surprisingly, it was his eyes and his voice she was most attracted to instead of the rest of his features. Given her lyrium sensitivity, she was also curious about his markings and his connection to the Fade due to them (she’s a bit of a magic mad scientist too). However, somewhere along the line, her casual half-joking flirting turned a bit more serious, and Fenris began to realize she wasn’t like the Tevinter Magisters. 

The turning point for them was the Deep Roads. Roz was completely destroyed by what was happening to Carver with the Blight, but kept all of her torment internal for his sake. She didn’t really break down until the Wardens dragged him off, and thanks to Fenris’ support of her during the difficult times, they became friends. Though, at least from her side, she started to crush seriously on him, but didn’t want to press the issue given his past. Things kind of evolved naturally for them going forward, really coming to a head when she began to teach him how to read and write. 

On a cold winter’s night, they sat on one of her couches together, snuggled up with a blanket by the fire. Fenris was reading out loud to her, and Roslyn became drowsy. In that pleasantly comfortable, sleepy state, she realized how much he really meant to her. She groggily mentioned something, being inhibited by her state juuuust a touch. Much to Roz’s surprise, Fenris recuperated that he cared deeply for her too, but needed more time to understand how this sort of thing would work. Roslyn agreed, as her only long-term relationship in the past ended in ruin.

And, well...we all know what happened shortly after that. 

Sarina Lavellan: Sarina’s progression with Iron Bull is a bit less obvious to pin-point. She’s a bit of a rebel Dalish, having been exiled from her clan due to questioning their history and religion, and spent a good deal of time in Orlais as a Bard...yes, one of those Bards. So she and Iron Bull are very similar in that sense: they’re both trained spies, though with different backgrounds. They’re also both not exactly comfortable with where they come from, so they find kindship with each other. However, they’ve both always been honest with each other, and when the sex happened, it just happened naturally. At least, that’s what Sarina feels. They were friends before, so becoming friends-with-benefits just worked for them. 

At least, at first.

In her thought process, Sarina was comfortable with the relationship they had. She liked it, and didn’t believe she wanted anything more. The sex was a way to relieve her tensions, and Bull was always willing to listen to her and comfort her, especially afterwards. However, deeper, there was a nag that she really wanted something stable, something real. Given how chaotic her time as the Inquisitor was, that stability was more-or-less provided by Bull, even if she wouldn’t want to admit it. 

When he mentioned the amulet that Qunari would give to one another to show a bond deeper then was really “allowed” by the Qun, the idea came to her to look into it. Subconsciously she wanted to show Iron Bull that she did feel exceptionally strong for him, though she also wouldn’t admit this. So upon killing a dragon and making it, Sarina wasn’t thinking much of it. Just a way to show that they were closer then friends, they were best friends. 

Until he called “Kadan” after receiving it.

Ok, that’s it. That’s when she was hit in the face with a boulder from trebuchet. Sarina was sent reeling and turned into a flustered, bubbling mess, which hasn’t ever happened to her before in a relationship. Too embarrassed to face him and SUPER confused about what suddenly came bursting to the surface, she distanced herself from Bull for a few days, holed up in her office. Of course, everyone wondered WTF was wrong, ESPECIALLY him. It wasn’t until Cassandra literally busted her door down and had a sit-down talk with Sarina that she realized ok. Maybe I do actually love him. Shit. 

So, one extremely awkward conversation with Iron Bull later, Sarina began to accept her feelings. And then they became best friends, lovers and romantic partners all in one big bundle.

Awww, this made me so warm and snuggly writing this.

[mossybunni]

A playlist for longing and dramatically laying across your bed:

1. Night After Night//Laura Marling

2. Mystery of Love//Sufjan Stevens

3. The Harsh Realm//Widowspeak

4. My Kind of Woman// POPPY cover (originally by Mac DeMarco)

5. Memory and Honesty//Gregory & The Hawk

6. Fade Into You//Mazzy Star

7. Roslyn//St. Vincent

8. Blue Spotted Tail//Fleet Foxes

9. Flume//Bon Iver

10. The Moon Was Red and Dangerous//Gregory Alan Isakov

11. Crying Wolf//Alela Diane & Alina Hardin

12. Heartbeats//Jose Gonzalez cover (originally by The Knife)

13. Loretta//Iron & Wine

14. If We Knew....//The Finches

[solasan]

i’ve seen a few people make ocs in this picrew, and i had to do it myself, so here’s some of my da gorls:

🎀 cedany amell / mirae lavellan 🌲 💜 roslyn trevelyan / adelheid hawke ⚔️

im not gonna tag anyone to do this but if u want to then feel free to say i tagged u !!!!!

[einstein-robin-hood-blog]

Untold Tales of Head Trauma, No.1 - Three Occasions on which I was Knocked Unconscious

One

The first time was when I was eight or nine. My folks went out shopping one evening and brought me along with them. It was Macy’s, Gimbel’s, or that department store in Hempstead that had the weird hidden stairway that always gave me the willies.

These shopping trips were torture for me. I wasn’t qualified to offer any helpful advice about what washer or dryer my folks should buy, so after about five minutes, I was bored out of my mind and had to find ways to amuse myself. (That’s how I came across the weird hidden stairway.)

One easy distraction was looking through a circular racks of clothes. Push them aside, one by one, to look at the different styles. On the day in question, I didn’t notice that there was a wooden mannequin perched atop the circular rack of clothes that I was rearranging. After enough pushing, the mannequin, which had to weigh 80 pounds, got very tippy and came down on my head. Lights out for Little Patty.

I woke up in what appeared to be the room they use to interrogate shoplifters. My folks signed some form - probably agreeing not to sue Macy’s for the indignity visited on Sweetheart (yes, my family nickname, if you must know.)

Two

You all know that I played first base and centerfield for Mr. McHale’s seventh grade baseball team at St. Aidan’s Catholic School, Williston Park, NY, ZIP CODE 11596. I used to think that hitting a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and winning the game was the ultimate baseball fantasy. (Fantasy that doesn’t involve Rosanna Arquette, that is.) But let me tell you this, catching a flyball in centerfield and then throwing a perfect strike to home plate to get the runner and end the inning is pretty good, too. 

We’re practicing and Curveball Dave is playing third base. I am playing first base. Routine grounder to third. Curveball Dave fields it cleanly and throws to first. Unbeknownst to Yours Truly, Curveball Dave has thrown a curveball. I line it up, make the stretch, and just before the ball hits my mitt, it takes a wicked dip and hits me square on the chin. On the button. Right on the choppers. The kisser. The pancake hole. The tooth house. The potato chute. Lights out for Medium-Sized Patty.

I wake up in Mr. McHale’s car on the way to the hospital. He, I’m sure, breathes a huge sigh of relief. We avoid the requisite Newsday headline: CURVEBALL DAVE CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM; COACH MCHALE JAILED. I eventually lose a tooth years later. But a root canal takes care of that. 

Three

By now, you are sick of hearing about the Renaissance Country Club. But indulge me just one more time. We shan’t unring that bell once bally old Montesquieu has blocked the wheels, eh? WODEHOUSE! I thought I was done with him, but apparently not. 

Before my folks purchased Gertrude - the stalwart 1968 Ford Falcon Futura, that came to be my Chick Magnet and wheels - I rode my bike to the Renaissance. A gold Schwinn 10 speed that my brother Tex won for selling Newsday subscriptions, I believe. He will correct me if I am wrong. 

Students of North Shore planning and geography know that Roslyn and Roslyn Heights have some serious hills. The Renaissance was atop one of these hills. To enter, you went up a long, steep, winding driveway. Impressive entrance. Gets you in the mood to enjoy a delicious meal that is 100% maggot free.

And the driveway is a blast to coast down on your brother’s 10 speed bike.

One night, after a long shift of getting yelled at, I was cruising down the driveway, feeling free and looking forward to getting home and listening to Greetings from Asbury Park and The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (this was pre-Born to Run) and reading the latest Spider-Man comic. Have I mentioned that the driveway had no lights and at 10:00 on a summer’s night with no moon, it was pitch black? Steven Hawking black hole dark. But my eyes had adjusted and I could just barely make out the road. Until a car came up the driveway with headlights blazing. I went flying into the woods. Lights out for Big Patty. 

I don’t know how much later it was when I woke up, but by some miracle nothing was broken on me or the bike. I got home fine, put on some Bruce and that was that. No more biking to work. From now on, I’d go into the city with my fellow workers and carouse until dawn. Much safer. 

Me, wearing appropriate protective headgear.