#circumnavigate

Summer Starlight by LadyLondonderry | G | 3358 Only of three things is Harry Styles certain of. First, that this is his first summer in the large city and he must make the most of it. Second, that his parents are pledging to have him married off to a wealthy benefactor by the end of the summer. Third, and this is most important of all, Harry doesn’t particularly care for the notion. In fact, he rather has his eye on a very different sort of prospect.

You Smiled by taggiecb | G | 9053 Just then, the man looks up, and catches Harry's eye. Harry freezes, feeling as though he's the one trapped. The man doesn't smile, just watches Harry watch him, until finally he lifts his eyebrows in question, and Harry somehow manages to release himself from the spell that he feels he's under. -- It's 1758 and on the eve of a battle with the French, Captain Harry Styles of the British army has just begun his appointment as a prison warden in Louisbourgh, Nova Scotia. Harry prepares himself and his guards for their prisoners of war, but nothing could have prepared him for the sight of the most beautiful man he has ever seen- who is now his prisoner.

A Stór Mo Chroí by kiwikero | E | 9397 It was a gloomy, grey day in the highlands. The sun, try as it might, couldn’t manage to break through the clouds, painting land and sea alike in muted colours. Perhaps it wasn’t so desolate as all that, though it certainly seemed that way to Louis. Of course, his perception might have been coloured by his own foul mood. Everything seemed to have gone from bad to worse recently, and if his own problems weren’t enough now he had to pretend he didn’t want to throttle the chieftain of Clan Gunn, the one currently traipsing around the village and greeting clansmen as if he wasn’t just a glorified intruder. Louis narrowed his eyes as he watched Harry interact with Agnes and her young son, Harry stooping down to talk directly to the little boy. The Clan Gunn tartan, simple blocks of green and black, marked Harry as someone who clearly didn’t belong amongst them, and yet the people of Clan Sutherland always seemed delighted to see the man. Traitors. Louis is a young laird from Clan Sutherland and Harry the chieftain of Clan Gunn, and an alliance between their clans isn't enough to convince the two of them to get along.

Circumnavigate by musketrois | M | 10669 At the age of twenty-eight, Louis Tomlinson finds himself traveling to the Spice Islands with the explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Louis has spent the last ten years avoiding his past, but he is forced to face it when artist Harry Styles boards his ship. Now, Louis must sail to undiscovered lands while navigating the emotions he has buried deep.

threadbare by kiwikero | M | 20156 Harry Styles was eight years old when Louis Tomlinson kept him from falling into a machine in a Manchester textile mill. He was 18 years old when nothing, not even the threat of death, could keep Harry from falling in love with Louis.

But Now Together, We're Alone by QuickedWeen | M | 22983 It's a stroke of good luck when Harry Styles, a man who grew up on the small island of Martinique, is offered the position of tutor to the Dauphin and his sister. When he arrives at the palace, he is dragged into a world of opulence, courtiers, whispers in the shadows, and illicit affairs. But he is also introduced to the king, the most intriguing man he's ever met.

After Dark, After Light by QuickedWeen | E | 71440 Harry Styles is the laird of Clan Edwards who is just trying to keep his clan afloat when they get word that the Mackenzies have been cutting a swath through the Midlands and beyond, and their sights are set on the northern Highlands next. In an attempt to garner extra protection for his clan, Harry sets out to mend his father's past wrongs and ally with their neighbors to the west, Clan Sutherland. Louis Tomlinson is the mysterious commander of the Sutherland army sent back with Harry on orders from his laird to help shore up Clan Edwards' defenses. As the winter draws nearer by the day, the two are thrown together to prepare for the invasion that they expect as soon as the ground thaws.

that dark globe, and return to 

where you’ve never been. 

Schooner  Milda, Roja, March 2, 2019. Photos by D.P.

’Round, ’Round, I Get Around

As romantic breakup strategies go, this one seems especially intriguing: “Then I got hired for a temporary job that lasted four months and allowed me to sail around the world ― literally circumventing the globe.”

That comes from an online roundup of stories about women leaving their fiencés. The Artisanal Grammarian has two things to say about this particular anecdote.

First, where can he sign up for a four-month job that involves sailing around the world?

Second, the lady in question may have circumvented her boyfriend’s relationship plans, but unless she wished to escape the entire planet rather than just the guy, she circumnavigated the globe.

We’re essentially dealing with three Latin words here. “Circum” means “around.” “Venire” means “to come.” And “navigare” means “to sail.”

“Circumvent” originally meant “to surround by hostile means.” It still connotes foiling or triumphing over someone or something else. If you circumvent something, you get around an obstacle.

“Circumnavigate” on the other hand, means simply “to sail or go around.” The difference between circumventing and circumnavigating is the difference between evading and just ambling.

This postcard is for sale here Nellie Bly basically set the standard for investigative journalism. At a time when women writers were confined to the society pages, Bly tackled more serious topics like mental health, poverty, and corruption in politics. She’s most famous for going undercover at the insane asylum on Blackwell’s (now Roosevelt) Island. Her exposé on the horrific conditions brought…