Xantcha Arrives in Efuan Pincar
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Xantcha wakes up from her memories just in time to avoid crashing into a tree. That’s the kind of chapter opening that sets the tone for what’s ahead.
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Champions and Wars - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 3
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
Phase Three Drawdown: When Every Major City Started Bleeding at Once
This is post 4 in my series on The Commercial Real Estate Tsunami: A Survival Guide for Lenders, Owners, Buyers, and Brokers by Tony Wood, with a foreword by Matthew Anderson (ISBN: 978-0-470-63637-4, published by John Wiley & Sons, 2010). Chapter 3 is called “Phase Three: Drawdown” and it covers what was happening in 2009 across major U.S. metro markets. If the earlier chapters were about warning signs, this one is the hard data proving the warnings were right.
The Nether Scroll Chapter 3: Storm Over Parnast
Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
30 Eleasias, the Year of the Banner (1368 DR)
A dust storm blows in from the Anauroch desert that night. It lasts three days. Hot as a fire pit, sharp with grit. The locals wrap their faces like desert nomads and tell the visitors helpful things like “This is nothing” and “You should have been here last year, we didn’t see the sun for twenty days.”
Homesteading: Is It a Job, Hobby, or Lifestyle? What You Need to Know
So you are growing food. Maybe you have a garden going, some chickens in the yard. People start asking: “Are you a farmer now?” And you think about it. Are you? Is this a hobby? A side hustle? A whole lifestyle?
Xantcha's Phyrexian Origins and the Sphere
Previous: Xantcha and The Antiquity Wars
This chapter is almost entirely flashback, and it’s one of the best pieces of worldbuilding in Magic: The Gathering fiction. We get Xantcha’s full origin story, and Phyrexia has never felt more real or more horrifying.
Phase Two: Amplification - When the Commercial Real Estate Market Froze (2007-2008)
This is Part 3 of our retelling of The Commercial Real Estate Tsunami: A Survival Guide for Lenders, Owners, Buyers, and Brokers by Tony Wood (ISBN: 978-0-470-63637-4, John Wiley & Sons, 2010). We’re covering Chapter 2: Phase Two: Amplification (2007-2008).
The Lion King's Past - The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King Chapter 2
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
The Nether Scroll Chapter 2: Fifteen Years Later at Dawn Pass
Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey | Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
28 Eleasias, the Year of the Banner (1368 DR)
Fifteen years. That’s the time jump between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. One chapter ago, Druhallen was a teenager with a broken wrist swearing vengeance on a hilltop. Now he’s a grown man leaning against a rough-plank wall in a Zhentarim village called Parnast, and his wrist still aches when he thinks about Ansoain.
Homestead Basics: Getting Started With Backyard Farming for Beginners
OK so you know the history. You are inspired. Now what? How do you actually start homesteading?
This post covers Chapter 2 of Backyard Farming: Homesteading by Kim Pezza (Hatherleigh Press, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-57826-598-5). It is all about the basics. And some of these basics might surprise you.