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1. My short story "Skerry-Bride" has been accepted by Devilfish Review. It was written while listening to Moss of Moonlight's Winterwheel in November 2013, right before I saw Thor: The Dark World; it's about jötnar. The magazine is a new one for me and it should be obvious why they got my attention. They give out the Kraken Awards.
(Moss of Moonlight are now Felled and have a new side project. I recommend.)
2. The fuzzy nautilus is not extinct! I do not think I had known that Allonautilus scrobiculatus existed prior to this article, but I'm very glad it does. I hope it continues to. Those are beautiful animals.
3. I realize that these archaeological windfalls have caused the city of Istanbul so much construction tsuris that The New Yorker cannot resist invoking Boston's Big Dig, but who says history doesn't have a sense of humor?
In fact, a tiny Byzantine church did turn up in Yenikapı, under the foundations of some razed apartment buildings. But the real problem was the large number of Byzantine shipwrecks that began to surface soon after the excavation began, in 2004. Dating from the fifth to the eleventh century, the shipwrecks illustrated a previously murky chapter in the history of shipbuilding and were exceptionally well preserved, having apparently been buried in sand during a series of natural disasters.
In accordance with Turkish law, control of the site shifted to the museum, and use of mechanical tools was suspended. From 2005 to 2013, workers with shovels and wheelbarrows extracted a total of thirty-seven shipwrecks. When the excavation reached what had been the bottom of the sea, the archeologists announced that they could finally cede part of the site to the engineers, after one last survey of the seabed—just a formality, really, to make sure they hadn't missed anything. That's when they found the remains of a Neolithic dwelling, dating from around 6000 B.C.
The shipwrecks are wondrous to me. The article asks some worthwhile questions.
4. I like George Mackay Brown's poetry wherever I find it and "The Horse Fair" is no exception. I still need to track down a recording of Peter Maxwell Davies' The Kestrel Road (2003); it sets two of my favorite poems that are not "John Barleycorn."
5. This gemstone looks like the start of a story: the god Pan studying a dramatic mask. I keep forgetting that he has anything to do with Greek theater. I imagine him the kind of critic who throws things and heckles. God of fields and wild spaces, also the peanut gallery.
Autolycus has draped himself over the arm of my office chair and is patting at the screen with one paw. I am not sure if he's reacting to the movement of the cursor or the world's cutest sea slug.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
derspatchel calls it the Shaun the Sheep Slug. My favorite may remain either Nembrotha cristata or Stiliger ornatus. Yes, I'm still missing the sea.
(Moss of Moonlight are now Felled and have a new side project. I recommend.)
2. The fuzzy nautilus is not extinct! I do not think I had known that Allonautilus scrobiculatus existed prior to this article, but I'm very glad it does. I hope it continues to. Those are beautiful animals.
3. I realize that these archaeological windfalls have caused the city of Istanbul so much construction tsuris that The New Yorker cannot resist invoking Boston's Big Dig, but who says history doesn't have a sense of humor?
In fact, a tiny Byzantine church did turn up in Yenikapı, under the foundations of some razed apartment buildings. But the real problem was the large number of Byzantine shipwrecks that began to surface soon after the excavation began, in 2004. Dating from the fifth to the eleventh century, the shipwrecks illustrated a previously murky chapter in the history of shipbuilding and were exceptionally well preserved, having apparently been buried in sand during a series of natural disasters.
In accordance with Turkish law, control of the site shifted to the museum, and use of mechanical tools was suspended. From 2005 to 2013, workers with shovels and wheelbarrows extracted a total of thirty-seven shipwrecks. When the excavation reached what had been the bottom of the sea, the archeologists announced that they could finally cede part of the site to the engineers, after one last survey of the seabed—just a formality, really, to make sure they hadn't missed anything. That's when they found the remains of a Neolithic dwelling, dating from around 6000 B.C.
The shipwrecks are wondrous to me. The article asks some worthwhile questions.
4. I like George Mackay Brown's poetry wherever I find it and "The Horse Fair" is no exception. I still need to track down a recording of Peter Maxwell Davies' The Kestrel Road (2003); it sets two of my favorite poems that are not "John Barleycorn."
5. This gemstone looks like the start of a story: the god Pan studying a dramatic mask. I keep forgetting that he has anything to do with Greek theater. I imagine him the kind of critic who throws things and heckles. God of fields and wild spaces, also the peanut gallery.
Autolycus has draped himself over the arm of my office chair and is patting at the screen with one paw. I am not sure if he's reacting to the movement of the cursor or the world's cutest sea slug.
derspatchel calls it the Shaun the Sheep Slug. My favorite may remain either Nembrotha cristata or Stiliger ornatus. Yes, I'm still missing the sea.
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Thank you!
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Those are some seriously gorgeous sea slugs.
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Thank you!
Those are some seriously gorgeous sea slugs.
I love sea slugs so much.
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Nine
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I am extremely happy about "Skerry-Bride" finding a home. The other things I just find beautiful.
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I'm suddenly remembering the Librarian ("ook") of Unseen University, who loves pie-throwing scenes and will hurl nuts with exceptionally accurate aim if he doesn't get one; this has resulted in the theatrical productions of Ankh-Morpork being things like "The Lamentable Tragedy of the Death of Lord Julius of Skaro &c. (With Pie-Throwing Scene)."
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Seems like a fair comparison to me.
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You're welcome!
Also for the village under the shipwrecks (that has to be a Chagall, doesn't it?).
Yes! Oh, man, now I want that.
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The sea slugs are incomparable. And the archeological article, while I do sympathize with those messed with in practical terms, made me howl with laughter and cry, "Oh, cool!" in turn. Thirty-seven shipwrecks.
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Thank you! Seriously, it's even writing with a pen of kelp. It's wonderful.
And the archeological article, while I do sympathize with those messed with in practical terms, made me howl with laughter and cry, "Oh, cool!" in turn. Thirty-seven shipwrecks.
Yes! I wish I could see them. I no longer know anyone in Turkey I could stay with, alas.