Twilight Local News (February 24, 2008)

We have a few changes in Twilight. We have the addition of couple of new residents and another resident moving on.

Aishia had wanted to build a store and a studio in the corner where Ermartos' house was. She wanted a big-box type store that didn't fit with the Twilight community. She found another Sim to put it on. She will be around now and then working in sandbox.

I few new faces include Ruccus Short and his friends Georgia Earnshaw, Ruccus has opened a bookstore with camping chairs for SL newcomers in the corner store on main street across from the club and also the apartment above Free Store. Kiyla Dreamscape is also a new Twilight resident renting the upstairs apartment next to the Museum and Gallery. If you see them please welcome them to our community.

For some interesting fun and avie exorcise, Brenda has added a fencing game over by the classroom gazebo. I haven't had a chance to try it out. I hope you will give it a try. Maybe we can develop a Twilight fencing team.

I should have the upper floor spaces of the buildings behind the gazebo available for rent as either commercial or residential space by the time you read this or shortly after.

I continue to do everything I can to keep Twilight lag to a minimum. The unfortunate part of SL growth is that the Second Life itself seems to get laggy as the total numbers of residence on line keeps breaking new records.

Twilight Local News (February 7, 2008)

There will continue to be changes in Twilight some big and some minor and mostly positive. I will try to keep you all up to date on the local news through these posts.

For those of you that don't know, I now have a partner in SL. Her name is Kerry Streeter. We met at an art show in Second Life. I had asked her to exhibit in the Twilight Gallery. While we were sorting through her work to choose what to display we discovered we had a mutual attraction to each other. Kerry is living in Twilight in the south west corner house with me. We will have a big party in Twilight as soon as we get the house furnished. If you see her wandering around Twilight please say hello. I have told her about all the wonderful Twilight Eccentrics so she is looking forward to meeting you.

My favorite thing to report is new residents in Twilight. In this case, it is a new store owner, AISHA Yost. She has some very unique and wonderful items. Come take a look. She has combined the two new stores I recently built. I have a few adjustments to make for her but she has already moved in. Please stop by and welcome her to Twilight.

My least favorite thing to report is losing a resident of twilight, especial ones that I care for and respect highly. Emartos Lane will be leaving Twilight in a couple weeks. She has been given an offer she can't refuse and heads off to help build a new sim. She says she will miss Twilight and hopes to come back and rent a shop. I will miss her also.

Brenda is also taking a hiatus from Twilight. RL has been dragging her away from Second Life. She felt that she shouldn't be taking parcel space in Twilight while she doesn't have time to build. She will hopefully return in the not too distant future. She did promise to help me turn my Rental Office into a Freebie store, so we will still see her around Twilight. Which is a good thing.

I am currently texturing some more apartments up in the Sandbox. I will add a couple more along the path next to Luna's & Coolbean's house. I probably will have them available for rent this weekend. also a couple on the upper floors on Main Street. I have a long list of things to do, so you will see me about the island or in the sandbox working. Please feel free to come up and say hello. I can always use a break. Kerry is also doing a good job of making me get out for some dancing and fun regularly.

Enough for now.

Beginnings

Twilight is a an Island in Second Life. It has an interesting history that predates my birth in Second Life. It is covered better in Adriane Grants blog . I have been a part of Twilight since late March 2007, not long after I was born in Second life. The friends I made there drew me into this wonderful world. They have helped mold my view of virtual worlds. I will talk quite a bit about virtual worlds in future posts.

I started as visitor to Twilight via Thothica SL. (Thothica SL is a complex story all on it's own) I eventually rented a small apartment in the village and got to know the residents and visitors there. It was a tiny place along a canal overlooking a plaza. It was like a small part of venice with a canal just outside my door. I could see Brenda Goodliffe teaching classes from my balcony and the locals hanging out in the evening.

I love to build, so as parcels became available in twilight I rented them and began to build. It was a place to create and learn. I also got to know and love the residents. I learned that even though we are pixels in SL. We are also people with feelings and attachments. We can be happy and full of joy in Second Life and people can be emotionally hurt also. Over the last 9 months my love and visions for Twilight grew along with my love for the wonderful people I have met there.

In December of 2007 Brenda and began to talk about me buying Twilight. At the beginning of January 2008 I bought Twilight from Brenda. I have been expanding a working towards creating a community for creativity, art and education. We will keep Twilight as open and as free as possible to encourage creativity. We will strive for a balance between, residential, commercial, educational and cultural endeavors.

Please come and visit the Twilight, It is still in development but we try to keep the construction in the sandbox until it is close to ready. There is a an art museum, gallery and cathedral and small unique shops. There is also residential and commercial space for rent. ksjje