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2/2026 Hiking Summary
February’s hiking summary will be breaking a rule that I didn’t imagine would be broken: it’ll lack photos. Let’s have a look why. I admit I was wondering whether to even post one, given the photo shortage. As I mentioned in the monthly summary, February this year turned out to be a bleaker and moodier…
2/2026 Summary
February is over, and I admit I’m glad for that, because it was quite a bleak month for me. The month didn’t start that poorly right away, butit quickly turned draining by the gloomy and ever-changing weather. Snow that lasted a couple of days, only to melt soon after, often with rain showers, and repeating…
Book review: The Hope of Vah
The third – and final – book of Findel’s Embrace trilogy closes the story of the main characters, but leaves a lot unsaid, as is the case with the author’s other books. The second book concludes shortly after Jareen gives birth to her son, and settles on the edge of the Mingling area along with…
January 2026 hiking summary
The first month of 2026 was quite a success for my hiking, despite starting the year with the wrong foot forward. Let’s have a look. As I said in the monthly summary, I had to give up my plans for a New Year’s walk because I was nauseous the day before and ended up being…
Book review: The Synod’s Curse
The second book of Findel’s Embrace series continues where Voiceless Sister left off, but with quite some differences and much more backstory. A significant chunk of the book is made up of flashbacks to the origin of the current elves – the three brothers Findel, Isecan, and Vah. Being on the run from their ruined…
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