Saturday, 31 January 2026

Winding Up January In Life And Fiction

The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, representing the King of England (who is also the Duke of Lancaster), attended the Holocaust Memorial event. The Mayor of Lancaster attended Holocaust Memorial and the Chinese New Year concert. Sheila was one of the raffle winners who went up on stage for a photo. There was a display of Shaolin Kung Fu moves, including with weapons.

Adzel, the Wodenite convert to Buddhism, does not need to learn any self-defence or martial arts. Jim Ching tells him that his rented hut is in a crime area but Adzel, surprised, replies that he has never been molested. That has something to do with looking like a Tyrannosaur. But Adzel fights when necessary on Dathyna, Tametha and Hermes. 

Crown Prince Josip receives at the Coral Palace for the Emperor's Birthday. 

 (We experience twenty-first century events and parallel them with Technic History events. And we attend the Town Hall and the Grand Theatre rather than the Coral Palace.)

Tomorrow will be another month.

6 comments:

S.M. Stirling said...

People commemorate what's important to them. Armistice Day was extremely important to my grandparents, and important to my parents. For subsequent generations... not so much.

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

Which I regret. Some holidays should matter to us.

Ad astra! Sean

S.M. Stirling said...

Sean: well, it's different if you or your parents lived through it. My grandfather on my mother's side was gassed at Passchendaele and died of it 21 years later. That was crucial to him, and important to my mother. I never met him.

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

I can see that, how Armistice Day would matter to WW I veterans and their immediate families.

Hmmm, Hitler was also gassed near the end of the Great War. Unfortunately, he survived.

Because the Emperor was a real and actual person, I can see how Birthday still mattered to some people in ENSIGN FLANDRY.

Ad astra! Sean

S.M. Stirling said...

Well, I celebrate the British monarchy's birthday.

Anonymous said...

Kaor, Mr. Stirling!

Good, the King's Birthday should matter in the UK and the Commonwealth realms. And July 4th should matter similarly to Americans.

Ad astra! Sean