About 10 years ago, I began reading a huge fantasy series by Robert Jordan, called "The Wheel of Time". It started off with "The Eye of the World" and carried on to about 10 or more books. Each of these were very long, 700 pages or so . I was so wrapped up in this series that as soon as a new book would come out, I'd be calling Barnes and Noble to hold me a hard-cover soon as they got any.
The woman in this picture is my favourite character form the series. She is Moiraine Damodred , an Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah. In this picture she is in the White Tower, where Aes Sedai are trained and live, unless they have business to take care of in the world. I won't get into any more detail. Suffice to say,The Wheel Of Time has many web sites covering every aspect of this series, all it's characters and illustrations drawn by fans. This picture is one I stole off one of these sites (so sue me). I belong to an Aes Sedai fanlisting myself, and of course I picked the Blue Ajah. I was very wrapped up in these books and was able to live in a fantasy world peopled by the characters.
I wish I could still escape from myself like this. I can't concentrate long enough to get thru these long books. I believe I have 3 more to read before the end. And as for the fantasy world, well lets just say the escapism door is shut to me at the moment. I wish it would open again
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