I
am staying in my apartment in Mystras, making casual day trips to visit
old friends, new excavations,and generally renewing knowledge of the
area's geography and overall feeling for the section of the new book
that is told from Helen's point of view. Don't know now how these two
disparate sections will fit together, especially since Aias and Helen
had nothing to do with each other. beyond him being one of the crowd of
suitors for her hand and property years before. But they seem to want to
and, as long as we are all still moving toward the same ending (a rule:
always write a book's ending first!), I'll let them for now. It might
end up being two separate books, although so much has been written about
Helen that yet another book about her would have to be extremely
different from the general run... This day's travel in the Taygetos gave
me some ideas, only half-formed or less for now.
One thing I know for sure: my love for the Taygetos has not diminished. That first sight of them as I drove over the last ridge and there they stood, immovable, implacable as always, asking nothing, offering nothing but simply themselves, was, as always, incredibly moving.
One thing I know for sure: my love for the Taygetos has not diminished. That first sight of them as I drove over the last ridge and there they stood, immovable, implacable as always, asking nothing, offering nothing but simply themselves, was, as always, incredibly moving.
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