I think Elderfine just led a plain sword life with Sir Gregory before being awakened. I don't know if there is much of a story to be had there, but I will think on it.

I hadn't really thought about that, thank you for the idea. I mostly pulled it from beliefs that carbon sources could influence the weapon in a talismanic way. Some apparently used the bones of their ancestors

The teenage years are often a hard time for both parent and child and is hard to know how to support them through it. There's certainly no one method as we're all different.

It must be so hard to listen to these things and know that there really is nothing you can do other than be there to listen. They say that money can't buy happiness, but enough money to be able to live

I've been really sick all week, so I'm not sure when I'll feel up to picking it up again. Hopefully soon

The debut The Return of Elderfine was 6 years ago, so it was easily missed. 😉 😆 It was actually @lordnigel who started the ball rolling, so it was more his thing than mine, but I thought I'd challenge

because the world keeps expecting us to sacrifice ourselves without complaining. I would say that the world never expected it, but we always expected it of ourselves. The those around us came to expect

Which crops have you found to be the most popular with customers so far?

This must be a sign for me to look into Cyrus a bit more. I have only heard mentions of him until today from the European viewpoint of history.

Thank you @steemflow

I'm still in two minds about that one. I think I'm leaning towards the latter

I see you read the title 🤣

Hopefully they'll continue coming, but it will probably be slowly.

My grandmother had a biscuit tin full of salvaged buttons and we found all sorts of games to play with them. Thankfully the tin was old enough not to look like it might contain cookies any more. Today

This is a thought provoking examination of the topic. There is also a case to be made that most babies (at least for English speakers) will say 'dad/daddy' before 'mum/mummy' because 'd' is easier to say

Wut?? @anggreklestari I think this is for you

I once saw something that pulled quotes from media over multiple decades going back to the 19th century where older people said "no one wants to work", so it seems like that's not a modern phenomenon

I have to admit that many of the current generation entering adulthood certainly doesn't seem to have learnt much critical thinking or self sufficiency. Recently my dad (77) was telling us how he stopped

"it is the responsibility of the oppressed to fight to achieve and maintain the necessary checks and balances to prevent them from continuing to do so." This makes me think of the idea we often

There's going to be a lot of inheritance coming down from this generation soon, yet ironically there seems to be a lot of support for removing that 'wealth' from them sooner via increased taxation and