Written By Tikva
Oct. 6, 2019, 1:10 a.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
A poem is just a song whose melody I haven't figured out yet . . .
Written By Vanora
Oct. 6, 2019, 1:08 a.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Zacharie
Yet I am finding my father to be a consistent source of wisdom, strength, and support when I need it most.
And he does dote on his grandchildren so.
Written By Esme
Oct. 6, 2019, 1:04 a.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
There is the duty we have to our families, but there is also the duty we have to remaining true to ourselves. Some times I think the greatest love that can be found is between friends. Sometimes, those friends come about it from less than ideal situations. It is good to be loved and to love; even if it is not a romantic love.
I have always said and will always say, that I wish for happiness in all that I meet. I do not say this as lip service, but as an ideal of truth. I have courted a notion of my future and it was not one I was expecting to court, but I agreed to let it play out as it will. It has played out and I am so thankful for it. I wish I could express my thankfulness that I feel, but words are not quite the right ones.
I am thankful for the distraction of romance when I needed it.
I am thankful to see a person realize their true self and above all to honor it.
I am thankful that when the tides turned, hearts did not move from love - they moved the love.
I am thankful that romance left a great friendship.
I am thankful for that person and I hope there is a bit of this time of chaos that he finds thankful for me.
May you all be blessed by Limerance and know the power of glorious love and honor in duty.
Written By Gaspard
Oct. 5, 2019, 9:27 p.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Written By Norwood
Oct. 5, 2019, 8:10 p.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Nothing has changed now that they are adults - except that now I cannot tell them to get out of the tree or to stop making a target of themselves. They are their own people.
Written By Arcadia
Oct. 5, 2019, 6:28 p.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Insinuating someone is pregnant with one in public, and how thrilled their family will be is not only insulting to the individual but also the family.
Some people should think twice before they speak.
Written By Jael
Oct. 5, 2019, 4:47 p.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Cassandra
Written By Monique
Oct. 5, 2019, 4:25 p.m.(12/17/1011 AR)
Written By Catalana
Oct. 5, 2019, 1:41 p.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Next event, a ball on my husband's ship. I am so excited to show it off, I believe he may love the boat more than me. I should probably alert him to the fact I have commandeered his ship for the event.
Written By Artur
Oct. 5, 2019, 1:32 p.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
I have always been fortunate. I have a large, loving family who has never tried to force any of those expectations on me. It's just one of the many reasons I love them all as much as I do.
Since I came to Arx, I've seen a lot of the young men my age pair off and do well, exactly that. There was no pressure on me to do so, but I built it up too much in my head. I decided I wanted to get it over and done with, preferably as soon as possible, with someone, anyone. That was wrong of me. I ended up treating people as a means to my end - literally. It was far from my crowning glory. If I ended up hurting anyone by that, I am genuinely sorry.
I feel like the clouds have parted though, and talking to my family and friends, I realised how many of the things I love I had let slip by the wayside in my single-minded pursuit of putting this task behind me. Gods, how wrong can someone be to see such a thing as a task to accomplish. Like mucking out a stable.
Anyway, I feel as though I am back to my old self. I am going to focus on the people and things I love and am genuinely passionate about, rather than trying to live up to an imagined standard. Maybe the right man will cross my path someday, and it will happen, but I'm in no big rush for it. Until then, I know there are other ways I can make my family proud and honour my house.
Written By Vanora
Oct. 5, 2019, 12:46 p.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Tikva
Written By Rosalind
Oct. 5, 2019, 12:19 p.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Written By Thea
Oct. 5, 2019, 10:46 a.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Written By Cassandra
Oct. 5, 2019, 9:55 a.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Were I to do it all over again, I would make no changes, I believe Gloria set me on this path, but that doesn't mean I cannot look back and wonder. If not for the fact that there are times I look at my office and note that it does feel colder than usual. It was personal duty to the gods that led me where I am, however I would think it can be allowed for me to miss my family.
If time allows, if it ever allows, I should spend some time with them.
Written By Traherne
Oct. 5, 2019, 7:28 a.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Written By Domonico
Oct. 5, 2019, 4:20 a.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
That being said, the pranks of the latter two are wearing me down.
Written By Drusila
Oct. 5, 2019, 4:14 a.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Raven
I can see a flag flying high over a ship, a black heart held by a gauntlet with those words underneath it.
Written By Brigida
Oct. 5, 2019, 4:13 a.m.(12/16/1011 AR)
Some of the peerage of Arvum need to stop quibbling over tiny little things like that and perhaps turn their attentions to events and happening that are far more relevant.
Petrichor Preserve me from stupid people.
Written By Tikva
Oct. 5, 2019, 1:31 a.m.(12/15/1011 AR)
To a crackling carpet tumbled down;
By night the naked limbs do reach
Stark and black til dawn's new breach;
The colors rain in falling leaves
As the autumn shows us all the trees
By lessons in the cool harvest season
How lovely it would be, when given reason,
If we learned the lesson before the snow
What beauty there is when you let shit go.
Let the dead leaves fall from your naked skin
And stand tall and clean of all within;
Strong and proud like a tree, and lovely, too,
When spring's green comes to awaken you.
Written By Aureth
Oct. 4, 2019, 11:37 p.m.(12/15/1011 AR)
A time to look to new projects. I have a few on my horizon, not least the continuation of development on the shrine of the Dreamer. I also think, in light of what has happened during the past couple of seasons, that some spectacular gratitude is in order, and I think our thanks shall not fall short of extravagant.
What new starts will you make in 1012 AR?
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