Lent--Day 24

I went on a tour of historic private homes, which is basically when rich people let you into their houses for a day. This is kind of my favorite thing to do, I have to be honest. We used to do it all the time when I was around college-age, in Providence, and you get lots of great ideas about interior design, I swear. Anyway, some observations from my tour: 


( In Case You Want Some Decorating Ideas )

Lent--Day 25

A law school friend in town for dinner. Lovely. 

Fic Odds & Ends

First things first: All of the drabbles have now been posted for the Lent--Day 23 drabblefest. People had some really great prompts, both Chaosverse and Sherlock, so you should go read and enjoy them!

Second things second: musecroft prompted "Sherlock at a violin lesson," and I honestly was going to write some quick little one-off about it, and, indeed, I did write some variety of a quick little one-off about it, which is posted below, but what you should know is that something about this quick little one-off wormed its way into my brain and now I find myself 20,000 words into an epic young!Sherlock story. I don't even know how this happened, you guys. Seriously. I spent an entire evening reading about the hundred best prep schools in England so I could decide which one Sherlock would go to. I have three tabs permanently open on my browser: the Eton College Wikipedia entry, a map of Central Eton, and the Eton College "New Boy Guide." WHAT IS MY LIFE. So, anyway, know that once I'm done posting the great deal of Scotch-verse stuff I already have written, there's going to be some sort of sprawling schoolboy saga coming your way, for whatever it's worth.

And, as a quasi-preview of the schoolboy saga, I give you the below fic, which is actually pretty much Scotch-verse compliant and has nothing to do with the schoolboy saga but it's where I kind of fell in love with the idea of writing a young Sherlock. (Please excuse the fact that Sherlock is at Eton at the age of 12. I hadn't done any research yet and didn't know Eton started at 13. Oops! I've fixed that for the schoolboy saga, I promise.)


( Violin Lessons )