Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Breaking a Sweat

November 19, 2025

I own a lot of things in Second Life hat I would never own IRL. However, Dutchie’s Luxury Gym collection has to be in the top 5 when it comes to which items are the most foreign to RL me. I am so not a gym person. Fortunately, my avatar is up for anything! And for this review, Ran joined me so we could put more pieces through their paces and show off a selection of the great animations in a short video. It does not feature all of the pieces and it does not feature the adult animations from the Exercise Bench. However, I have also added some photos below, including some to tease those adult animations.

The collection is essentially a full, modular gym environment, built around the usual high-quality animations, top-quality meshes and PBR-enhanced materials you’ve come to expect from Dutchie. You could easily setup a whole gym with this, not just a personal workout space.

To read about each piece in detail, visit the Specials page on Dutchie’s website, which links through to all of the gym items. For easy purchasing of the whole set, visit the Marketplace and pick up the Gym Set or the Adult Gym Set.

The cute hairstyle I am wearing is another Truth and Wasabi collaboration for the Truth Collective and the sporty top and pants is from Faida.

Defender of the Hall

October 10, 2025

A week ago, I broke my ring finger on my right hand. I did not think I would be writing anything again for a month, since a full cast was the first prognosis. However, it turned out to need more complicated surgery which in the end meant I needed to be able to start training my finger right away. So, no cast, just a very sore and stiff finger. Writing is a bit of a pain, so I’ll probably keep things short and sweet for a while, but its much better than the alternative!

To get me rolling again, a Viking-inspired setup using the Jarnvidr Longhall from Del-ka Aedilis again, here with some furnishings from Angelicus. And I am wearing one of many excellent Viking/Norse-inspired outfits from Rakshasa. This one is called Vigdis and consists of a top and a skirt.

A Royal Dowry

September 25, 2025

A final look at this round of We Love Role-Play, since I just had to feature Zaara’s beautiful new Disha Lehenga, available in single colours or as a mix-and-match fatpack. And who can decide on just one colour when the textures look so good? It is an outfit fit for a princess, especially when paired with the lovely Ciel set from Zibska, featuring a headpiece, earrings a choker and a necklace. A dowry for royalty indeed.

Something I picked up a while ago but had yet to use (I was planning on having it for a video, since it is animated) is the gorgeous Runa hair from Raven Bell, a very long braid with bento animations and poses. I’ll have to revisit that in a suitable video, because I love it!

Fantasy Faire 2025: Fading Away

May 08, 2025

Just a quiet, contemplative shot from Alia Baroque’s beautiful Holi sim to mark the end of my time at this year’s Fantasy Faire. Alas, I had too much going on IRL to spend as much time on it as usual, I did not even have time to prepare a LitFest presentation which makes me very sad. But I am already looking forward to next year and hoping for more of a chance to explore all that the Faire has to offer. I’ve even got a few purchases I have not had time to feature, so this may not be the final post with Fantasy Faire content even though it is my goodbye to the 2025 Faire.