Wondering about the A.Y.P.E? From wikipedia: “The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest.” Read more here!
I always find the history and controversies around such things a fascinating reflection of the culture of the time. This article is a particular rabbit hole for things like The Seattle Socialist , Landscaper John Charles Olmstead , and The Igorot People.
Having grown up in New York and having travelled through the Northeastern area back in the 1970s and early 1980s I am familiar with several examples of Olmsted's most famous works and his work and my experiences with and in them have always been part of most cherished memories that remain in me fondly forever.
When Munch was a boy... freedom was a potato. It was you didn't get killed today. Freedom from hunger, from the rusty blade. But to free himself, the man ate first so others could not. He killed before he was killed. He wanted nothing more, because only kings... had the freedom to want. But now everywhere you look, you see kings. Everything they want, they call their own, and if they cannot have it, they say that they are not free. They even pretend their freedom should be free, that it has no cost, but the cost is always... death. Life for life. Me... or you.
A couple of years ago, I wrote a fic where David was a witch who runs a bakery. The elements of that story would become my first original novel, This Sweet Magic, which will be released on February 12.
I'm very excited for everyone to meet the characters and world I've created, which is filled with baking, magic, found family, and one opinionated cat. David and Patrick may not be in this story, but echoes of them are, and it wouldn't exist without them.
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I want to say a huge thank you to everyone in the Schitt's Creek fandom and to anyone who left kudos or comments on my fics - you're the reason This Sweet Magic is a reality. Thank you!