She Who Collects Watches

Nae is passing the mantle on to Tammy. Support The Three Tomes Episode 2 on Kickstarter. - Art by Toonrifictariq creator of Hey.

Two people do not decide that they are "courting". One person decides to "court" someone else. It's an action, not a stage in the relationship. A man decides to court a woman because he wants to encourage her to have romantic interest in him. He's trying to win her favor. It's not an exclusive relationship--a woman could be courted by multiple men at once. She'll spend time getting to know the guy who's interested in her, but they won't officially define their relationship as one where they only show romantic interest in each other. If they reach a point where they want it to be exclusive, that's when you propose.

bizarrely, America has in many ways gotten more conservative about dating since World War II.

Final week of FLY on Kickstarter. Help us stretch our wings and consider backing on kickstarter! Every pledge brings us closer to sharing stories of empowerment with the world.

The Lion's Mane

A bittersweet tale of retirement, this odd crime-less story from Holmes’ pen is a rare insight into the mind of the ageing, lonely ex-detective. There is much that we learn about his life after leaving the bustle of London: the quiet nature around him, his simple routine, his new friendships, his interest in photography, and his estrangement with Watson. What June Thomson in her fascinating Holmes and Watson calls “a slow drifting apart, brought about by the physical distance between them, rather than through any specific alienation” is not a pleasant thing to muse on, but it is clear, at least from what the two men share with their readers, that Holmes retires alone while his friend stays in London with his new wife and flourishing practice. Though they still correspond and enjoy “an occasional week-end visit”, this unexplained estrangement makes the lack of a Watsonian touch much more jarring than in Holmes' previous recollection, as his absence echoes throughout the narrative.

Finally! After several months of oft-interrupted packing and shipping, we have finally sent out all Kickstarter pledges, barring those with incomplete Pledge Managers (or Pledge Managers submitted in the last week, which will be sent out with our leftover batch). 

This means that we can announce our leftovers sale, which will run from July 7th to July 31st, through my personal storefront. We have 115 leftover books for sale, as well as a number of charms, tote-bags, and flat merchandise bundles remaining. Please look out for everything going live on July 7th, at 12:00PM EST! 

This also means that all pledges with incomplete pledge managers should consider their orders forfeit at midnight on July 6th, so please do fill those in as soon as possible!

PDFs of the anthology are also now available on Gumroad and will remain on sale indefinitely, with proceeds collected for donation on a rotating basis.

Thank you everyone for your patience and your interest in the leftovers, I hope you are all able to obtain a copy soon! 🙏💕

Very sincerely yours,

So are

colostomy bags

Diapers

insulin pumps

Oxygen systems

rollators

hearing aids

compression garments

prosthetics

FREEDOM AIDS

- service animals

- noise cancelling headphones/ear defenders

- wheelchair attachments

- fidgets

IT’S DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH YALL

Still one of the best animations I've ever done. Took just under a week and was equal parts fun and challenging. So here are some process passes! The full version had too many colors so I had to do some compression T0T

finally completed my outfit for Alias Chicane! thought I'd better give it a test run before heatwave 3.0 hits us... a dapper chap from the 1920s! please disregard my extremely not period appropriate stove

bonus: foxes gots to wash them soxes

"After they overheard that ICE was at the courthouse to arrest someone, they improperly accessed court databases to determine who was not born in the United States," a DOJ detention filing says. "They then snuck every suspected illegal alien who was at the courthouse out a back door, where ICE, who was waiting in the parking lot for their target to leave the building, could not see them."

Finally! After several months of oft-interrupted packing and shipping, we have finally sent out all Kickstarter pledges, barring those with incomplete Pledge Managers (or Pledge Managers submitted in the last week, which will be sent out with our leftover batch). 

This means that we can announce our leftovers sale, which will run from July 7th to July 31st, through my personal storefront. We have 115 leftover books for sale, as well as a number of charms, tote-bags, and flat merchandise bundles remaining. Please look out for everything going live on July 7th, at 12:00PM EST! 

This also means that all pledges with incomplete pledge managers should consider their orders forfeit at midnight on July 6th, so please do fill those in as soon as possible!

PDFs of the anthology are also now available on Gumroad and will remain on sale indefinitely, with proceeds collected for donation on a rotating basis.

Thank you everyone for your patience and your interest in the leftovers, I hope you are all able to obtain a copy soon! 🙏💕

Very sincerely yours,

On the northwest Belgian coast, there is a little known tradition: shrimp fishing on horseback. The activity consists of what its name describes: fishing shrimp on a horse. In the 15th century, shrimp fishing on horseback was still practised on the North Sea coasts in France, the Netherlands and even the South of England. This activity represented an extra revenue needed for the household. Nowadays there is only one place in which it is still ongoing: Oostduinkerke, a sub-municipality of the municipality of Koksijde.