Yes, yes, Dhughan here. The prizes for “best hunt gifts” were announced at the Wrap Party on April 1st, and they were: 1st place, Gold Trophy, Mayah Parx for EPIC TOY FACTORY 2nd place, Silver Trophy, Janeel Kharg for ANKH MORPORK 3rd place, Bronze Trophy, Emedea Morgenstern for Rag Dollz 4th place, Copper Trophy, Lenny Kenyon for HAVEN TOWNSHIP 5th place, Iron Trophy, Oriolus Oliva for GOLDEN ORIOLE I’m only about 20 percent through with sorting (and it’s a very slow process as I’m constantly getting quite distracted by all the marvels and wonders I’m finding. However, I see that…
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During the course of making and decorating items for my shop in the STEAM hunt, I was struck by the story of Princess Ka’iulani of the Kingdom of Hawaii, who was deposed before she ever ruled by American business interests, and who died young after spending many years being educated in England. She was a proper Victorian lady of royal birth, and like the inestimable Isabella Bird, is an inspiration. In fact, she was known as the Peacock Princess, and so I have decided to include peacock feathers in my hunt gift, because God knows we all need a little…
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Creativ(ity) is an easy kill. A simple search of creativity killers yields a multitude of would be candidates: television, the Internet, inflexibility, too much flexibility, fear, lack of fear, goals, lack of goals, time pressure, too much time. The list is sizable. via Phasing Grace | Social Architectures and Virtual Worlds: A Penchant for Creativity – Knights and Nobles. Wow! Yes. I am a little behind on a commitment I made to myself and to others to create, create, create. And the killers are all listed above, but chiefly “fear, surprise, terror, and an almost ruthless INefficiency” which causes me…