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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'The Piano Lesson'

I applaud A Noise Within‘s passionate commitment to put up all ten of August Wilson‘s The Pittsburgh Cycle plays and as someone deeply invested in global majority representation in Los Angeles theatre, I want to be there in watching all of them even though I am starting to notice the aging cracks in his plays which I’ll get more into later. And so with The Piano Lesson, Gregg T. Daniel once again…

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So Sooga’s voice actor noticed my comment on IG. 😁🫶🏼

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All the (few but great) special character selection screen dialogue exchanges for Kohga and Sooga!

Kohga & Urbosa Kohga & Riju Kohga & Great Fairy Tera Kohga & Terrako Sooga & Impa Kohga & Sooga

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palatawan: the old money families

one of the things that i think makes palatawan really work as a tagalog translation of the world of hatchetfield is the class divide. if i could drive you through manila right now, you'd get it — the high-rises next to the slums, the sheets of metal covering the shanties next to the highway. there's something very filipino about an island with resorts and mansions on one side and a trailer park on the other.

i think the old money of palatawan are the panginoong maylupa, the landlords who bought up the land and built the mansions. so let's start with the people who made hatchetfield their own little satanic paradise:

the waylon family

Agatha and Mathias Flavio - so waylon is from the old english name weland, which probably means "cunning". it's the name of a legendary smith. someone who makes metal implements is a very cool namesake for the family who built hatchetfield. so i went for the name of our own legendary smith, ang panday (which is just The Smith in tagalog). he's a comics character. but it felt too on the nose to just use panday (after all, they're not the smiths, that would be too plain) so i went for his first name.

the perkins/houston family

Ma. Emmanuella de los Reyes Perez - it's emma! yeah, i think she comes from old money — her parents had land that she turned into perky's buds, and she had the freedom and resources to go backpacking as a young woman. we don't see it much from her because emma's trying to distance herself from her family, and i bet the backpacking has sort of roughed her up a good bit. perkins and perez both derive from the name peter.

Ma. Janella Perez Corazon - áte (big sister) janella. i changed her name because jane in a filipino accent sounds too much like jenny, and they could be confused with each other. going into psychology is a really interesting choice for her, because we don't actually have psychiatric workers for our population right now. so i think it speaks to how perfect and pure of heart she seems.

Tomas Corazon - the hugh in "hugh's town" (houston) means heart, and so does corazon. i think it works for a guy with such big feelings, who cares so much about his family.

Timothy Corazon / Tim - this is a personal thing that you may have noticed if you look at how i name my own characters, but i like it when characters have full names that they can derive nicknames from. he can't just be tim on his birth certificate, that's not a whole name. give your babies (characters) whole names.

the murray/monroe family

Rosalinda Iñiga Camella Villar Rivera - you bet i gave linda a long fancy name. camella villar is a reference to an actual filipino land-owning political family, and iñiga is a reference to one of my exes. hey, i can be petty too.

Gerald Rivera - so fancy and yet so generic. he stays in the background and that's exactly where he should be

Rio, Abra, Pasig, and Chico Rivera - all of linda’s children are named after rivers. is it because the monroe also means (the mouth of a) river? i’m not sure why, but i am keeping the pattern.

Roman Milagroso Villar - he just felt like he needed a second name. why not miraculous? it fits his ego. murray comes from an old irish name that means "master", so i picked a surname derived from the latin word for a village. they own the village (the hatchetfield boating society and the honey queen pageant board)

the young family

Sherman and Sheila Cabataan - this one's easy because the name is obviously a nod to their eternal youth. so it's kabataan, "youth" but spelled with a c to make it look vintage. (when the philippines was colonised by spain, the /k/ sound was spelled with a c like it is in spanish.)

so i've already done CCRP and the nerdy prudes (+ max); which section of hatchetfield population would y'all like to see translated next?

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Buried Leitner Reading List

The full list of submissions for the Buried Leitner bracket. Bold titles are ones which were accepted to appear in the bracket. Synopses and propaganda can be found below the cut. Be warned, however, that these may contain spoilers!

Abe, Kōbō: Woman In the Dunes

Basye, Dale E.: Rapacia Boorman, Kate: Into the Sublime

Clark, Mary Higgins: Moonlight Becomes You Clarke, Arthur C.: A Fall of Moondust Cortázar, Julio: No se culpe a nadie (Don't you blame anyone)

Donoghue, Emma: Room

Graves, Damian: The Sandman

Hamid, Mohsin: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Hendrix, Grady: Horrorstör Hunter, Erin: Warriors: Dark River

Ingels, Graham: "Chatter-Boxed!" (from the comic anthology The Haunt of Fear) Ito, Junji: The Enigma of Amigara Fault

King, Stephen: A Very Tight Place King, Stephen: Dolan's Cadillac King, Stephen: Gerald's Game Kinney, Jeff: Cabin Fever Krabbé, Tim: Het Gouden Ei (The Golden Egg)

McDowell, Michael: The Elementals Morozzi, Gianluca: Blackout Mudford, William: The Iron Shroud

Platt, Marc: Lungbarrow Poe, Edgar Allan: The Cask of Amontillado Poe, Edgar Allan: The Premature Burial Pratchett, Terry: Snuff

Reilly, Lucas: The 1925 Cave Rescue That Captivated the Nation

Sachar, Louis: Holes Sebestyen, Ouida: The Girl in the Box Seibert, Ken: Night Burial Shusterman, Neal: Dread Locks Sophocles: Antigone St. Clair, Margaret: Thirsty God Starling, Caitlin: The Luminous Dead Steig, William: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Stine, R.L.: The Curse of Camp Cold Lake Stoker, Bram: Crooken Sands

Trumbo, Dalton: Johnny Got His Gun

Verne, Jules: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Wells, H.G.: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Young, Ben: Stuck

Zhang, C Pam: How Much of These Hills is Gold

Abe, Kōbō: Woman In the Dunes

In 1955, Jumpei Niki, a school teacher from Tokyo, visits a fishing village to collect insects. After missing the last bus, in an act of apparent hospitality, he is offered lodging for the night by the villagers at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman, who has lived her whole life in the village and is accustomed to living among the dunes.

The novel opens by telling the audience that Jumpei Niki's case has gone cold after being missing for 7 years, and so he's been officially pronounced as dead. The majority of the novel details him trying to find some way to escape the pit, but the audience knows its hopeless because of how the novel begins. He eventually decides to stay when he realizes that he's just as free in his life before the hole, as in his life after.

Aside from the obvious claustrophobia being used to comment on the metaphorical claustrophbia of modern life, and the plot of a man choosing to live his life in a small collapsing cabin in a hole on the beach, sand is an ever-present motif. The roof in the cabin is broken open and there's no where to fully wash up, so the sand is ever present, caking itself to their sweaty skin. They have a single umbrella that hangs over the well so that the water doesnt get muddy. They have to sleep with a newspaper over their faces to avoid inhaling any sand and fully nude so that the sand on their bodies doesn't chafe at night. There are constant, grotesque descriptions of the sand coating their skin, mixing with their sweat, crunching on their dry lips, shifting whenever they move and so on.

It doesn't need to be a leitner to make me feel like their is a disgusting amount of sand on my skin, but turning it into a leitner wouldn't help.

Basye, Dale E.: Rapacia

Welcome to Rapacia, where the greedy kids go.

When her brother, Milton, escapes the otherworldly reform school Heck in a soul balloon made of old clothes, Marlo is the only Fauster child left to take the blame. Bea "Elsa" Bubb, the Principal of Darkness, sends her straight to Rapacia, the circle of Heck where greedy kids are tormented by glimpses of a just-out-of-reach, glittering shoppers' paradise called Mallvana. Marlo soon falls under the sway of Rapacia's vice principal, a grinning metal rabbit known as the Grabbit that seems to have plans of its own. Marlo is torn between wanting to find a way out and wanting to do . . . whatever the Grabbit asks her to do. Meanwhile, back on the Surface, Milton has his own problems. He is determined to get in touch with Marlo and help her find a way out of Heck. But it's hard to concentrate when his body and soul don't seem to hold together the way they used to. Will Milton ever reach Marlo? And if he does, will they both end up as pawns in the Grabbit's mysterious game?

Boorman, Kate: Into the Sublime

A YA psychological thriller about four teenage girls who descend into a dangerous underground cave system in search of a lake of local legend, said to reveal your deepest fears . When the cops arrive, only a few things are clear:

- Four girls entered a dangerous cave. - Three of them came out alive. - Two of them were rushed to the hospital. - And one is soaked in blood and ready to talk.

Amelie Desmarais' story begins believably Four girls from a now-defunct thrill-seeking group planned an epic adventure to find a lake that Colorado locals call "The Sublime." Legend has it that the lake has the power to change things for those who risk―and survive―its cavernous depths. They each had their reasons for going. For Amelie, it was a promise kept to her beloved cousin, who recently suffered a tragic accident during one of the group’s dares.

But as her account unwinds, and the girls’ personalities and motives are drawn, things get complicated. Amelie is hardly the thrill-seeking type, and it appears she’s not the only one with the ability to deceive. Worse yet, Amelie is covered in someone 's blood, but whose exactly? And where's the fourth girl?

Is Amelie spinning a tale to cover her guilt? Or was something inexplicable waiting for the girls down there? Amelie's the only one with answers, and she's insisting on an explanation that is more horror-fantasy than reality. Maybe the truth lies somewhere in between?

After all, strange things inhabit dark places. And sometimes we bring the dark with us.

Clark, Mary Higgins: Moonlight Becomes You

Starts out with the protagonist buried alive and desperately pulling on a bell to signal for help. The story then flashes between the present and to several weeks earlier, showing how she came to this fate and leaving the reader to decipher who her would-be killer is, all the while inserting her frantic efforts to remain conscious until help arrives.

Clarke, Arthur C.: A Fall of Moondust

Set sometime in the 21st century, the story takes place in and around the Sea of Thirst, a fictional region of The Moon bearing a sea of incredibly fine moondust that behaves like water, upon which "buoyant" objects can float. The Lunar tourism authority operates the dust-cruiser Selene, a vessel which rides atop the surface like a boat and takes passengers on sightseeing tours across the Sea of Thirst.

When an ill-timed moonquake creates a disturbance that swallows Selene beneath the surface and cuts the dust-cruiser off from outside communication, the routine trip becomes a race to stay alive long enough to be rescued, and indeed for those above the surface to even discover that a rescue is needed. Coordinating the effort to survive and stay sane are Selene captain Pat Harris and flight attendant Sue Wilkins; aided by the vessel's diverse passengers, including retired legendary astronaut Commodore Hansteen. The search and rescue effort from above is headed by Lunar Chief Engineer Robert Lawrence and prickly astronomer Dr. Thomas Lawson, who are faced with a ticking clock, their own disdain for each other, and every nasty surprise the Sea of Thirst has left to throw at them.

Cortázar, Julio: No se culpe a nadie (Don't you blame anyone)

A very short story about a man putting on a jumper. You just need to read it.

A man puts on a jumper and suddenly he becomes tangled in it. The jumper seems to become alive, choking him, strangling him and causing him to fall out the window and to his apparent death.

It shows the struggles of modern life, how one finds himself buried by the monotony of an asphyxiating existance. The buried goes from metaphorical to physical.

Donoghue, Emma: Room

The book is about a mother and her five-year-old child who are kept captive in a small room for years by a kidnapper. The child was born in the room and has never been outside in his life.

Graves, Damian: The Sandman

John and Sarah grow curious about the man who wins the local sand-sculpting competition every year. When they investigate, they discover his grim secret; all of his realistic animal sculptures are built around a real dead animal, be it a beached octopus or dead stray dog. When they confront him, he swears that the animals were already dead, and promises not to make any more sculptures of dead animals. Unfortunately for the kids, he didn't say anything about (formerly) live humans...

Extremely unpleasant ending, describing John's unblinking eye covered over by the thinnest layer of sand, staring at but not seeing the faces of the mourners gathered at the sand memorial to him and his sister.

Hamid, Mohsin: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

"... the astonishing and riveting tale of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over "rising Asia." It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on that most fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises along with his, their paths crossing and recrossing, a lifelong affair sparked and snuffed and sparked again by the forces that careen their fates along. "

Buried in the meaning of debt and money in this book. the main character and the girl he loves always striving to become richer, no matter what, so that the crushing weight of poverty will never hurt them again. Also lots of water and dirt imagery perfect for Buried.

Hendrix, Grady: Horrorstör

The novel follows a group of people—store manager Basil, and employees Amy and Ruth Anne—who stay overnight at ORSK to investigate strange acts of vandalism. The book particularly focuses on Amy, who is unhappy because she views her work at ORSK as an unfulfilling dead-end job. The workers discover that their store was constructed on the ruins of an old prison, where inmates were forced to do mindless, pointless work in order to break them of their criminal ways. Now, the ghosts of the prison haunt the store, where mindless toil remains the name of the game...

Hunter, Erin: Warriors: Dark River

(this book is part of a very long series about clans of cats so forgive me for not providing more context for the plot) -Two apprentices from rival clans develop a friendship/possible romance, which is forbidden so they secretly meet in a series of underground tunnels. The main cave they meet in has an underground river flowing through it (hence Dark River). -Jaypaw (medicine cat apprentice, blind, has the ability to see and speak to dead cats in his dreams) has dreams/visions of ancient cats who used to live in their territory long ago and had a rite of passage that involved navigating the underground tunnels. The two ghost cats are Fallen Leaves (died during his rite of passage due to sudden rain flooding the tunnels, now eternally trapped in the tunnels as a ghost), and Rock (haggard elderly cat who kept a stick with scores of claw marks, one for every cat who died in the tunnels). -At the climax of the book, a litter of kittens goes missing, and the main characters must enter the tunnels during a rainstorm to find them. As the tunnels flood, they are guided by the spirit of Fallen Leaves and are able to find the kits but get swept up in the flood and nearly drown before being ejected into a lake.

I think it fits The Buried because most of the book takes place in the claustrophobic tunnels, and the prologue details Fallen Leaves’ failure to escape the tunnels. (also idc if this counts but it’s worth noting the tunnels continue to feature prominently in the next few books, specifically a main character runs into the tunnels and is trapped in a mudslide, presumed dead. later it is revealed she abandoned clan life and lived in the tunnels for months with only the ghost of Fallen Leaves for company)

Ingels, Graham: "Chatter-Boxed!" (from the comic anthology The Haunt of Fear)

An elderly man begins to suffer from catalepsy, which makes him appear to be dead when he is not. He leaves instructions to be buried with a telephone if he "dies", allowing him to call for help lest he regain consciousness. There's no way this plan could go wrong, or so he thinks...

Sure enough, he is buried after having an episode behind the wheel and does exactly that, only to find every phone line tied. After futilely trying to get a call through and finally running out of oxygen, the operator angrily snaps at the man's blue-faced corpse for being ignorant of what's just taken place: the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The story is set in December 1941.

Ito, Junji: The Enigma of Amigara Fault

Following an earthquake, a large rock face is exposed, covered in human shaped holes. Numerous people are drawn to it, discovering that each hole is uniquely and perfectly shaped for an individual person. Filled suddenly with an irresistible compulsion towards the holes meant for them, people begin entering them…

Upon entering a hole, you have no choice but to continue forward. The hole, fit perfectly for your body, leaves no room for anything but forward movement. As you move further and further, the hole‘a shape begins to gradually change. It slowly but so so painfully stretches and squeezes and twists your body. Yet you remain alive. You have to continue forward. There is no other way you can go.

Months later, another fault is discovered on the other side of the mountain. The holes on this end are elongated and twisted. And something no longer resembling a human is slowly moving towards the end of this tunnel.

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Following an earthquake in an unnamed prefecture of Japan, a fault is discovered on Amigara Mountain, very close to the epicenter of the quake. On the slopes of the mountain, two hikers meet; a man named Owaki and a woman named Yoshida. The former assumes that they are both here to see the fault, which has captured the attention of the global press. Following the sound of voices to the fault, the two of them marvel at the strange sight before them: countless human-shaped holes in a rock face exposed by the earthquake."

"This is my hole! It was made for me!"

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"This is my hole! It was made for me!"

King, Stephen: A Very Tight Place

Curtis Johnson is locked up in a tipped over portable toilet by his neighbor Tim Grunwald, and left trapped there in the heat of a Florida summer day to die.

King, Stephen: Dolan's Cadillac

Wealthy crime-boss Jimmy Dolan brutally murders a woman who is scheduled to testify against him, and her husband spends the next seven years plotting his revenge. Haunted by the voice of his dead wife, he will stop at nothing to exact his vengeance and allow his wife to rest in peace.

He spends years plotting vengeance, joining a road crew and upon acquiring the knowledge, redirects Dolan so he drives over a deserted stretch of highway which Robinson has excavated himself. The Cadillac Dolan drives plummets into the hole, killing Dolan's bodyguards and allowing Robinson to replace the paving so Dolan may die in darkness and madness, with Robinson never being caught.

From TV Tropes: "There's an especially disturbing part where the main character returns to the stretch of road where Dolan and his car are buried, and hears that Dolan is STILL ALIVE beneath the dirt. He covers the spot with asphalt, and leaves him there to slowly suffocate in the darkness."

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A man gets buried alive in his prized car.

King, Stephen: Gerald's Game

Once again, Jessie Burlingame has been talked into submitting to her husband Gerald’s kinky sex games—something that she’s frankly had enough of, and they never held much charm for her to begin with. So much for a “romantic getaway” at their secluded summer home. After Jessie is handcuffed to the bedposts—and Gerald crosses a line with his wife—the day ends with deadly consequences. Now Jessie is utterly trapped in an isolated lakeside house that has become her prison—and comes face-to-face with her deepest, darkest fears and memories. Her only company is that of the various voices filling her mind…as well as the shadows of nightfall that may conceal an imagined or very real threat right there with her…

Kinney, Jeff: Cabin Fever

It involves the entire Heffley family (minus Greg's father Frank) getting snowed in due to a snowstorm. Compounding this is that the power goes out (Greg's little brother Manny was actually responsible for this because no one taught him how to tie his shoes), they are running out of food (Mrs. Heffley can't go out to get more because of the snow), and the basement flooded (which means that Greg's older brother Rodrick has to stay in his room).

Krabbé, Tim: Het Gouden Ei (The Golden Egg)

Rex Hofman is haunted by the disappearance of his girlfriend, Saskia Ehlvest. His obsession with discovering what happened to her has grown to such an extreme that he has taken out a large loan to post advertisements in papers throughout France, hoping that someone might be able to provide him with information. One night he is approached by a man who reveals that he is the one who abducted Saskia, and offers to satisfy Rex's determination to discover her ultimate fate, but only if Rex agrees to undergo the same ordeal that Saskia suffered. After a long discussion between the two men, Rex agrees to Lemorne's proposal, and proceeds to drink a cup of coffee laced with a sedative. He awakens to find himself buried alive, and suffocates while imagining himself finally to be reunited with Saskia.

McDowell, Michael: The Elementals

After a bizarre and disturbing incident at the funeral of matriarch Marian Savage, the McCray and Savage families look forward to a restful and relaxing summer at Beldame, on Alabama's Gulf Coast, where three Victorian houses loom over the shimmering beach. Two of the houses are habitable, while the third is slowly and mysteriously being buried beneath an enormous dune of blindingly white sand. But though long uninhabited, the third house is not empty. Inside, something deadly lies in wait. Something that has terrified Dauphin Savage and Luker McCray since they were boys and which still haunts their nightmares. Something horrific that may be responsible for several terrible and unexplained deaths years earlier - and is now ready to kill again ...

Morozzi, Gianluca: Blackout

Two young TV executives looking to break into the reality show industry came up with the idea to select an apartment at random, fix the lifts, wait until two or three people were in the elevator together, and then put it on lockdown and film the results. Things get bad. Fast.

Mudford, William: The Iron Shroud

From Wikipedia: It is a classic predicament story about a noble Italian hero who is confined in a continuously and imperceptibly contracting iron torture chamber. In the story, the chamber walls and ceiling are slowly contracting, day by day, through mechanical means, to the point of eventually crushing and enveloping the victim, thus metaphorically becoming his iron shroud.

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The story concerns a prisoner confined in a chamber where the walls and ceiling slowly contract, day by day, through mechanical means, to the point of eventually crushing and enveloping the victim, thus metaphorically becoming his iron shroud.

Platt, Marc: Lungbarrow

Synopsis: "All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else's nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lady President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her planet's history.

At the root of all is an ancient and terrible place, the House of Lungbarrow in the southern mountains of Gallifrey. Something momentous is happening there. But the House has inexplicably gone missing.

673 years ago the Doctor left his family in that forgotten House. Abandoned, disgraced and resentful, they have waited. And now he's home at last."

Why it's Buried: The House of Lungbarrow is literally buried. Gallifrey as a whole is figuratively buried, stagnant and rotting. The Doctor is forced back into the hellish family dynamics of his childhood. Also, considering how much a physical copy goes for on eBay, I reckon it qualifies for the financial aspect of the Buried as well.

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Cask of Amontillado

yes, Fortunato, follow this creepy guy to his family catacombs, deeper and deeper. surely this will end well for you. surely he isn't plotting to bury you alive in these moist and cavernous vaults.

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You want a description? Sure, I got some in my basement. Follow me!

Poe, Edgar Allan: The Premature Burial

The story consists of a number of grisly anecdotes about people who undergo premature burial, as told by a nameless, cataleptic narrator who suffers from a constant, crippling phobia of being buried alive due to his rare medical condition. As the story switches from anecdotes to the narrator's own personal experiences, he suffers no physical harm but begins to dream of death and premature burial. In one case, during a cataleptic trance, he hears a voice telling him to sit up before it speaks to him of the agonies of night and death. It asks him how he can sleep so peacefully when so many of the dead do not rest easily.

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The narrator describes his struggle with catalepsy, a condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance.

This leads to his fear of being buried alive. He emphasizes his fear by mentioning several people who have been buried alive.

The narrator reviews these examples in order to provide context for his nearly crippling phobia of being buried alive. He became obsessed with the idea that he would fall into such a state while away from home, and that his state would be mistaken for death. He extracts promises from his friends that they will not bury him prematurely, refuses to leave his home, and builds an elaborate tomb with equipment allowing him to signal for help in case he should awaken after "death".

The story culminates when the narrator awakens in pitch darkness in a confined area. He presumes he has been buried alive, and all his precautions were to no avail. He cries out and is immediately hushed; he quickly realizes that he is in the berth of a small boat, not a grave. The event shocks him out of his obsession with death, and soon after, his catalepsy episodes cease entirely, leading him to suspect that they were a symptom of his phobia, rather than a cause.

Pratchett, Terry: Snuff

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but a body in the wardrobe would be far too simple. Instead he finds many, many bodies – and an ancient crime more terrible than murder.

He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, out of bacon sandwiches and out of his mind, but never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a punishment.

They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. Vimes is about to uncover the exception.

Reilly, Lucas: The 1925 Cave Rescue That Captivated the Nation

America’s first viral story was of a Kentucky cave explorer, Floyd Collins, and the epic effort to rescue him.

Sachar, Louis: Holes

A bunch of children in the juvenile prison system are sent to a work camp where they're forced to dig holes in a dry lakebed. Unbeknownst to them, this is because The Warden is using them to search for buried treasure. The major themes of the novel include the injustice of the carceral justice system and being trapped in unfair circumstances due to poverty and racism. Also there's a scene where the protagonist and his friend are stuck in a hole while The Warden watches over them hoping to steal the money belonging to the protagonist's family, which she feels entitled to because she's descended from a shitty rich man.

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Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.

It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment

Sebestyen, Ouida: The Girl in the Box

The titular girl has been kidnapped and locked in a dark cellar for no known reason. The novel consists of her writing her story and pleas for help on an old typewriter in the cellar as she begins to run out of food and water. And we're not even given the benefit of a happy ending. The story ends with her final entry (in which she is still trapped) and the reader never learns what happens to her.

Seibert, Ken: Night Burial

Terry, with the aid of his friend, decides to spend the night in a makeshift coffin buried in a cemetery, initially excited at the thought. Unfortunately, things go not quite as planned: it's quite hot in the coffin and he put on too many layers with no way to get rid of them in the uncomfortably tight space he has to spend the night in with no way to get out unassisted. The story ends with a stranger mistakenly thinking that his tube to the surface — which provides him with air — is a makeshift flower vase and stuffs it with flowers out of respect for what she believes to be a newly passed-on soul.

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A pair of con artists trying to fake one's death come face to face with a pair of grave robbers.

Shusterman, Neal: Dread Locks

Dread Locks is told from the perspective of bored high schooler Parker Bear, who is fascinated by the new girl, Tara. She always wears sunglasses, and her hair is almost alive with twisting curls. Parker watches, fascinated, as one by one Tara chooses high school students to befriend; he even helps her by making the necessary introductions. Over time, her "friends" develop strange quirks, such as drinking gallons of milk, eating dirt, and becoming lethargic.

Tara is a gorgon, petrifying students slowly -- the milk and dirt serves to build up minerals in their bodies for the final transformation. She's also begun to turn Parker into a fellow gorgon. At the end of the book, after Parker confronts her, they fight and turn one another to stone. The last lines detail the petrification process, then nothing more.

Sophocles: Antigone

Both literal and social pressure present.

St. Clair, Margaret: Thirsty God

After the main character, Brian, assaults an alien girl, he takes refuge from her family in a "shrine" that's actually an ancient biological processor, and the process wasn't designed for humans. When he wakes up he finds that he's a lot bigger than he used to be and incredibly thirsty. Thinking it's a trick he decides to get up, but can't make his muscles obey him. A little while after that he's visited by a plunp, a toadlike creature who forces the excess moisture into his body. Even though his body is thirsty for the plunp's moisture, he feels (correctly) as if he is being poisoned by it. When after several hours the plunp leaves he feels bloated by all the water he has absorbed and his body is completely stiff and immobile. Although relieved that his torment has ended, he knows that many more plunp will follow and he can do nothing to prevent it. For the rest of the rainy season Brian passively and helplessly absorbs the plunp's moisture while his thoughts turn inward and violently self-destructive. Meanwhile, his sight and hearing slowly deteriorate and his body becomes permanently bloated.

As the rainy season comes to an end Brian is relieved when the plunp finally stop visiting him. His body becomes dry and dusty and begins to shrink, and he begins to experience blackouts which he dares to hope are a prelude to death and a final release from his suffering. Brian is not dying but merely entering a state of estivation, from which he will eventually awaken to the first of many more years of service to the plunp.

Starling, Caitlin: The Luminous Dead

When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.

Instead, she got Em.

Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . .

As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, Gyre finds her sense of control giving way to paranoia and anger. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head.

But how come she can't shake the feeling she’s being followed?

Steig, William: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

A boy uses a wish-granting magic pebble to escape a lion by turning into a rock. Unfortunately, he drops the pebble in the process, leaving him trapped, still conscious, as a boulder.

Stine, R.L.: The Curse of Camp Cold Lake

Camp is supposed to be fun, but Sarah hates Camp Cold Lake. The lake is gross and slimy. And she's having a little trouble with her bunkmates. They hate her. So Sarah comes up with a plan. She'll pretend to drown—then everyone will feel sorry for her. But things don't go exactly the way Sarah planned. Because down by the cold, dark lake someone is watching her. Stalking her. Someone with pale blue eyes. And a see-through body...

Stoker, Bram: Crooken Sands

A rich Englishman on a vacation to Scotland is menaced by a ghostly Doppelgänger who is constantly sinking into quicksand, and tries to lure him into same fate.

Trumbo, Dalton: Johnny Got His Gun

This novel follows a young man named Joe Bonham, who, after becoming grievously injured during World War I, is left deaf, blind, dumb, and without any limbs. Throughout the novel, Joe reminisces about the life that he's lost, waxes philosophical about war and conscription, and tries desperately to communicate with the doctors keeping him alive.

You might say "Wait, this is about the horrors of war, this is Slaughter not Buried!". I would argue that is kinda both, but forced to choose between submitting it for the Slaughter poll and the Buried one, I chose to submit it to this one, because Joe's plight in central to the book and to me it is a very Buried-aligned one: He can't move, he can't see, he can't hear, he can't speak. He has been reduced to a limbless, faceless figure that is being kept alive in an army hospital. A line that sums up the horror of Joe's condition: "What good is being alive if I can't even tell if I'm asleep or awake?"

"S.O.S. Help me..."

Verne, Jules: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Lidenbrock's obsession with the depths of the earth results in his party being dragged ever deeper beneath the surface, and deeper into danger.

Wells, H.G.: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Pressure is present here both in terms of the vast weight of the ocean, and the hierarchical and strict rules laid out by Captain Nemo that all aboard his ship must obey.

Young, Ben: Stuck

John Camden doesn't realize he's dying, yet the physical signs are becoming more clear, and he's having recurring visions where he is trapped in a tight space. Everything changes when his best friend Robbie convinces him to go on a poorly planned caving trip as a form of immersion therapy. Soon the lines of reality blur as John finds himself lost and alone, deep underground where all is not as it seems, and the person he trusted most may have sinister intentions.

Zhang, C Pam: How Much of These Hills is Gold

This book is about a family of Chinese immigrants. The father works in the mines and sometimes takes his two daughters to the hills to try and find gold. They struggle against poverty and racism, trying to carve a better life for themselves.

[dailyanarchistposts]

Bibliography

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Taiaiake Gerald Alfred, Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1999)

Taiaiake Gerald Alfred, Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom (Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2005)

Harold Barclay, People Without Government: An Anthropology of Anarchy (London: Kahn & Averill, 1990)

Daniel P. Barr, Unconquered: The Iroquois League at War in Colonial America (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006)

Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom (London: AK Press, 1982)

Murray Bookchin, Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (London: AK Press, 1997)

Murray Bookchin, Nationalism and the “National Question” (Democracy and Nature: Vol. 2, No. 2, Issue 5, 1994)

Darren Bonaparte, Creation and Confederation: The Living History of the Iroquois (Ahkwesáhsne: The Wampum Chronicles, 2006)

Darren Bonaparte, “Kaniatarowanenneh: River of the Iroquois” (Wampum Chronicles)

Mitchel Cohen, “Listen, Bookchin!” (A Red Ballon Collective Pamphlet, 1999)

Ward Churchill, “Indigenism, Anarchism, and the State: An Interview with Ward Churchill” (“Uping the Anti”, #1)

Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer, “The Hereditary Question” (Revolutionary Creations)

Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer, “The new Revolutionary War” (Revolutionary Creations)

Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer, “The Traditionalist Doctrine” (Revolutionary Creations)

Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer, “Barred from the ‘socialist’ paradise” (New Socialist, #58, September/October 2006)

Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1999)

Frederick Engels, Origins of the Family: The Iroquois Gens, Marx/Engels Selected Works, Volume Three (1884)

David Graeber, Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value: False Coin of Our Own Dreams (New York, NY: PALGRAVE, 2001)

Kanatiiosh Barbara Gray, “The Importance of Narratives in Understanding: The Passions & Law”

Hunter Gray, “Strawberries, the Iroquois, and My Strawberry Socialism”

Donald A. Grinde, Jr and Bruce E. Johansen, Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy (1990)

Kahentinetha Horn, “Traditional Culture and Community Competition: an Analysis of the On-Going Struggle between the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake in Kahnawake” (Mohawk Nation News)

Francis Jennings, The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes With English Colonies (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1984)

Donald S. Lutz, “The Iroquois Confederation Constitution: an analysis.” (Publius Volume: 28 Issue: 2, 1998)

Barbara A. Mann, “The Lynx in Time: Haudenosaunee Women’s Traditions and History” (American Indian Quarterly, Summer 98, Vol. 21 Issue 3)

Lewis Henry Morgan, The League of the Ho-de’-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois, 1850

Arthur C. Parker, The Constitution of the Five Nations or the Iroquois Book of the Great Law, (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1916)

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Daniel K. Richter, The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization (University of North Carolina Press, 1992)

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John Steckley, “Wendat Dialects and the Development of the Huron Alliance” (Humber College)

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George Woodcock, “Anarchy, Freedom, Native People & The Environment” (Aurora Online)

[deltaswap2442]

Pride History Deltaswap/Underswap

I wanted to post this on pride month but I was on vacation and took a break from Tumblr to spend time with my family

And instead of waiting til next June I'll just post this now

Here are all the DeltaSwap and UnderSwap characters sexualities (some might change and everyone's entitled to their own headcannons)

DeltaSwap:

Noelle: Gender Fluid and Sapphic (Still likes Susie)

Berdley: Omnisexual

Temmie: Trans Fem and Demisexual

Clubboy: He's 6 he hasn't figured himself out yet and doesn't know what any of this means so let him be

Nubert: It/It's pronouns and Aromantic

Sweet: Straight

Capn: Bisexual

Kakes: Gay

Swoetche: Gay (and maybe a closeted drag queen)

Addisons: All use They/Them. Pink is attracted to men. Blue is bisexual (and had a former secret relationship with Spamton). Yellow is Aroace. Orange is Asexual.

Hacker (Checkwalker): Omnigender and Omnisexual and Omni-being

Queen: Straight (likely homophobic as well. I know people won't like that, but that's how people be and I'm trying to be realistic)

Susie: Lesbian

Kris: Non-binary and Pansexual (has a huge crush on Berdley)

Clover: Omnisexual

Jevil: Gender Fluid and Pansexual

Seam: Gender Fluid/Non Binary (debating whether they use they/them exclusively since they technically are multiple entities and therefore also would use We/We're or would switch pronouns depending on their form)

Rouxls Kaard: Gay (and definitely a drag queen. SLAY) has a crush on King but King doesn't have the same feelings

King: Bisexual (has 7 ex wives and 2 ex husbands. Poor guy :()

C. Round: Omnigender; Omnisexual

Asgore: Bisexual

Toriel: Straight

Undyne: Lesbian

Alphys: Bisexual

Mettacrit: Gender Fluid; Gay

Napstablook: Non Binary; Aroace

Papyrus: Gay; Asexual

Rudolph Holiday: Straight

Carol Holiday: Dead (Formerly Bisexual)

Dess: Trans Fem; Omnisexual

Asriel: Omnisexual

Geeson: Straight

Alvin: Straight

Mrs. Boom: Lesbian

Monster Kid: Non Binary; Asexual

Snow Drake: Trans Masc; Bisexual

Catti: Straight

Jockington: Aroace

Ralsei: Demisexual; Gay

I think that's all the characters if I missed one ask in the comments

UnderSwap (most are similar to above):

Chara: Non Binary; Aroace

Temmie: Gender Fluid (I believe I either have a post or am working on one explaining the confusingness of Temmie's identity but just know they don't care what they're referred to but uses She/Her mostly to try and differentiate from MK. She is not trans and wishes to go back to being MK but also wants to alienate this form from MK); Aroace (Has no feelings)

Asgore: Bisexual

Papyrus: Gay

Sans: Bisexual

Alphys: Bisexual

Undyne: Lesbian

Toriel: Straight

Napstabot: Trans Masc; Pansexual; Asexual

Mettacrit: Gender Fluid; Gay

Asriel: Demisexual; Omnisexual

Muffet: Bisexual

Grillby: Aroace

Mad Okie Dokie (So Sorry): Trans Masc; Omnisexual

Dogamy: Straight

Doggo: Gay

Lesser Dog: Demisexual

Doggeressa: Straight; Asexual

Muttler (Endogeny): Aroace

Ice Cream Pants (Burgerpants): Gay

Burger Guy (Nice Cream Guy): Bisexual

Gerald (Elder Puzzle Master): Straight

Rabeca (Bunny Girl): Pansexual

Flowey: ???????????

Bratty: Lesbian

Catty: Sapphic

Rg 1 & 2: Gay but not dating

Gaster: Non Binary; [RELATIONSHIP STATUS REDACTED]

Annoying Dog: ??????????????????????????

MK: Non Binary; Aroace

Frisk: Gender Fluid; Asexual

River Person: Genderless; [RELATIONSHIP STATUS REDACTED]

I believe that's all the characters

Again if I'm missing any ill be happy to but Them in the comments or maybe update this post

[bloobluebloo]

I have two ideas for who could voice Wind Waker Ganondorf in English. Either Richard Epcar, or Gerald C Rivers

Some of Epcars Voicework: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X-fxdB5LVDg&si=TMcuLvIw2fvIm3Dp

Some of Rivers Voicework: https://youtu.be/ZE0MiMY6eQg?si=0M0pZ3pD6qoKQTzw

Xehanort's VA doing Ganondorf would be so funny. Congratulations now you can add yet another villain with a strange history of iterations to your collection 😂

[gacmediadaily]

NEW YORK, NY – April 30, 2025 – Great American Media, the leader faith and family programming, announced the second installment of the company’s first mystery movie franchise, “The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries”: A Case for the Yarn Maker, starring Candace Cameron Bure (Fuller House, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries) and Aaron Ashmore (“Ginny & Georgia”) will have its World Premiere on streamer, Great American Pure Flix, Thursday, May 22. The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Yarn Maker is adapted from bestselling novelist Candace Havens’ novel.

“Viewers loved Candace’s first Ainsley McGregor film, A Case for the Winemaker, and she is ready to dive into even more intrigue and smalltown secrets in A Case for the Yarn Maker,” said Bill Abbott, President & CEO, Great American Media. “In a world of ripped-from-the-headlines, graphic films, “The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries” is a collection of stories for mystery lovers who love analyzing every detail and cleverly solving the puzzle,” Abbott concluded.

In The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case For The Yarn Maker, Ainsley McGregor (Bure) a former Chicago criminologist, has moved back to her hometown of Sweet River, Texas, to teach criminology at the local university while also being the owner/operator of Bless Your Arts, a shop for community artists. Bless Your Arts is honoring a true Yarn Goddess, heiress of Real Wool, Ellie Mitchum who arrives with a cold demeanor before turning up cold, as in dead. At stake in the mystery is the future of Ellie’s Fortune 500 company and her feuding family angling for control. As always, Ainsley relies on her brother, Sheriff Ryan, her boyfriend, fireman Jake (Ashmore), and the eccentric band of sleuths who masquerade as a Book Club to solve the crime. Whatever the mystery, Ainsley McGregor is always on the case.

“We are beyond excited to share the next cozy Ainsley McGregor mystery with our amazing audience of fans and friends. Expect the stakes to be higher, romance to bloom and a clever ending you’d never expect” added Candace Cameron Bure, Chief Creative Officer, Great American Media. 

The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case For The Yarn Maker is a Syrup Studios production in association with Candy Rock Entertainment. Mick McKay Produces and Martin Wood directs a screenplay written by Robin Dunne. Executive Producers include Candace Cameron Bure, Ford Englerth, Jeffery Brooks, Eric Jarboe, Holly A. Hines, Gerald Webb, Martin Wood, and Trevor McWhinney. Along with Supervising Producers Michael Shepard, Robyn Wiener and Jonathan Shore, with Trudi Thorwaldson and David Oland serving as Associate producers.

ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN PURE FLIX

As the streaming service of Great American Media, Great American Pure Flix provides quality family-friendly programming that celebrates faith, family and country. With affordable flat-rate pricing, families can stream a prolific offering of unlimited movies and shows on demand. Great American Pure Flix features inspiring, uplifting and entertaining content the entire family can enjoy together, with new original and exclusive titles added every month. New customers can enjoy a 7-day free trial by visiting GreatAmericanPureFlix.com. Watch Great American Pure Flix:

ABOUT CANDY ROCK ENTERTAINMENT:

Candy Rock Enterprises is a joint venture between award winning actress, producer and New York Times bestselling author Candace Cameron Bure and the full-service development and execution team behind Redrock Entertainment, Ford Englerth and Jeffery Brooks. Candy Rock’s Entertainment division develops, produces, and distributes television projects, lifestyle programming and feature length films with an emphasis on family-friendly content. Instagram: @CandyRock.Entertainment

ABOUT SYRUP STUDIOS:

Syrup Studios is a Canadian deficit-financing studio focused on exceptional films, series, and international co-productions for global audiences. Syrup’s highly tailored approach to developing, financing, producing, and distributing content through entrepreneurial business models brings each compelling story to life.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Pam Slay

Network Program Publicity

818.415.3784

pamslay@gacmedia.com

media@crosswindpr.com

[thenerdsofcolor]

A Los Angeles Theatre Review: 'King Hedley II'

It is always a pleasure to review any productions at A Noise Within because more often than not, they constantly deliver bold works of art from all aspects in the creative department. This is to be the case once again for King Hedley II, an incredible rendition of August Wilson‘s ninth play in his ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle series. Directed by Gregg T. Daniel who has previously directed A Noise…

[kaitropoli]

A Post Masterlist

(Posts sorted by century ((tagged links)) and by latest year created).

+ Still working on...

21st Century

Me - Kaitropoli | 2025

“In Flames” - Ratsandlilies | 2020

“A Girl Hides Secrets” - Nicoletta Ceccoli | 2017

“The right hand that knows what the left is doing” - Giovanni Gasparro | 2011

20th Century

NGC 1999 - ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, K. Noll | 1999

1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 - Pontiac Motor Division | 1967

Cosmic Ray-Gun - MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED | 1947

“Metropolis” (film) | 1927

“Mannequin Head” (statue) | 1925

“Das Hohelied Salomos” (№11) - Egon Tschirch | 1923

“Temptation” - Raphael Kirchner | c. 1916

“Soir” - Gabriel Ferrier | 1911

19th Century

Tomb of a Suicide - Wilhelm Kotarbiński | 1900

“Flowers and Mirror” - Abbott Fuller Graves | 1897

"Calypso's Isle" - Herbert James Draper | 1897

British Bats at Home - Cassell’s Natural History | 1896

“La Muse verte” - Albert Maignan | 1895

“The Silent Voice” - Gerald Edward Moira | c. 1892-1893

“Rynek Starego Miasta w Warszawie nocą” - Józef Pankiewicz | 1892

“Entrée de Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans” - Jean-Jacques Scherrer | 1887

Cleopatra - Gustave Moreau | c. 1887

La Porte de l'Enfer - Auguste Rodin | 1880-1917 unfin.

“The Genius of Advertising Could No Further Go” - National Police Gazette | 1880

Le Martyre de Saint Denis - Léon Bonnat | c. 1870s

The Vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones - Gustave Doré | 1866

Frog and Fish Footmen - Sir John Tenniel | 1865

“Choosing” (Ellen Terry) - George Frederic Watts | 1864

Étude Au bord de l'eau - Berthe Morisot | 1864

“L'Atelier du peintre. Allégorie réelle déterminant une phase de sept années de ma vie artistique et morale” - Gustave Courbet | 1855

“Les Prétendants” - Gustave Moreau | 1852-1882 unfin.

“Portrait de Madame Sabatier” - Vincent Vidal | c. 1850

“Stürmische See mit Leuchtturm” - Carl Blechen | c.1826

18th Century

The Rhinoceros - Pietro Longhi | 1751

17th Century

“Louise-Marie de Bourbon, dite Mademoiselle de Tours; La fillette aux bulles de savon” - Pierre Mignard | 1681

Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren - Aert van der Neer | 1647

“La Tentazione di Sant’Antonio” - Salvator Rosa | c.1645

“Incostanza. Allegory of "Vægelsindet”“ - Abraham Janssens I | c. 1615-1618

15th Century

“Annunciazione” - Leonardo da Vinci | c. 1472-1476

8th Century

Pałaso Dogal - Venezia, Veneto. (architecture) | 7th century.

BCE

The Colossus of Rhodes (statue) | c.282 bce

[noirandchocolate]

Kohga and Sooga's laughs are so precious send tweet.

[oldsalempost-blog]

The Old Salem Post

Our  Local Tamassee-Salem SC Area News each Monday except holidays            Contact: theoldsalempost@gmail.com                              Distributed to local businesses, town hall, library.                            Volume 7 Issue 12   Week of March 4, 2024                https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/oldsalempost-blog                                                         Lynne Martin Publishing

EDITOR:  Remember the 1970 Keep America Beautiful commercial with a polluted river filled with debris amongst a background of buildings and billowing smoke from industry along the shore? The commercial ends with a Native American standing with a tear rolling down his face.  We have been fighting pollution for years, yet no one thinks they are polluting when they sell off family property to be developed into industry.  No one thinks pollution is a cigarette butt, bottles, cans, or fast food left-overs tossed carelessly out the car window or at the entrance to a building. No one thinks of the foul words that fly out of the mouth in public as pollution.  No one considers pollution when they mount glaring lights around their house in a rural area where once held a view of the celestial night skies.   The commercial  ends with “ People start pollution.  People can stop it.”  LRM

 TOWN of SALEM:  * Visit the Downtown Market every Sat, Winter hours 9am-1pm. *  Easter is coming.   Community Egg Hunt March 30th at 10am at the Town Park.  We need candy!!  Candy donations are welcomed!

SALEM LIBRARY:  Hours Monday 10am-6pm. Tues-Friday 9am-5pm. Closed 12-1 each day for lunch

Jottings from Miz Jeannie  by Jeannie Barnwell...Jeannie says hello and is taking a holiday this week!

ASHTON RECALLS: SALEM'S BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH ADVANCED TO DISTRICT FINALS IN 1954 - (The following story was in the February 24, 1954 Keowee Courier). . .Little Betty Lee Towe, peppery captain of Salem High's girls' basketball team, captured plenty of honors over the past week even though her team lost a heart-breaking two-point, 32-30, decision to White Plains after battling through the Class C tournament at Pelzer to reach the finals. . .So great was the impression she made, however, that she was selected most valuable player among Class C girls and was chosen to the all-tournament team in that classification. . .Salem's boys also scrapped their way to the finals only to lose a 47-42 thriller to Dixie after leading most of the way. The Golden Eagles were handicapped greatly by an ankle injury sustained in the semi-finals game by Max Nicholson. .   Despite the injury, Nicholson was named to the Class C boys' all-tournament team, as was his teammate Gerald Townes. . .Howard Abercrombie was the team captain. by Ashton Hester                                                                                                    

JOCASSEE VALLEY BREWING COMPANY,(JVBC) & COFFEE SHOP* 13412 N Hwy 11 Open Wed–Sat 9am-9pm and Sunday 2pm-7pm. Events this week:  Wed:  Blue Grass Jam 6:30pm  Fri: Food:  Kodesh BBQ  Music:  Chris Wayne  at 6:30pm   Sat–Food: RadDads  Music: Cannon & Cohen Trio at 6:30pm  *Featuring Pisgah Coffee Roasters and fresh brewed delicious coffee made to order.  More information call 864-873-0048    

EAGLE ALUMNI GATHERING- On March 2  from 2pm-5pm there was a huge return from all classes from the Salem, Tamassee-Salem, and Eagle Ridge charter school alumni. Two former teachers Robert Griffin and Horace Dyer were welcomed by all.  “Mr. Griffin” as know to all taught from 1969-1973 and said he loves Salem so much he moved back here when he retired.  He lives on Lake Keowee in Salem.    “We are all Eagles,” stated Russ Price, former TS alumnus.  A        T-Shirt was created from his Eagle Spirit inspiration and is for sale to benefit the Eagles Nest Art Center.  The T-Shirt also has an Eagle print from the mural still present in the auditorium by artist Gale McKinney.   Held at the Eagles Nest Art Center and hosted by many alumni volunteers, Susan Hopkins and Judy Hines were pleased with the multi-generational turnout.  Teresa Barker, Carol Queen, Ginger Porter helped serve delicious foods donated by the alumni.  Tours of the working facility warmed the faces of all as they recalled where they stood in line for lunch, sat on the sidewalks for breaks, and walked the halls that held memories of youth.  The graduating class of 1972 had 9 classmates in attendance, many of them celebrating they are turning 70 this year.  The gymnasium is still a revered beauty enjoyed by our youth and adults through the Salem Recreational Department.   Eagles Nest Art Center is a 501c3 nonprofit  and owns the  former 13 acres of Tamassee-Salem school property.  ENAC is governed by a small board of volunteer directors.    “Once an Eagle always an Eagle” is another famous quote on a T-Shirt shared by kindred spirits.   The gathering area also displayed a mural recently repaired by Fred Edgar, retired art teacher with SDOC, funded from the Bill Hines Memorial funds.   All donations from the gathering go directly to ENAC.  ENAC has a mission to provide a venue for education, arts, performances for all ages communities and regional areas.  ENAC welcomes volunteers who share in our mission.

EAGLES NEST ART CENTER 2024 UPCOMING EVENTS       March 23rd, 7pm  Oconee Mountain Opry  Tickets $10 at the door day of the event or online at eaglesnestartcenter.org Ticketleap.  This evening will feature popular Upstate SC singer-songwriter Angela Easterling accompanied by Brandon Turner, the Mountain Bridge Band, comedy, mystery guests and more!  Don’t miss this local unique variety gem. 

April 26th, 7pm  Friday Evening Wellness Event:  Reclaiming Our Inalienable Wellness  Doors open at 6:30pm   Free event hosted by ENAC featuring speaker Meredith Orlowski, AFMC, INHC.  Bring your friends and family along. Gain Energy, Lose Weight, Feel Happy, & Save the World While Doing it!                                                The Eagles Nest Treasure Store is open every Saturday morning 9am-12pm.  We are accepting donations during that time or call 864-557-2462.  Information on sponsorships, events, volunteering, donations, or rentals call 864-280-1258.

PROM DRESSES :  Ladies Prom Day is approaching!!  On March 22nd from 3pm-6:30 pm and March 23rd from 9am-12pm we will displaying and selling prom dresses for the upcoming proms.  We have many beautiful gowns short and long to choose from.  We look forward to seeing you. Please call  Donna at 864-557-2462 for more information.     

YARD SALE:  Rent a spot if you would like to bring a table and set up for our big sale on March 22nd and 23rd.                                                           

                                     CHURCH NEWS Bethel Presbyterian Church (PCUSA),  580 Bethel Church Rd Walhalla, 29691. Worship at 10:30 a.m.  March 10, Message by Mel Davis. March 31 Message by George Harper, Easter Sunday with Communion. 

CONSERVATION and PRESERVATION starts with each of us.  OPUS Trust is a local nonprofit in Oconee County with a mission to educate landowners in preservation of open spaces, farm lands, and other precious places. Check out the Unique Wine Tasting Fundraiser>>

From a Kindred Spirit Reader:   I fully agree with your opposition to the "growth for the sake of growth" philosophy. There should continue to be cities for people who like city life and rural areas for more laid-back people.

                                            11th Annual BELLFEST 2024        FRIENDS OF LAKE JOCASSEE will host BellFest 2024 at Devils Fork State Park on Saturday, March 16 from 10am-3pm.  Celebrate the rare Oconee Bell, Shortia galacifolia, local harbinger of spring.  Learn  its  history and view it blooming in the park.   Interpretive Bell Trail walks* Oconee Bell story presentation* Music each hour* Exhibits* Local vendors* Food Trucks* Kid and Family activities* Silent Auction to benefit FOJ * Park entry fees $8 Adult, $5 SC Senior, $4 Children 6–15, 5 and <free.  Find us www.friendsof jocassee.org  or email friendsofjocassee@gmail.com  

Prayer:  Thank you God for the beautiful world you have entrusted to us. Amen                                Use your blessings to help on another!   LRM    

[hatchetfieldtheories]

My Honey Queen thoughts:

Oh I've missed this theme tune

Omg its the Axe Man!

I love the Honey Queen song but I can't watch the screen right now. How we doing friends. I'm gonna just type nonsense until the honeycombs go away. Joy.

Clivesdale has a Cherry festival AND their mascot is the Chemists. Keeping with that C theme then?

Linda and Gerald tho

What the hell does a damn boat ride have to do with honey. I mean... true.

The Honey Queen is the soul of Hatchetfield. Even in light of knowing the end, that feels... important.

The Hatchetfield Community Players. They have a name!

I am a super cool millenial. Same.

You know its nice when people have things in common. Music. Movies. Murder.

There's that soul mention again.

Once a Chemist, always a Chemist!

Jaime is just so good at different characters

HENRY WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE?!

Ok but Nick is fabulous

Ahh Matt!!!

I have had Latte Hottay in my head since yesterday

Starry Cove huh

So the Starlight is on the corner of main and third.

Gerald is a babe, I'm saying it now.

Obnoxious teen is a group of clones, I honestly believe that

Totes not Paul

Part time boat enthusiast. Same.

Ok who is gonna write an answer to Linda's impossible question?

Hatchetfield are very easily swayed

Queen Beeeeeeeeeee

Ok the "which kid" "hang on" "bing" "river" "damn it" I'm crying

I'm having some thoughts about Hatchetfield during all this violence

They go down a dirt path off main street and into the witchwood.

Church of the Starry Children... so the Starry Children are gone and the Church are keeping their memory alive.

Jesus christ Nibbly is the worst

Nibbly Ditty (Pinball Wizard remix)

This is the trippiest hatchetfield song by far

Ok that was amazing. NMT1 was phenomenal and they've somehow gone one step beyond. I can't wait for next week.

Will I manage to stay awake for episode 2? Who knows! I definitely don't.

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Types Of Witches

Alexandrian Witch: A witch who practices the magic founded by Alex and Maxine Sanders in the 1960s with a focus on ritual and ceremonial magic.

Angel Witch: A witch who works with Angels rather than or in addition to traditional deities

Animist Witch: A witch who believes there is life in all things and sees no distinction between human, plant, animal, or material objects. The animist witch sees the Universe as a living entity and all are connected by it.

Art Witch: A witch who uses art as the medium of their magic.

Augury Witch: A witch who divines omens, signs, and symbols.

Axis Mundi Witch: A witch who studies the core idea that there is a central pillar that joins Earth to Heaven.

British Traditional Witch: A witch who focuses on the superstitions and spells that originated in the British Isles.

Celtic Witch: A witch who focuses on Celtic and Welsh deities, mythology, rituals, and earth magic.

Ceremonial Witch: A witch who practices high magick (ceremonial) such as Hermetic, Thelemic, and Enochian with a rigid and step-by-step method.

Chaos Witch: A witch who has a contemporary practice that incorporates many types of magic and is guided intuitively rather than with strict steps as seen in high magick.

Chthonioi Witch: A witch who practices a variation of the Alexandrian tradition which also includes Greek gods and goddesses.

Correllian Witch: A witch that practices a type of Wicca founded in the late 20th century by Caroline High Correll. She descended from a line of Cherokee Didanvwisgi who intermarried with Scottish Traditional Witches, and Correllian witchcraft was further influenced by Aradian Witchcraft and the Spiritualist Church.

Cosmic Witch: A witch who focuses on astrology and the placement of planets, stars, and moons when practicing their craft.

Crystal Witch: A witch who focuses heavily on crystals in their magic.

Dianic Witch: Branching from Wicca, Dianic Witches focus on female deities. Dianic Witchcraft is named after the Roman goddess Diana, ruler of hunting, nature, and the Moon.

Eclectic Witch: A witch that incorporates many different traditions into their craft; slightly similar to the chaos witch, but they may follow strict guidelines if desired.

Egyptian Witch: A witch who follows a path similar to Wicca, but with a focus on the Egyptian deities.

Elemental Witch: A witch who works with the five esoteric elements: earth, air, fire, water, and spirit.

Faery Witch: A witch who works with the Fae rooted in Irish and Scottish culture.

Folk Witch: "Cunning Folk" ; hereditary witches who follow a path similar to British witchcraft and used their magic and skills for practical purposes which were passed down through generations; *not common*

Gardnerian Witch: A witch who practiced a secret, formal, and highly structured version of Wicca based on the works of Gerald Gardner, who is credited for the modern witchcraft movement.

Green Witch: A witch that uses gardening and herbalism in most of their craft and often focuses on healing work and earth magic.

Hearth Witch: A witch who focuses on magick in the home.

Hedge Witch: A solitary witch that holds both kitchen and green witch attributes, such as making healing potions and brews in the kitchen; think of the old women in the woods archetype.

Hellenic Witch: A pagan witch who worships the ancient Greek pantheon of gods and goddesses.

Hereditary Witch: Unique to each family, a hereditary witch learns from their ancestral line.

Kitchen Witch: A witch who focuses on magick at home, especially the kitchen.

Left-handed Witch: A witch who often breaks taboos.

Luciferian Witch: A witch who believes Lucifer as the "bringer of light" and reveres the angel for enlightenment, independence, questioning authority, and progressive ideals.

Lunar Witch: A witch that heavily uses the cycles of the moon to do nearly all her magical work.

Music Witch: A witch who uses music as the medium of her magic.

Neo-Pagan Witch: An umbrella term for witches who practice newer forms of the craft such as Wicca, Gardernianism, and all new earth-based customs.

Norse Witch: A witch who centers their craft around Norse tradition of ancient sorcery and deities such as Odin and Freya.

Right-handed Witch: A witch that practices magic that is guided by social norms.

Satanic Witch: A witch that lives by the seven Satanic tenets and is strongly against the constructs of a dictatorial society; has nothing to do with worshiping the Christian's idea of Lucifer. Devil-worshiping does exist elsewhere under the broad realm of witchcraft, neither is exclusive to one another.

Scandinavian Witch: A witch who practices and studies Danish Folklore and some Norse traditions.

Sea Witch: A witch who practices water-based magic and usually lives in a coastal area. A water witch works with lakes, rivers, streams, and is not confound to the ocean.

Secular Witch: A witch who practices magick without worshiping any deities, or their deities and witchcraft are kept separate.

Shamanic Witch: A witch who uses an altered state of consciousness to deliver their magic.

Sigil Witch: Also known as Word Witch, these practitioners use sigils and words weaved into their magic

Solitary Witch: A witch who practices alone rather than in a coven.

Tech Witch: A witch who does most of her work digitally or with some form of technology; this will become more prevalent over time in modern witchcraft.

Thelema Witch: A witch who uses the occult philosophy founded by Aleister Crowley, which centers around ceremonial magic and Egyptian rituals.

Traditional Witch:

Traditional witches are witches who have a base in the history of witchcraft and the Old Craft that came before Wicca. They take a historical (traditional) approach to their practice and often will study their ancestors or other folklore attached to witchcraft. Traditional witches want to honor the “old” ways of practicing their craft, and will often focus on working with the local history and spirits of where they are or where they’ve come from. While these witches do old history and customs in high regard, there are absolutely contemporary traditional witches practicing today.

Wiccan Witch: A witch who practices the modern pagan religion of Wicca introduced by Gerald Gardner. ***Note: Wicca is a religion; witchcraft is not a religion, although can be involved in religious beliefs and should thus be legally protected equally.

Information found on: https://www.letterstolilith.com/blog/the-different-types-of-witches