Today we met old friends, got our registrations, set up for my art show booth. This evening was a delicious dinner with lots of friends at a steak restaurant. Then a bit of the McElroys panel and some people watching…
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DragonCon 2019 Thursday afternoon and night
Tagged with: atlanta, bunnies, cosplay, costume, dragoncon, fairies, game of thrones, ghostbusters, lord of the rings, party, wizards
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Posted in Travel
First night at DragonCon 2017
We arrived around 5:30 after a 10 hour drive today (and 4 yesterday). Costumes are already out! We had dinner at a pub that evidently had cloaking technology, but we finally found it. Then back to the Hilton to people…
Was Sansa’s Abuse Normal in the Middle Ages? | The Public Medievalist
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Tagged with: abuse, culture, game of thrones, historic, historical, history, medieval, middle ages, rape, sansa, sexual abuse, violence
Posted in History
Posted in History
My Locations at the DragonCon Art Show
Labor Day Weekend is Nerdigras in Atlanta, Georgia! 80,000+ geeks and sundry nerds descend upon 5 downtown Atlanta hotels and have a geekfest. I will, as always, have my beaded jewelry and photoprints at the Dragoncon Art Show, located in the Hyatt, two…
Tagged with: ancient, architecture, art, art show, artist, atlanta, auction, author, bead, beaded, beadweaving, beadwork, beadwoven, beauty, bid, blog, blogging, book, britain, british, castle, celt, celtic, coast, convention, dragon, dragoncon, druid, druid's brooch, ebook, england, faerie, fairy, famine, fantasy, festival, fiction, filming locations, game of thrones, georgia, histfic, historic, historical, historical fantasy, historical fiction, history, iceland, ireland, irish, jewelry, landscape, legacy of hunger, legacy of truth, legend, magic, medieval, mountains, myth, mythology, nature, neolithic, new release, northern ireland, novel, old, outlander, pagan, photography, prints, religion, romance, science fiction, scifi, scotland, scottish, series, show, tradition, travel, wicca, write, writing
Posted in Art, Jewelry, Photography
Posted in Art, Jewelry, Photography
Mussendun Temple and Downhill Demesne, County Derry, Northern Ireland
Who wouldn’t want a library on a sea cliff, facing the North Sea? Well, not quite the North Sea, but Close! I had heard of this place from Michele Erdvig, who has a great forum and guidebook called Irelandyes. I knew…
Tagged with: ancient, architecture, beach, building, cliff, cloud, coast, coastline, county derry, derry, downhill, fire, game of thrones, historic, history, ireland, irish, landscape, medieval, melisandre, mussendun, northern ireland, ocean, old, photography, rainbow, red woman, ruin, sea, shore, shoreline, sky, temple, travel, vista, wall, war, water, weather, wwii
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland – Places in Ireland you must see before you die
Previous Post Next Post Northern Ireland has some fantastic and beautiful places. It is also an important place for Game of Thrones, which Source: Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland – Places in Ireland you must see before…
Tagged with: filming, game of thrones, george r r martin, ireland, irish, location, northern ireland, travel, writing
Posted in History, Travel
Posted in History, Travel
Why go to Ireland???
This is a question I asked myself many times over my lifetime. What is it about Ireland that attracts people so? What magic draws them, time after time, to this small island hovering on the edge of Europe? The quick…
Fantasy TV Shows
OK, Fantasy list! (there might be some crossover with the scifi list – if so, I’ll leave it off here) This is NOT a comprehensive list, just a list of Fantasy shows I’ve seen and enjoyed. If you have some to add,…
Photographs from Husavik and Lake Myvatn Area, Iceland
My journey to Iceland in July and August, 2015, consisted of: 3 nights in Reykjavik 2 nights in Skogar 2 nights near Jökulsárlón 3 nights near Lake Myvatn 3 nights in Holmavik 2 nights in Alftanes In total, I took…
Tagged with: architecture, boats, coast, fishing, game of thrones, husavik, iceland, lake myvatn, ocean, photography, prometheus, puffins, ships, travel, water
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Posted in Photography, Travel
Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne, Northern Ireland
Mussenden Temple is a library situated on a cliff edge in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The beach it looks over was used in filming the Game of Thrones (when Melisandre burnt the Seven Gods). It was built in 1785, as…
Tagged with: archealogy, architecture, art, castle, celtic, cliff, coast, derry, game of thrones, history, ireland, library, northern ireland, ocean, ruin, water
Posted in Art, History, Photography, Travel
Posted in Art, History, Photography, Travel
Gps versus Googlemaps in Iceland
Today was a long travel day. 7 hours drive time, without factoring in stops and detours. We started off early, around 7am. The day dawned misty and sometimes downright rainy, but cleared into brilliant sunshine by the afternoon. But I…
Tagged with: food, game of thrones, iceland, lava, mountains, rain, travel
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Posted in History, Photography, Travel
Photos from the Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland
Tagged with: ancient, antrim, art, celtic, coast, cross, film, game of thrones, ireland, irish, northern ireland, photography, travel
Posted in Art, History, Photography, Travel
Posted in Art, History, Photography, Travel
Historical fantasy, time travel adventure, and urban fantasy 