Many of you probably know I have a life-long constructed language called Nimyad. This week I have begun the long-overdue task of gathering all the documents together, from the last thirty years or so, and consolidating them all into the Book of Nimyad. As part of this, I was delighted to discover a conlang font (Fairfax HD, by Kreative) which contained the glyphs from the Amlin script in the private use area. I knew the names, but the glyphs themselves had been lost to me. Thus I have been able to reconstruct some sample text today. #conlang #nimyad

Kudos to whoever wrote this: "Shackleton's expedition failed to accomplish this objective but became recognized instead as an epic feat of endurance." ("Endurance" was the name of his ship)

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Wikipedia

Fun fact! Everyone remembers that the newton is named after Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered gravity, and that the kilogram is named after Lord Humphrey Kilogram, who climbed trees to drop apples on Newton. But few remember Pierre de Litre, who introduced water to France.

England, 1649: the king has been executed, the monarchy has ended at last, but it's been replaced with a dictatorship. Yet suddenly we're back in the morning of the world. It's a mindset. In the evening of the world, life will always go on as it's gone on before. If it changes, it can only get worse. In the morning of the world, everything seems possible. Into this churn of chaos, worry, and excitement steps a 40-year-old man named Gerard Winstanley. He has a story and a plan.

Outside the surgery are some roses. I am certain that I am the only one pruning them. The fact that there are blooms all year round is therefore down to me, which must make people happy, which is a small thing I'm proud of. (I can do this with my thumbnail. There's a knack to it)