My Creatively Random Life

I have to say I really enjoyed my R book, it almost sent me down another series rabbit hole, but I resisted as I am so close to the finish line.  So close.... For R I read Rise of the Dragons by Morgan Rice, which is a book that Ace has read in French when we went though a kick of downloading French Kindle books and enjoyed. Kyra, 15, dreams of becoming a famed warrior, like her father, even though she is the only girl in a fort of boys. As she struggles to understand her special skills, her mysterious inner power, she realizes she is different than the others. But a secret is being kept from her about her birth and the prophecy surrounding her, leaving her to wonder who she really is. When Kyra comes of age and the local lord comes to take her away, her father wants to wed her off to save her. Kyra, though, refuses, and she journeys out on her own, into a dangerous wood, where she encounters a wounded dragon—and ignites a series of events that will change the kingd...

Raconteur Definition:  a person skilled in telling anecdotes. Sentence:  He was an excellent raconteur, and his stories had a stamp of their own which would have made them always and everywhere acceptable.                  — Leonard Huxley Recalcitrant Definition:  stubbornly resistant to authority or control. Sentence:  The officials of the state banks especially proved recalcitrant and refused to surrender Government moneys.                — Various Recondite Definition:  difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. Sentence:  On both sides of Lamb, however, there lie literatures more difficult, more recondite .                —Arnold Bennett Rectitude Definition:  righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest. Sentence:  You must be morally upri...

Sometimes when the kids stay home for the weekend we get up to some pretty random stuff.  Today we joined Richard of Muddy York Walking Tours for a Battle of York Battleground tour.  We then popped over and wandered around Fork York for a bit.  The weather was a bit blustery (or a lot) but apparently that is historically accurate for April of 1813.  The tour started at the western edge of Toronto's exhibition grounds, where Richard explained to us in detail how the American ships landed (west of where they intended due to the wind) in the harbor and around 1,800 soldiers ended up on the shore.   The Americans fought their way Eastward against the British and Canadians from there.  The Battle of York marked the first victory for the Americans in the War of 1812. The tour took us across the Canadian National Exhibition grounds which are littered with monuments.  We got to see Scadding Cabin which is the oldest building in Toronto.  It was origi...