I was standing on the sand, lovely as it is you know, when the Alar were suddenly upon me! Not all of them mind you, but just one. And, as it happened I was barefoot – again. But who can deny the pleasure of sticking toes into warm sand? I think that to be more enjoyable than having to sit down and upend your sandals just to get the sand out of them after.
At least, that’s my excuse for today.
[14:00] Jaym Wolfhunter stepped from the round ship…He that immeasurable Alar then wretched over the side of the gangplank and into the water yon…His face was a rictus of irritation…His eyes shot with blood and perhaps glassy…He turned upon those rough planks and with a voice laden with ire…”Next time…You sail…around the storm” He sought to command the captain…Lo, from within the ship did sailors laugh and jeer…on the wind would hear words like Alar…land legs…He would have strode back onto that ship, if the sight of its rolling did not cause His stomach to swim…”bah” He said to Himself mostly…and turned then again to the land occupied by the swampers…”HO!” He cried…having wiped His mouth with the














