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Yule. It’s the last week of this year’s A to Z Challenge and here we are at Y. I first thought of Yule, which is celebrated in the Princlengs world when we would celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza and a few
Yard or Yule? I was doing the A to Z of the Princelings world in 2012. I couldn’t decide which to feature, so I did both. This tenth anniversary year I’m doing flashbacks to my first seven AtoZs. At this
I went visiting Castle Marsh instead of story-writing – you can see how it started last week. Now read on! Castle Marsh Christmas In which I discover that the Steward stands in for the King at all times I’m flying
I’m doing Flashback Friday a week early, because it’s Christmas, and I wanted to repeat this one, especially as I’ve worked out it appears ‘this yuletide’ in the Princelings series timeline. I had to do some juggling with Christmas stories
Welcome to this year’s Deja Vu Blogfest, the brainchild of DL Hammons. In view of the approaching launch of book 7 in the Princelings of the East series: Willoughby the Narrator, I have asked the narrator himself to reprise this
The winter solstice is at the end of this week. In the Princelings world that means the Yuletide festival is upon us…starting on the 20th with the Solstice speeches and dinner. It lasts through to the 31st December (Green Willow
In a cosy room at Castle Marsh, Fred and George are relaxing after a nice meal with their guests, Max the Tonkinese cat from the Shadows of the Past series and Stanley the labrador dog and Katrina von Cat from
Here we are in the middle of Yuletide again. It’s such a busy time, but very enjoyable, and although he would never admit it, it’s a time Fred finds very stressful these days. There are a lot of duties on
Our castle is built into the crags above Port Haunn. I’m Princeling Dylan and I live there with my brother Dougall and our uncles and aunties and cousins and friends. Mostly we’re related. We live on the far west of
The Yuletide season is one of relaxation and happiness for all who belong to Vexstein, from the lowliest to the highest, currently my uncle, Baron Smallweed, who succeeded this autumn following the death of my other uncle, the late Baron
The Solstice is next week. This is when the day is at its shortest. The night is at its longest. There is a post in the middle of the inner courtyard at White Horse Castle that records the shadow and
Season’s Greetings to you, dear reader. I am Willoughby, Narrator-in-Residence at Buckmore. My job is to fill your soul with delight as you imagine the lights, laughter and love to be found during the Yule season at Castle Buckmore. You
On Thursdays in December, and also on Christmas Eve, there will be blog posts from some of the Princelings characters about the Yuletide Festivals at their castles. The series starts 6th December with Willoughby (The Way West) who is now
I am dithering: is Y for Yard or for Yule? As they are both quite short topics, let’s do both of them!