Tag: sword and sorcery

What the Boss Likes : a story long in the making

So, I've finished a story I've been working on for.... oh 10 years or more.  I figured I needed to finish something since I'm depressed, tired and generally pissed off about a job that I interviewed for and then the employer decided that, at 3:30 on a Friday, they had to "rethink" the position. It's … Continue reading What the Boss Likes : a story long in the making →

What the Boss Likes – Gen Con 2016 and our adventures in cosplay, part 3

Here I am back with my costume. This painting was much more of a challenge. The most peculiar part is the pauldrons on the outside of the coat. There are a couple of ways one can interpret the painting. 1. There is a coat and there are indeed pauldrons on the outside of it (the … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Gen Con 2016 and our adventures in cosplay, part 3 →

What the Boss Likes – Gen Con 2016 and our adventures in cosplay – part 2

At most science fiction and fantasy based conventions, there is cosplay popping up. This is at its simplest, recreating a costume of a favored character and wearing it around. It can get as complicated as acting like the character when interacting with other cosplayers or with the audience. The idea is as old as SF/F … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Gen Con 2016 and our adventures in cosplay – part 2 →

What the Boss Likes – meet my newly created mascot, Ruby

Meet the blog’s new mascot, Ruby.  One of my other hobbies, other than cooking,  collecting unusual alcohol and dealing with religion, is sewing.  I used to do a lot of sewing of costumes for historical recreation and for science fiction cons, as well as for my friends.  I got out of the habit a few years back for … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – meet my newly created mascot, Ruby →

From the Back Room – John Palmer’s Elevenses, aka hobbit beer aka boggie slobber

Finally, we have a new beer brewed by us. This is Northern Brewer’s Elevenses, a recipe that they co-created with John Palmer, evidently a well-known homebrewer, but you couldn’t prove it by me.  In that both my husband and I spend inordinate amounts of time imagining what our sword and sorcery characters eat and drink, … Continue reading From the Back Room – John Palmer’s Elevenses, aka hobbit beer aka boggie slobber →

What the Boss Likes – Finger Lakes vacation, part 1 – geology, food and drink

We’ve not taken a vacation for a couple of years due to various circumstances.  So this year, we decided to go somewhere relatively close to us here in central Pennsylvania but somewhere we’ve never been before.  We chose the Finger Lakes region of New York state, a place full of wineries, restaurants and interesting geology. … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Finger Lakes vacation, part 1 – geology, food and drink →