I just picked up a book from InterLibary Loan today, a much-needed tome for the Brunanburh project. The Citadel has a relatively small library, so odds are pretty good that the kind of obscure medieval things I’m usually after can’t be found here on campus — so thank the stars …
Food, that is. I remain convinced that it’s actually outside of Charleston, on John’s Island, at a little strip-mall restaurant called “El Mercadito.” Delicious. I highly suggest the chorizo tacos with a smattering of onions and cilantro, garnished with fresh-squeezed lime. It’s magnificent. The margaritas are very fine, too, but …
I recently finished up another exercise in Chaucerin’ some speculative fiction, which is good news. The bad news is that I’m having trouble trying to record it. I don’t know squat about how to do it properly, and I have to rely on the cheap-o microphones that have come with my …
Cleaning my desk today in preparation for the new semester, I found a project that had somehow fallen off my radar months ago … for which I’m dreadfully embarrassed, as it was a planned favor for a good friend. A “Chaucer’d” project, it stood only half complete. Naturally, the difficult …
We’re back in Charleston now. Got a lot of catching up to do, but I’ll try to be sure much of it is hereabouts for all to see. Thanks to all our friends and family that we managed to see this trip!