Fly, Fly to the Western Sky

Again, Rich Text is still not working. So have some extremely old-school copy-pasting links.

Rheinsberg - 1740 and All That
https://rheinsberg.dreamwidth.org
A Comm dedicated to information and debate on the intriguing court affairs of Frederick the Great. Well-written and translates source material. I cannot recommend it enough!

Pasta with Peaches
https://justhungry.com/pasta-peaches-and-basil
A savoury-sweet dish that can be eaten as is, or alongside your preferred type of proteins.
(Recipe is vegan and kosher, as far as I can tell)

Into a Bar
https://intoabar.dreamwidth.org
A low-pressure ficathon, sign-ups open until the 17th!
First, pick a character! Then, pick several canons that do not contain that character. Then, the mods randomise what character your initial character gets to meet. And then, you write a story of at least 500 words where the characters meet in a bar, and what that leads to. Ideal for sci-fi fandoms, or historical fandoms grouped around a specific setting.

Coming up: Review/rec of Enemy At The Door, a series set during the occupation of the Channel Islands.

Inbetween, here's a few cobbled-together pieces on two guys at the European courts. They are largely unedited and hastily scribbled while cross-referencing Wikipedia and related sources. Do not take them as gospel.

(Both of these guys are also woefully underrepresented in the world of period drama. This is a shame, both of them had interesting careers that would lend themselves well to court drama and war stories respectively.)
( Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert Badin - 1747-1822 - Sweden )

( Abram Petrovitj Gannibal - 1696-1781 - Russia )