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Everyone has a story and it's always worth listening to.

Interests: good stories, the craft of writing, theology, singing, church softball, Durham Bulls, San Francisco Giants, farmers' markets, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, cooking, breadbaking, eating, wine.

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Final standings: BHL Division 2

Alma, as expected, won the 2nd division for the third time in five years. They have lodged an application to be promoted to the top league, including a report of an attendance of 101,557 over 21 home games, including regular season, Cup, and friendlies, an average of 4,836. The average... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 30 results: Borschland Hockey League

Here are the results from Week 30 of the Borschland Hockey League. Some makeup games remain, but they do not affect the championship, which ended in an unprecedented 3-way tie. Image: the winter sun turns evergreens gold in Meenesanne. 2 Tarlunz v. Te Staff 3: In the end, Tarlunz couldn’t... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Stunner in Borschland: 3 Co-Champions

In a development that no one was expecting and that will go down in Borschland Hockey League history as something that maybe will never happen again, the league will crown 3 co-champions in the year 336. After Rjaward’s stunning 1-0 loss to Bjaward in Bjaward, Tarlunz’s 3-2 frustrating failure against... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 29 results: Borschland Hockey League

With Rjaward defeating Tarlunz this week, the championship picture is getting clearer. Holtzlund has been officially eliminated from the chase, while Meechen has to hope that both Tarlunz and Rjaward lose their last two games (and Meechen win its last one against Meenesanne) for a share of the championship. Image:... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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BHL Week 29 Featured Game

The rest of the Week 29 scores will be published today, but here is an excerpt from an extra edition of te Borscher Sportteelegram on the big Rjaward-Tarlunz Week 29 game. 3 Tarlunz v. Rjaward 4: Jubilation broke out in the city on the plains as Willem “Noodle” van ter... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 28 results: Borschland Hockey League

This was a week where almost all the top teams in the league were all at home and all were playing beatable opponents. And behold, they all won convincingly, except for Holtzlund, who had a bit of a nailbiter against Heiko Moordfors and the Bevinlunz Merchantmen. Only Meechen, of the... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 27 results: Borschland Hockey League

Rjaward won the first leg of the season-ending battle with Tarlunz, claiming a share of first place. Week 29 may be decisive for both teams, as Rjaward travels to the Steel City for a rematch. Meanwhile, Meechen is making a huge charge and is only one point behind the leaders.... Continue reading

Posted May 20, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 26 results: Borschland Hockey League

Week 26 is in the books! Tarlunz stays on top, but Rjaward has pushed into second place and Meechen into third, as Holtzlund faltered after winning the Flowering Branch Cup final. 4 Wrischer v. Sajbell 5: Sajbell won with a short-handed goal in the last minute of the game, capping... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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The Liminal Zone: outside and inside

Novels, for me, stand or fall on their world-building. Put a character into a believable time and place, and I’m hooked, regardless of whether the story’s set in the past, present, or future. The Liminal Zone, Richard Abbott's latest in his Far From the Spaceports series, takes place in the... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Flowering Branch Cup Grand Final: Holtzlund 3, Rjaward 2

In the end, it wasn't really about skating and scoring at all. In a classic Cup Grand Final, two fine high-scoring teams played a characteristically Borschic game, with only 5 goals scored (the over-under was 6.5) but with plenty of grit and determination. Green fireworks go off in the sky... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 25 results: Borschland Hockey League

A new week of hockey just before the Flowering Branch Cup final pitted the finalists Holtzlund and Rjaward against each other in the mountain city of Erichels, and it was as close as advertised. In the Grand Final of the Cup, of course, there will be no ties. If the... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Who will win the Flowering Branch Cup 336 NR?

When you look out at the hockey rink below the bluff, the spit of land that closes it off from the Borschland River, the houses and business and yacht harbors in the distance across that river, you understand why it is the supreme destination for all Flowering Branch Cup finalists.... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 24 results: Borschland Hockey League

Rjaward and Tarlunz took care of business this week, dispatching inferior foes, while 3rd place Holtzlund had a tougher time with rejuvenated Sajbell. Image: Steel worker oversees smelting process in the Unterkirche-Koobrand mill in Tarlunz. Image by 272447 from Pixabay 4 Sajbell v. Holtzlund 4: It was a battle from... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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"Single-minded for a double outcome": Flowering Branch Cup 336 NR Finalists set!

Finalists are in for the Flowering Branch Cup of 336 NR! It’s Rjaward v. Holtzlund! The home teams pulled it out in the second leg of the cup and now they face each other for the possibility of the double: Championship and Cup in the same year. 4 Holtzlund v.... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 23 results: Borschland Hockey League

The race for the championship is tightening up! Both Tarlunz and Holtzlund gained ground on the faltering Cattle Drivers of Rjaward, who scored 3 goals in a game for the first time in two weeks, but who also gave up 4 to the energized Te Staff team playing at home.... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Leg 1 of the Semifinals of the BHL Flowering Branch Cup 336 NR!

We are one step closer to the final of the Flowering Branch Cup and it looks like one spot is much closer to being set while the other is very much still up in the air! Rjaward has gone into a little goal-scoring slump at the worst time of the... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 22 results: Borschland Hockey League

The fight at the top got a little closer as the Sea Gods of Sajbell shocked Rjaward with a 3-2 win at home. Meanwhile, both Tarlunz and Holtzlund defeated their opponents, which means the difference between the three at the top is now a mere five points. Image: the childhood... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 21 results: Borschland Hockey League

Updated standings are in the sidebar to the right!-----> Week 21 is in the books and Rjaward is the clear leader--by seven points now, two full games. It looks like their championship to lose as neither Tarlunz nor Holtzlund could separate themselves from each other in the biggest matchup of... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Flowering Branch Cup Semifinal Predictions: Holtzlund v. Atterische

Dohmatische is the giant-killer and Rjaward is the giant, but the matchup between the other two teams—the Axe Men of Holtzlund and Atterische’s Peat Diggers—may be the more intriguing. Image: Holtzlund Coach Dirk Eechen at home in his study working on game strategy. Atterische v Holtzlund Holtzlund has wagered everything... Continue reading

Posted May 3, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Flowering Branch Cup Semifinal Predictions: Dohmatische. v. Rjaward

The underdogs and the favorites are set and clear: the draw separated the Low Country rivals, Dohmatische and Atterische, and paired them with the top-of-the-table championship hopefuls, Rjaward and Holtzlund. Thus, if all goes as expected, it’s going to be a Rjaward-Holtzlund final, perhaps as a preview of the final... Continue reading

Posted May 2, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 20 results: Borschland Hockey League

Big transaction news: Sajbell has sent their first-string goaltender Sybrandy Spillers to play the rest of the season for Holtzlund in exchange for the services of forward Grundel Masur. Holtzlund also purchased the contract of Nations’ Cup hero Gregory Gatekeeper for 12,000 schillings from Noi-Sporting-West and transferred it to Sajbell... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Bonus edition: Week 19, BHL Division 2

Here are the results for you deep-divers into the #BHL second division. Alma is still ahead and looks poised to win their second straight championship and third in the last six years. Ellafuus has gone 7-3-3 since our last look at the second division and is the best improver in... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Leg 2 of the Quarterfinals of the FB Cup! Semis set!

And then there were four, with one pretty, pretty big upset. Both second-division clubs go home happy and richer, though not as happy as they would've been if they had been the winning underdogs. No: The Steelmen of Tarlunz can only dream of a regular-season championship now. But the Low... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Week 19 results: Borschland Hockey League

For the first time in a very long time, almost all the home teams in this weeks’ set of games held serve at home, going 7-1-0 overall. In general, home ice is a pretty good advantage in the Borschland Hockey League; home teams win or tie at home approximately 75%... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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Flowering Branch Cup Quarterfinals: Leg 1 results!

The results are in and it looks like anyone's Cup still for seven of the teams. Only the Alma Mountain Climbers, pushed off a cliff by the Rjaward Cattle Drivers, seem likely to go home after this set of games. Image: "Grenk," the team mascot for newly-restored Open Division team... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2020 at Breakfast with Pandora Books

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