Great Basid

Smoked my pipe again today. It's a good pipe. It makes me happy. Worked today too. No problems with Cathy today - she was actually nice. Unfortunately, I didn't get a lunch today. Instead I had to drive to Oak Lawn (103rd and Cicero...about 15 miles each way) to "exchange some documents" with a Suburban Bank & Trust branch. Well, at least I got to spend some time away from the bank.

I'm thinking I should write a book. Ok, I know what you're thinking. But hear me out. I have a map. It's not too detailed but it's got all of the essentials: coastline, kingdoms, cities, mountains, rivers, and more. I've developed a "mythology" for the map, including descriptions of the kingdoms, brief histories, and random facts. I think what I have so far would transfer nicely into some sort of fantasy novel. Only one problem: I have nothing else. No plot, no characters, no general idea. Just a fairly detailed setting. I guess it's a problem I'll have to work out...but in the meantime, here's the map I've developed for your viewing pleasure.

The green denotes land and the blue water in case there was any confusion. "Great Basid" is the name of the island. The other large red captions are the names of the kingdoms. Note that Basid (Bass-id') is broken into three parts - these are provinces (north, east, and west). Other kingdoms are Lorel (Lor'-el), Aþena (pronounced Ah'-thin-ah), Niwelond (Nih'-weh-lond), Norðbeorgland (North-bee-org'-land), Meðelstede (Meth'-el-sted'-eh), and Rosella (Rose-el'-ah). Main cities are Osterbogen (Aw'-ster-bog-en), Boné (Bone-ay'), Aþnos (Ath'-nos), Gimstan Geofon (the 'g' here sounds sort of like a throaty 'h,' Him'-stan Hey'-oh-fahn), Heahburg (Hey'-a-burg with a throaty 'h'), Teátera (Tay-ah'-ter-ah), and Basidia (Bass-id'-ee-ah).

Yeah, I've put a lot of thought into this.