Siren Send-Off

iren Send-Off

{faces shown in the S at left are those of our original 2013 contributors}

It has been an unparalleled pleasure to return to la Vie Sirene after a six-year absence. When last we published an issue, the Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences was a back-burner project of fourteen years standing. Actually, the term back-burner is a tad optimistic. The project wasn’t anywhere near the stove, nor the kitchen for that matter. Even further down the list was Naturim, the original language and alphabet I’d created at the turn of the millennium, intending to use them in a fantasy trilogy that remains in abeyance.

I’ve toyed several times with the idea of doing a one-off magazine issue, and endeavored to do so a few months into the pandemic. I thought contributing to the publication might give people something to do and get their minds off the global madness. I was wrong. And nothing came of it.

Now, the Ocademy is a going concern, despite the fact its launch never took place. The big rollout was scheduled for 20 March 2020. You get the idea. I chose to take the time I’d earmarked for sharing my new biz with the world and reallocate it to helping friends with small businesses to survive the year’s economic storms. Somehow, the Ocademy’s roots took hold on their own and, little by little, much of what I yearned to achieve is bearing fruit.

I am more grateful than I can say and can’t wait to see what the future holds. Until next issue, cheriste som!

~Joy

as quoted by Esperança in Peyton Drake’s Sea Dragon Saga