Coming This Evening -- Results of the First Combat!

Ugh! Most of the day yesterday was spent reading through -- and providing copious commentary on -- ten student papers. Now that doesn't seem such a huge amount of reading until I mention that these were, on average, nine to ten pages long. So that was actually quite a bit of reading AND writing. When I finally finished last night, after picking up the Grand Duchess, who returned home yesterday, it was 11:25pm. :-( So, this evening, it's back to Saegewerkdorf and the first combats in need of resolution. Hopefully, I'll throw a few good rolls!

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MiniWargamer said…

I always used to say when I was teaching that they don't pay you to teach, they pay you to grade....

Other than bureaucratic issues, that's the least fun thing about teaching....

2:11 PM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

Groan!!! Yes, it would certainly seem that way sometimes. And I have just read/graded three (what were supposed to be polished) drafts this afternoon where clearly the student writers were asleep with their eyes open for much of the term. I sometimes fear that colleges and universities need to be more selective.

3:49 PM

Here's an RSM Painting Update

Here's a picture illustrating my (S-L-O-W) progress with the second company of Stollen's Leib (Grand Duchess Sonja's Own) Grenadiers. You can see I'm doing things a bit differently this time, altering the painting process to keep it interesting basically. This evening, I'll do the white gaiters and, if that goes reasonably quickly, and time allows, the red breeches. Still lots to do, but I like the way these fine fellows are shaping up along side the completed 1st company that's standing in formation just off camera, to the left here. Until tonight then!

Presenting the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere!!!

Here they are, with the rearmost nine figures still drying, three squadrons of the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere, now in the service of the Grand Duchy of Stollen. And now, it's onto that artillery!

Having a "No Day". . .

F or the almost 20 years that she lived in Mexico, one of my late mother's Irish friends frequently mentioned having a "No Day." A day with no social obligations, chores, tasks, or other work that interfered with whatever personal interests took one's fancy on the day in question. Since today -- a gray and chilly Saturday -- is Mom's birthday, the Grand Duchess is out with friends, and the Young Master is ensconced on the sofa in the TV room with a cold, yours truly is taking his own such No Day. I think Mom would approve of my decision to make the world go away, as the old Eddie Arnold song intoned, even if only for a little while. So, I will spend Saturday afternoon focused on that first squadron and small regimental staff of Eureka Saxon cuirassiers. These have stood waiting untouched over on the painting table for almost three weeks while we skied and otherwise gadded about with snowy, winter outdoor activities. I hope to share a painting update Sunday...

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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