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Fun Fact: I have that particular flavor of ADHD and Dyslexia that means it's literally impossible for me to create a habit. So it's been insanely difficult to get back to writing regularly once I stopped. Thanks, I hate it.

If anyone has any advice or inspiration, it would be appreciated

Just a heads up, my loves. Horse Show Season has just begun here. I've already got my first show in the books, and we leave Thursday morning for another show. I'm not going to be around much for the next... uh... 2 months? Especially on the weekends, which is prime horse show days.

I'll still try to write some things, get a lil bit of a queue going, but expect me to be slow. Well, slower than I already am. Which is saying something.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS set design appreciation: ― Edoras' Stables

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Hello from the other siiiiiiiiiiiiiide!

Okay I really wasn't kidding, I basically vanished in a puff of smoke for the last month while I hauled my ass (and my horse) to eventing competitions spanning three states. I am tiredddd.

But I'm also awash in Glory!! We placed first in four of the five shows we attended, and second place in one other! Huzzah!

While I was gone, so many of y'all sent me such lovely messages or tagged me in replies/starters. Thank you so much, it made me feel incredibly loved and valued even when I didn't have the bandwidth to be present on the dash!

Now I just have to... remember how to write the things...

Just a heads up, my loves. Horse Show Season has just begun here. I've already got my first show in the books, and we leave Thursday morning for another show. I'm not going to be around much for the next... uh... 2 months? Especially on the weekends, which is prime horse show days.

I'll still try to write some things, get a lil bit of a queue going, but expect me to be slow. Well, slower than I already am. Which is saying something.

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The couple who invented Love is back ♡

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Nicky | Beginnings + Faith

ㅤㅤㅤNicolò  was  thirteen  summers  when  he  left  home  to  live  within  the  walls  of  St.  Andrews  Monastery.   This  came  before  the  cloister  was  built,  when  the  city  of  Genova  was  still  growing  outwards  to  what  would  eventually  be  called  Porta  Soprana.  As  part  of  the  new  Repúbrica  establishing  itself,  a  yearly  contribution  to  the  "life  of  the  community"  was  expected  of  each  citizen,  through  either  material  or  physical  means.  While  Nicolò's  family  was  not  among  the  poorest  in  the  region  (largely  thanks  to  his  father's  skill  with  seafaring  trade),  neither  were  they  counted  as  members  of  the  affluent  ruling  class.  And  as  the  fourth  of  six  siblings  (the  two  youngest,  his  sisters),  it  made  sense  for  Nicolò  to  represent  his  family's  compagna,  to  enter  into  apprenticeship  with  the  priesthood  and  serve  both  city  and  God  as  one.

ㅤㅤㅤThis  hadn't  been  Nicolò's  choice,  but  it  did  suit  him  well.  He  was  a  quiet  child,  sensitive  and  slow  to  anger,  often  too  softhearted  to  be  of  use  in  his  father's  merchant  business.  Opportunities  for  a  formal  education  were  rare  back  then,  even  to  those  a  step  or  two  above  peasantry.  A  life  in  the  church  meant  literacy  in  Latin,  if  not  Ligurian.  And  Nicolò  was  a  meticulous  boy  with  the  patience  to  transcribe  exact  copies  of  religious  texts,  able  to  recreate  that  which  he  saw,  even  if  he  failed  to  fully  comprehend  the  words.  His  precision  and  patience,  often  a  source  of  frustration  for  his  father,  was  rewarded  in  the  cloister.

ㅤㅤㅤThe  isolation  and  physical  demands  of  working  for  the  monastery  (then  later,  as  an  acolyte  of  a  deacon's  parish)  also  did  not  bother  Nicolò.  He  enjoyed  toiling  with  his  hands,  appreciated  silent  contemplation  and  the  simple  satisfaction  of  menial  tasks.  In  these  ways,  the  priests  of  St.  Andrews  received  Nicolò  and  kept  him  engaged  in  service  for  nearly  a  decade  before  promoting  him  to  the  role  of  sub-deacon.  He  grew  from  a  pensive  boy  into  a  young  man  deeply  in  love  with  God  and  the  sanctity  of  the  Catholic  faith.  He  did  not  question,  he  did  not  falter. 

ㅤㅤㅤBut  Nicolò  was  present  at  the  Church  of  San  Siro  in  1096  when  Saint  Hugh  of  Châteauneuf  gave  an  impassioned  sermon  about  piety  and  servitude,  hoping  to  gather  troops  for  the  Holy  Crusade  in  Israel.  It  remains  a  moment  emblazoned  within  the  halls  of  his  memory,  even  centuries  later.  A  transcendent  revelation  in  which  Nicolò  felt  that  God  Himself  was  speaking  to  him.  Go  to  the  Holy  Land,  he  heard,  a  voice  in  his  head  beyond  the  words  of  Saint  Hugh,  beyond  all  spoken  understanding,  all  meaning.  Go  and  Seek  Truth.  Seek  the  Face  of  God. 

ㅤㅤㅤSo  Nicolò,  brimming  with  the  Holy  Spirit  and  near-choking  on  the  certainty  of  his  own  Faith,  went.  He  could  not  have  known  then,  how  completely  and  absolutely  that  personal  prophecy  would  be  made  Real  in  years  to  come.  How  it  would  destroy  his  body  and  his  soul,  only  to  raise  both  from  the  dead,  born  anew  in  the  eyes  of  a  man  he’d  been  taught  to  hate.

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kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

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I live here now

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Dragon Age: Bi Panic

Call Jordan the 'Inquisitwhore' the way he's down bad for everyone.

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Dragon slayer this month's print club is DA:I themed, with this as the exclusive and a Dorian mini print!

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Guards! There has been a murder.

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the only good thing to come out of the catholic church is nicolo di genova i said what i said

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commission for @ saltyowlets

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I'm glad someone's amused.

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NICOLÒ DI GENOVA & YUSUF AL KAYSANI - THE OLD GUARD 2

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