Klipso and the paper cage.

Image: Diamonds Hadder on pilgrimage.

It’s Friday and the eggnog tap is running in BOK like the red river in spring… a small update this afternoon as I approach the weekend and return to the lower tower full time. It’s a spooky time this mid October…. My favorite month of the year. I’ve been thinking about Klipso and the story surrounding him, he’s an interesting frog… Magic you know…. His cage is a pencil drawing and he can leap from the page….. Another gift from Zabble and if you haven’t figured it out yet… his gifts are generally secret lessons to teach me something, next week I’ll tell you about Klipso, he might come in handy someday… things usually do in my world. I Hope to release the stargazer video this weekend and I imagine I’ll be able to finish up “Hell Fall”, or close to it, although the middle of the song has a beautiful little arrangement that might require some orchestration and time at the piano… we’ll see… never know how the day or night will play out. I may end up on a mountain tonight.. you never really know. I did a few video shoots while on my 1st pilgrimage, which is where I’ve lifted these stills from of me in the forest reading the good book. I imagine that a few people who stumbled upon me in the woods might have been a little confused or down right scared as to what they were seeing and hearing echoing through the white tree forest that afternoon… it made me chuckle then and it makes me chuckle now…. But that didn’t stop me from reading or doing the things I was doing. I don’t have much time anymore to care about what people think… I’m madly guided by a odd vision and a strange dream and it’s nonnegotiable. It has no timeline… no limit.. no beginning and it has no end… and it doesn’t matter what the world looks like or acts like outside of its existence. It doesn’t bend and it doesn’t mimic for reason. It just is what it is based on what created it in the first place. Nonnegotiable dreams are kind of fun… and rewarding. Results may vary but in time your choices help you sleep at night because they are yours and no one else’s. I’ve always enjoyed failing on my own terms, well not the failing part. Succeeding is better, but that goes without saying. I’ve shared in the outcomes of both in life many times my little woodsy friends. I like to think that my ability to peruse crazy self-serving notions is a notable attribute of mine but sometimes… hhmmm... it can be tricky to maneuver down that road with other people’s expectations and ultimatums blurring the path like a june fog. There’s always another king around the corner you know… looking at your throne and your queen for that matter. Trust in any form is a hard thing to come by. All kingdoms fall… but the towers stay and the dream that built them can live forever without any silly crowns or lines in the dirt. Trust IS the dirt under the tower. It's the unmovable earth to which all things stand upon that are worth a god damn.... “Ezra… get down from there!!” Well, let’s just say Klipso is an amazing frog and if not for me, he wouldn’t even exist. A thought has brought him to life. It's a simple thing that is forever now in a world of wishes and could of beens.... my own world of witches and hooded things. How amazing is that. Wait till you see him.. he’s very cool. (Ribet)

Well, I’m off to buy spiders and pumpkins for the lower tower. Enjoy your weekend.

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Europa: Finding the hidden Diamond City.

Field Notes from Diamonds Hadder: On the topic of finding the Doorway to the hidden city of Europa and learning of his true identity.

“We came over another ridge, it was me and Ezra and our new mysterious friend who saved me and Ezra from that dreadful encounter at the outer rim of the forest. I’ll talk in more detail about that another time, for now I wanted to make note of this journey to the hidden doorway of Europa. I think these notes will come in handy for lord Zabble. He’ll be happy to hear about the black forest and what truly lies beyond it, it’s a place he’s only read about in secret books but never had the chance to see for himself.. perhaps someday I can take him here. We approached a large cliff face at the top of "Black Mountain"… the mountain is covered in Black Dolomite rocks.. loose to the touch as though they just fell from the sky or were placed methodically to teeter and totter purposefully as a deterrent… occasionally as you step they move and shift and strange critters run from the cracks and creases, never a dull moment with Ezra as she seems to enjoy the occurrence again and again… and again… to the point it’s become quite funny actually, and annoying at times. I’m tired and sometimes it shows. I’m happy for her, I don’t think she enjoys the castle life much and it’s obvious to me that she belongs out here in the wild rather than chasing magic books around all day. I think perhaps that I hold her back but she’s so loyal to me I can’t image us ever being apart. There’s a glimmer in her eyes these adventurous days and it warms my heart to see her happy. It’s been days climbing this wretched face of the mountain… I’m told there’s a way to the hidden city at the top, though I don’t see any city and we are getting pretty high I must say. It’s quite the view out over the black forest… I can almost see BOK from here… occasionally we run across a kill and carcass or bones and it’s rather obvious that we are not alone up here. Ezra seems to freak out once and a while chasing an invisible scent of something and her hair stands on end… as she sticks her nose in holes and cracks and paces back and forth at the excitement of what it was or where it could be. It’s fun to watch. At the second ridge on day three we approached what looked like a white rock face that seemed to extend up into the clouds with glowing red dots marking the face of it… only these clouds never seemed to diminish or move for that matter. I noticed it a few days ago and slowly we’ve been inching towards it. Carved into the white rock face are small notches, almost like they were perfectly placed as some puzzle to solve… one possible solution would seem to take you into the clouds while any other would leave you there stranded on a rock face. My eyes seem to solve the puzzle instantly as though the notches have some sort of magic attached to them… I can’t imagine any human being able to make the choices needed to solve this puzzle and scale the wall correctly, but who knows. When I look up I see a strange red glow almost like a solved map.. I can’t explain it although it makes me think that maybe It was designed for me to see it… or people like me perhaps… I don’t know. Our mysterious friend surely knows the way as he doesn’t seem to skip a beat placing his hands and feet in the proper holes without hesitation. He’s rather poetic in his motion I must say… he moves rather effortlessly and doesn’t seem to tire much, to say nothing of what he did back at the forest to save us… he’s an interesting fellow for sure with an interesting weapon. Ezra will need to be strapped to a harness and carried up from here although she is quite a jumper and there are a few ledges that are within her reach… not for a human…but a Fanglor could certainly attempt the jumps as long as she follows us up. I decided to let her do it her way, judging by the look on her face when I reached for the harness... she didn’t appear very interested in the notion of being lifted, ha, grumble grumble… I don’t blame her… although I would have rather enjoyed seeing that. As we reached the clouds, we were suddenly climbing in a dream… a milky white nothingness… just glowing red lights and a rock face and us… this went on for a few hours and I recall thinking there was no way a normal man could accomplish such a thing. Suddenly we reached the cloud tops and broke through into an open sky… the cloud base looked as though we could walk on it… it was so thick and distinct. The ledge flattened out to plateau rather abruptly and we rested a brief moment in complete awe of the view. Ezra lay on her side exhausted from the adventure… panting with a sneaky gin on her face as though she was ready to do it again. Our friend was already on the move towards a strange rectangular shape hovering a few inches above the white polished plateau… a strange red glow outlined it…. It appears to be the same magic that outlined the path up the face of the cliff. It’s obvious now that this wasn’t meant to be found and that it was conjured by some very intense magic, that somehow I seem to be related to. Inside the window you could see another place… it was amazing… my first glimpse of the giant red diamond city… with pointed diamond spires that glimmered in the sun like crystal’s sparkling in a rainbow reflection. I felt an overwhelming peace come over me staring at it as my eyes glowed bright red and every inch of me felt whole again… I was lost in the moment of its beauty… Ezra and I both were still and frozen staring out into this strange place inside the glowing red window above the clouds…. it seems like we stood there forever, I’ll never forget it… or what happened next… when our mysterious companion approached slowly from behind, glowing red diamonds now shimmered under his hooded cloak…… he turned to me and said “Welcome home my Lord, we’ve missed you.” with a strange smile I’ll never forget.”

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The Return: A thought is a thing, like water.. like wind.

"A thought is a thing, like water.. like wind. As soon as it’s had.. so shall it’s magic begin.”

The Return: Hmmm… seems like everything is where I left it for now. Just a little dust on things. I haven’t visited the lower tower yet but in the coming days I will power up the trinkets there and feed my pet frog Klipso. The cotton wicks I ran to the garden are still wet, so that was nice to see. The wick fed ivy is running hard and fast. It tried to trip me on my way in, which tells me that it’s doing well in the BOK sun. A winter chill has certainly filled the space whilst I was away… let me say some things quickly. I've had some time on the slopes of thought this last week... and seen many visions. I always

met some interesting people on pilgrimage… I always do… I tend to invite peculiar events and interesting characters into my life while traveling. In my younger days some of these happenings and meetings could have gone horribly awry in a wonderful way, but my demeaner is much more controlled these days and I tend to sit back and observe a bit more rather than partaking in the fruitful dance, so to say. “A sharp mind is a hidden dagger in an unseen war.” A thing that comes with age I suppose. “I’m more intoxicated with the wind, light and words that ride the breeze rather than the bottled spray that kills the weeds.” Gesh, I’m starting to sound like Zabble. Grumble grumble. Then there was the oracle who enchanted me during a morning tea… hmmm… she had very interesting things to say and I think it was no accident that she appeared when she did. Her words stayed with me a while, she knew my mother and gave me a secret key to a very old door which I’ve opened a few times during my pilgrimage. Spooky place filled with tears… just when I thought things couldn’t get any spookier. I will say that when I opened the door… something happened in me. Anyway, we all have doors that need a crack and a wrap on. Here is a few updates on things I’m working on.

The Novel: A face shifting gifted cloak, A queen and the lost city of Europa... just a few new things and places you'll soon hear about if you care to follow the story. I’ve returned from my first pilgrimage… for a short stay in an old place. It was nice to be so far away from everything. Reflection on songs and words and things is so detrimental to the story I am creating and living in. I had a flood of ideas for the Hadder novel I’m writing and so I’ll do my best to keep releasing “Hadder’ field notes as the picture of Evermore and the Diamonds Hadder journey becomes more and more clear… I left off with Hadder and Ezra leaving kilwaughter castle on a pilgrimage, although things will soon get very interesting as he arrived at a local tavern for some food only to get a very important message from a very peculiar fellow that will ultimately take him beyond the black forest in the hopes of getting the answers of who he is and where he comes from. There are a few characters along the way that will be rather interesting, A queen with diamond eyes, a human girl who was saved by Johnathan Hadder during the war, the plotted destruction of the secret city of Europa, a great battle between Warmoths and the New king who has been busy with his own dark Mage secretly devising some rather unique magic to defeat the Warmoths, A magic face shifting cloak, Wave shifting Destruktor Globes, glowing red swords, secret downloading chambers associated with the Diamond race, trainings and awakenings… Love, Death, spies, good against evil….. you know… stuff of legends… I’m starting to see more of the plot and details of the story. I don’t want to give away to much… we’ll see how Mr Hadders Field Notes play out. Now that some of the initial introductions and stages are set, Hadder, Zabble, Ezra… Evermore… Kilwaughter… Warmoths… Kings and Queens… it’s time maybe the adventure takes a little turn. Poor Zabble, I don’t think he’s very safe these days.

The Stargazer Video: I suppose “Stargazer” should be 1st on my list while I’m back in BOK for the time being. You may have noticed I uploaded the MP3 before I left on pilgrimage. Look for a video any day now as I light the torches again and revisit and release the stargazer into the woods.

Website: The news page is getting rather large and cluttered. So I've adding a search function to it for key word search and I think I’ll be adding an actual “Hadder - filed notes” page to the website as the “Diamonds Hadder” novel takes shape. I think it would be nice to have it all in one place.

Music: I’ve had some time to draw the picture of the first record, one that I hope will drive a spring “Hadder” tour. Some of that picture has to do with these first 3 Ramsay/Evermore songs and where they fit into the grand scheme of things. I have a few months till spring to work it all out, but some big things are in the dream machine and it’s turning fairly fast these fateful autumn days of 2021. If history repeats, as it usually does, I see nothing telling me that all I dream of and more… will not come to a blazing fruition. Zabble would say, “A thought is a thing, like water.. like wind. As soon as it’s had.. so shall it’s magic begin.” What are you thinking about? Grumble Grumble. One thing is certain, I’m excited to pick up my microphone.

Final thoughts: Updates will be a bit shifty these coming weeks as the tower gets lit for winter and the local eggnog brew is on tap. Like I said, I still have a few trips to make. But I think before good OLD St Nick arrives there should be some rather interesting things going on in the Hadder universe. I hope anyway. It will be a long cold winter before the great thaw, best hunker down and train for what is to come. That can be true of so many things in life as we know it. Good luck to you, stay safe out there. If you happen to be near the woods.. listen for some chatter in the tall trees... don't be afraid... these words are as old as time. You'll see soon enough.

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