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Today I’m talking about Dragonsinn once again, which is my long‑running online project that I started back in 1999.

It’s funny how the older it gets, the more fun it becomes to think about and talk about.

Originally, Dragonsinn was just a tiny seven‑page website of short research notes.

Over time, it grew to include poetry, art, and more in‑depth blog posts.

As I may have briefly mentioned in this past post or episode (Day 8 – A Short History of My Dragon Poems), my earlier dragon poems were more routed in nature or the elements, or a touch of the traditional high fantasy setting.

The later poems took on a wider range in terms of relational and other landscapes.

In the past couple of years, the Dragonsinn website has taken on a more personal feel.

My plan was to share more of my dragon sketches and poetry as a form of self‑expression. Almost like asserting my own existence through this mythic space.

Last year, I decided to try YouTube, partly because I wanted an audio‑visual component for my dragon poems, and partly to strengthen the long‑term discoverability of the website. SEO competition is intense these days, and I wanted Dragonsinn to have more than one doorway into its world.

What I didn’t expect was that this would turn into a creative practice of walking around, exploring nature, and filming on‑the‑go hiking videos around Downeast Maine.

Several Maine YouTube channels focus on hunting, wilderness survival, or bushcraft. Wilderness survival is hardcore, while mine has a softer, more mythical approach.

I walk the terrain too, but in a quiet way, because that’s how I recharge. And honestly, a lot of this wilderness feels dragon‑coded if you stay still long enough.

So Dragonsinn has become a kind of creative altar for me…a place where poetry, nature, myth, and personal expression all meet.

NOTE: I’m putting together a YouTube video of “dragon fabric creative altar cloths,” which I hope to finish in the next week or so.

In the meantime, you can check out this post on Dragon Altar Cloths and Covers, which is what inspired me to get my own fabrics.