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By Dylan on September 14th, 2012Posted In: News
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It’s been awhile since we’ve seen this hallway! You might recognize it from the scene that begins Chapter 2 – here’s the first glimpse of it. Nolte doesn’t have a lot of good luck when he sits in it, I guess. It’s starting to feel like autumn here in Oregon. The other day where I was […]
Even at dawn, you can’t walk around town with your charcoal wolf-face on, can you? Since it was several pages back, I’ll remind you that Ariana saw those wagons coming into town the night before. I’ll bet you can guess who they are! My main news this week is that I wrote a big long […]
We haven’t seen these kids for almost two hundred pages! I had to remind myself what they looked like. “Gadje” is the word used in most Romani languages to mean “non-Romani woman.” Gadje/gadjo (male) is a bit like “gaijin” in Japanese – not necessarily offensive or insulting, but very starkly connoting “not one of us.” […]
Back into the Library! And outside, why, is it – could it be – yes, it is! It’s Luther. Haven’t seen him in awhile, have we? Poor guy, he’s  having a good morning so far, but I’m not sure it’s going to hold up. Meanwhile: do you live in North America? Then odds are good […]
Never a good sign when the lady doesn’t even leave a Dear John letter, is it. Oh well, I’m sure they’ll figure everything out! Next week’s page will take us on a little side-trip, so wish the kids luck until we see them again later. There’s plenty of fun to be had in New York City this […]
And here’s a short scene I’ve been looking forward to for awhile. Traditional Romani culture is extremely family-focused, and this particular vurdon (caravan) is very traditional. Romani people are frequently used as plot devices in pulpy Euro and American stories, dispensing curses or telling fortunes to get the plot rolling before being conveniently forgotten. I don’t care to […]
Traditional Rom marriages are a big deal; they bind large families together across large amounts of time and space. They also give everybody a reason to meet up and throw some really spectacular parties.  Unlike in a lot of other cultures, where the bride’s family pays a dowry to the groom’s family, many Rom do it […]
Things are heating up a little, aren’t they? Settlement – forced or “chosen” – was tantamount to giving up Romani identity. Children were often forcibly taken away from their families and made to speak the local language exclusively – a cultural death sentence. Adults were often forced to live in conditions that went utterly against […]
Something I’d normally reserve for the Notes section, but that I’d like to mention while we’re in this scene: the “old route” being closed isn’t about a washed-out bridge. Active political campaigns against the Rom population were afoot in many German and Czech-speaking territories at this time, shifting according to the whims of the local […]
That’s it for this scene – I hope you all didn’t too much mind the brief detour. Next week we’ll see some protagonists again! Happy Thanksgiving week to my fellow Americans; I recommend this unlikely vegetarian gravy recipe, which has beaten out meat gravies (even amongst committed carnivores) every year at the table since I […]