Random Thread ~Usagi-Chan ☮ Tūsurī~

[erilaz]

^ Not to mention the home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I know people who travel to Ashland just for that.

[boinsie]

Yes, definitely. The only time I had come here previous to this year was way back in college when I had a 1 credit course that included driving up to see a Shakespeare play in Ashland!
It's for sure a huge tourism draw. A ton of downtown stores and restaurants are named after plays/characters.

[Zunu]

Congrats on the move! As an old Japanese friend used to say, sounds like a ween ween! If you don't mind me asking, did you need to find new work in Ashland, or are you able to work remotely?

[boinsie]

Husband is working remotely for the company he's been with from the Seattle-area. I'm in a period of transition, as they say. Will probably try to find some office work around town, also intending to get back into art stuff.

[Zunu]

also intending to get back into art stuff.

Huzzah!!!!

[TotallyUncool]

Congratulations on the move!!!

[esm]

I’m in Montreal and Quebec City until Friday. It’s so pretty here and honestly feels more diverse than most cities in the U.S.

Also because of The Rings of Power I ordered a bunch of Lord of the Rings book (used) for when I have two weeks off for winter break and can’t afford to travel anywhere.

[erilaz]

^ I toyed with the idea of going to Montreal for the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto in August, but I couldn't really manage to do it on top of my other summertime commitments.

I've got a bunch of Tolkien scholarship sitting here, waiting to be read. (Not because of The Rings of Power! ) I've almost finished reading an essay collection entitled Reconsidering Tolkien, which I picked up for $2 this summer, and I'm about to start Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon by Brian Rosebury, another recent $2 acquisition. More importantly, just this past week I got the gorgeous exhibition catalog of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, as well as The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien, which contains contributions by several top Tolkien scholars, including some of my friends.

[TotallyUncool]

I'd like to go to Montreal just to experience actual seasons!

[esm]

Speaking of JPlop/JPM history, I’m meeting up with pavlova. We talk on an almost daily basis anyway, though I haven’t seen her since NYC 2014.