I. The Birth of Cuthbert The Progenitor Meet Cuthbert The Progenitor (or Ur-Cuthbert, if you prefer). Alec and I made him by accident while we were trying to make a Halloween ghost prop. See, Cuthbert’s head is a helium balloon; the long balloon and the inflated glove are full of… Continue reading
I like wearing shoes. I feel inadequately clad without them. Also, exposed, vulnerable, and other words expressing feelings of that sort. That said, I will remove my shoes willingly when I am entering a House Of Shoelessness. No problem; it is the custom of the place, and the house is… Continue reading
We at Atherton’s Magic Vapour like to save you, our readers, trouble, whenever we can do so without much trouble ourselves. As a public service, therefore, I present my boyfriend’s summary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. I do this to spare you, my devoted readers (there are seven of you,… Continue reading
I recently purchased an iPad. My journey towards this purchase was, I imagine, a fairly typical one. First, I spent years sneering at the concept of the iPad, denying that an iPad could be either fun or useful, thumping my womanly chest and brandishing my Kindle in the air while… Continue reading
I don’t know quite how it came to pass that Alec (my boyfriend, whose image the interested reader may gaze upon, if s/he so chooses, by going to my post I is for… Inquest; the portrait labelled Merridew Wavering is me in drag; the portrait labelled The Claimant is Alec,… Continue reading
On my website, The Athertonian, I am writing an English Country House Murder Mystery thing. It is kind of a play and kind of a novel. It is called Murder At Atherton Manor, and is one of the many current writing projects that I seem to dart between like a… Continue reading
