Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with joy and love.

The poster will be displayed at Caledon Oxbridge University Community Gateway as part of an information notecard dispenser, to encourage newcomers to Second Life to visit the steampunk town of New Babbage. It will be located near a popular ‘hangout’ area, outside the main room where newcomers to SL receive their basic movement and avatar training, and also adjacent to the Lecture Hall, where many daily classes are held for new and experienced residents.

A big thanks goes to Mr Marion Questi for organising this competition!

The poster is based on the idea that you will find your muse in the town of New Babbage, whether you are going to build buildings or steampunk vehicles or make garments or publish books. The muse is someone who represents the creative energy and the joy of creation. I also wanted to create an image that references the power of human relations too – for New Babbage is a town of strong community bonds. I used the town skyline as a backdrop, but foregrounded the two characters – the muse and the ‘newbie’, who is enthralled and taken away to what appears to him to be a wonderful new and strange steampunk town. And yes I did want to suggest that there is the possibility of romance…

This poster represents the peak of several years of amateur graphic artwork in the virtual world. Today I mused that it might be fun to have a retrospective poster exhibition and show how my work has evolved over the years. I have a strong belief that the virtual world fosters education, and there is no better example than my graphic arts skills, where years of responding to community needs have helped my graphic art education. More to follow!

You can get a copy of this SL book at our store locations.

It’s great to see Emily Bronte leading the pack for the first time last month!

Promising for Emily Bronte! Solitary Raven topped at 41 books purchased by SL residents.

Millicent Jaerl’s Cold Heart is second at 38 sales followed closely by 36 copies of From a Mouse to a Louse.

Long Island Sound: Selected poems of Emma Lazarus sold 4 copies, and Quest of Fire sold 6 copies.

Among the first buildings to be constructed, the new Town Hall will house the art and book collections of Sir Steadman, as he embarks upon the voyage of making Caledon Mayfair the centre of the arts in Caledon.

From Steadman Kondor Publishing

The new town hall was constructed by talented architect Miss Koshari Mahana. The exterior will be renovated by Sir Steadman using original textures from Victorian heritage buildings in Australia. The interior will be redecorated with the assitance of designer Miss Dixie Sorbet.

Stay tuned for more developments on Caledon Mayfair!

I still will write occasional feature articles and help any new staff get settled into the paper.

In the meantime I’m enjoying greatly the Poetry workshops I’m running at Steelhead Boomtown – and look forward to running workshops in Victoriana and perhaps some newspaper writing workshops too – to help new paper staff get settled in.

Quest For Fire is a Gypsy Tale passed on from generation to generation in the oral tradition.

Young Bokka sets off on a quest to find fire for his Gypsy Tribe. Along the way the reader also learns about terms like: the aitchin’ tan, puridai, hotchiwichis and sushis.

Available now at all SKP bookstores.

Have you ever seen a chinese piano? The Qin is actually more like a Dulcimer.

This week, Steadman Kondor will be playing some tunes on his Qin at the Steelhead Shanghai Pagoda, when he is AFK: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Shanghai/127/147/30

Stay tuned to the Steelhead groupchat for his announcements when he is performing.