What can I say about this? When has calling someone lazy hate speech? I am sorry Facebook, but you give a platform for all the bat-shit-crazies to spew an unending stream of disinformation. When I say that all you have to do is look around and see how lazy people are you label it as…
Author: margrad80
I am a retired Merchant Mariner, a retired Marine Surveyor, and a currently active novelist. I am starting this blog to follow my life in retirement, as I follow a more inconvenient life.
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part 14
Once I had harvested my crops, I realized that I needed to get some seeds from the general store. I checked the Community Center bundle and saw what crops I needed. When Ot to the store, a cut scene was triggered. Even with a lot of fishing and foraging the beach, I didn’t have enough…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part 13
On the first day of summer, the remaining spring crops are withered, and the farm is cluttered with windfall wood, weeds, and stone. I know that on this day I will be busy planting my summer crops and cleaning the place up. None were, so I headed back to the farm. I realized that it…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Twelve
Waking up on the 25th day of spring I see that my ax is ready, but it is a lucky day, so I decide to put off picking up the ax, and headed right to the mine, after doing my farm chores. Working down from level 40 to 50, I received a pair of tundra…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Eleven
Having gathered enough copper to make five more copper bars, I was ready to go over to the blacksmith to have him upgrade my pickax. It was the 20th day of spring. On the way I stopped at the bulletin board and saw that George was willing to pay someone a fee to bring him…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Ten
The next morning, I remembered it was the day of the egg festival, so I didn’t bother to watch the fortune teller. It wouldn’t have any effect on the day’s activities. I didn’t have long at the farm to work before I would get the notice that the festival had started. After tending the garden…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Nine
The 11th day of spring starts with a plea from Robin, the carpenter, for me to help find her favorite ax. Could use the money for sure. After tending my garden and giving up on digging up some clay, it was late enough for the blacksmith to be open. I headed out, stopping at every…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Eight
Rainy days are good days to go down into the mine to do a little mining and combat. In this game, my garden is very small, but in previous game-lives not having to water the garden was a big time saver. Before I learned about the fortune teller, I always went to the mines on…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Seven
Now I am at the point in the game were there will be more than one day covered in each post. Later there will be days not covered at all, because they will be filled with routine activities. The routine days are fun for me, but for the reader, they would be like watching someone…
SDV: A Blogger Escapes the Real World, Part Six
Day five of spring, the first year, turned out to be a nice sunny day. Weather is randomized in the game. When you watch the weather report, it will be the report for the following day. The fortune teller gives you your luck for the same day as you are watching. It makes it easy…