Alright, here it is- many doings done soon.

So I've graduated from college now, (hoorah!) and will be looking into grad schools Any Minute Now. It is exciting, true, though it's passed a little wordlessly at least in terms of this small space. Perhaps I shall ruminate upon it at some other time. My ruminations are my own, now, after all.

In the few weeks intervening between graduation and now, I've gone over and re-edited "Ave" yet again. As it starts to look like a single work, I get a better and better idea how to shore it up, make it sound more story-like, and generally a better idea of where I'm going in the next part.

Speaking of the next part, the last month or so of wandering around Ave's story has also presented me with something more like the epilogue I desire- which means I finally have the launching point for the next part that I needed. I think I know where I'm going, and I've even got some ideas of how to get there. Work on that has already commenced, and will continue in earnest Any Minute Now.

It'll have to wait for a while though, as (and here's the most relevant announcement) I'm going to be spending something the next month or two sailing tall ships. Two weeks aboard the Kalmar Nyckel in Delaware and some indeterminate time aboard the Lady Washington in Puget Sound. Before that there will be a brief but awesome road trip, and you can expect to hear any moment of a joint conquest of a certain island, and its magical inhabitants (we've scheduled it, sometime before a trip to some museums). So yes, much more time spent in internet silence, but all in the name of that most glorious of ladies, ADVENTUUUUUURE!

Departure is imminent (a day or so), so if I do not respond to you, rest assured it's only due to absence of internet access.

As for the preceding silence, I apologize for it. Precipitous change has left me with very little to say, and much to consider. Returning home is an interesting experience all in itself, and always leaves me somewhat flat-footed. That may very well be the subject of my ruminations while away. I'll be sure to let you know if I think anything interesting

Anyway, sorry to leave such a dearth of activity, only come back bearing the news of another! I will say hello upon my return.

Well wishes to you!

It's time for us to roll and go!

-Kitten