PyrateMtheSeawitch

I was in Colonial Williamsburg, VA a few weeks back for work and during my afternoon off I stummbled upon a used bookstore called "Mermaid Books" in the basement of one of the shops there. There were just stacks of old books and I came across this perfect collection! Salt Water Poems and Ballads by John Masefield and illustrated by Chas Pears published in 1916. Great condition! Here are the contents, if anyone would like the words to any of these let me know, I'll post 'em. Ballads: The Yarn of the 'Loch Achray' Sing a Song o' Shipwreck Burial Party Bill Fever Ship Fever-chills One of the Bo'sun's Yarns Hell's Pavement Sea-Change Harbour Bar The Turn of the Tide One of Wally's Yarns A Valedication (Liverpool Docks) A Night at Dago Tom's Port of Many Ships Cape Horn Gospel I and II Mother Carey Evening - Regatta Day A Valediction A Pier-Head Chorus The Golden City of St. Mary Trade Winds Sea-Fever A Wanderer's Song Cardigan Bay Christmas Eve at Sea A Ballad of Cape St. Vincent The Tarry Buccaneer A Ballad of John Silver Lyrics from 'The Buccaneer' D'Avalos' Prayer Sea Pictures- From Philip the King, From Dauber, From Biography Poems: The Ship and Her makers The New Beadford Whaler Cargoes Captain Stratton's Fancy Third Mate Posted as Missing Ships Roadways The "Wanderer" The River I was familar with Sea-Fever and the Ballad of John Silver, but a lot of these I hadn't come across before. Make for great reading! Pyrate M

I just moved to the Dayton area and was actually lookin' for some information on the Ohio Ren Fair! And here is an excellent thread just waitin' fer me. I would love to attend this year and I'm lookin' to make some costumes fer it. How is the fair here? I've only ever been to the Minnesota one and that were quite a while ago. Pyrate M

I were in Daytona Beach, at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. (A bit different from shark studies... although we did have one student get bit by a shark...) I have a friend who's stationed at Eglin AFB down there and her husband is in pilot training in Pensecola at the Naval base. They like the area quite a lot, and I've been through there a few times. Very pretty, better than the rest of Florida for sure! Aye, the weather in the cities is fickle, but I still miss it sometimes. I always liked Duluth though, we'd go up there pretty often to visit, and go canoeing up in the BWCA. Me with my paddle yelling "Arrrr!" in the middle of the wilderness.

By thunder! These are all wonderful works you lot! Nigel I love the holiday cartoon! Katarina yer piece be beautiful! Dreamie, amazing! I adore the facial expressions on all of the characters. William, yer mage/witch is great! I wish I could make mine turn out like that. I have some bits, sketchs and finished pieces up that mostly go along with a massively long fanfic that I'm writing. I thought I'd throw up some links here. Let me know what yeh think. Izza the Bold Bloody Pyrate M The Defiant figurehead Izza waving a flag Izza lounging about Izza after a fight Izza with a mitten for her hook Izza in snow Izza with Scalawag Sketch-plot sheet (there's a Pyrate M in the bottom right corner...) Izza with "date" Izza with a bloody arm Izza fist shake A comic for my sadly deranged ninja friend A few of the Smythes (Pyrate M and siblings, cousins and an Aunt) Phew... and to think thar be stacks I haven't gotten 'round to scanning yet. (Well, really, I had to get through college some how... drawin' pyrates is far more interesting that listening to lectures...) Pyrate M

Red Bess and CrimsonCrow... Ah, maybe our ships crossed paths in the night? I too hail from that northern tundra called Minnesota. I grew up in Minneapolis and moved out to Stillwater (just east of the cities by a half hour) when I were 9. Alas, I am no longer thar. I headed off to Florida for schoolin' and now I reside in the state of Ohio. It be a cruel and wicked place... I hope to someday return to that state of 10000 lakes (and 10000 ponds... and 10000 bits of water that aren't big enough to name by MN standards... yet are considered sizable bodies of water in other states). Pyrate M