Along Second Lifelines

It's Creepy at Haunted Caverns

It's Creepy at Haunted Caverns, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

Ewww.

Liquid Heat does not just make interesting islands with lava and rock - although they do that too - they also make disturbing Halloween adventure spots

Standing in the opening of the cave and seeing these spiders scurrying around in an ominous green glow was just just creepy.

You can take a ride in the mining cart through the Haunted Caverns covering 1/4 of the sim. But the spiders still creeped me out the most.

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Columbus Day Artwork at Commonwealth Island

Columbus Day Artwork at Commonwealth Island, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

This piece of artwork was one of the first things that caught my eye when I visited a Columbus Day exhibit that Parhelion Palou, an associate from NonProfit commons told me about.

It was put together by Nany Kayo of Virtual Native Lands and focuses on the Taino people who - the note said "discovered Columbus."

What does that mean? You'll have to find out by dropping by and reading all about it.

Also see some lovely art pieces in an unusual open air gallery format on a lovely tropical beach with lovely waves and a surprise or two.

 

Most of the exhibit is around the landmark link to Commonwealth Island, and if you walk to your right down the beach toward the sunken ship you'll see artwork on your right, along the tree line

Weekend Wanderings: Places to Visit in Second Life

Things to See - Places to Be:

• Governor Linden Palace - open to wander & GREAT place to take photos & learn to walk around, maybe bump into Lindens (employees of Linden labs which operates Second Life are assigned the last name Linden)

• Dog park  - I kid you not - go see and watch the dogs interact with you and each other. Pet them and see what they do.

• Caledon: vast complex of Victorian and steampunk themed islands with shops, streets, sights to take in, readings in their libraries, performances at their theatres and more

• Ancient Roma

• Riverwalk and cliff house Arts

• Greenies Home  You get a totally different take on things when you are tiny and everything else is big, Give yourself lots of time to discover and just take photos, see things from a different perspective and have fun.

• Mexico Archaeological site. Looking around and experience the impressive structures and landscape

• Feel like a treat? You will not believe these virtual 'edibles'

• Lost Gardens of Apollo

• The Botanical Gargdens of Sl

• Paris 1900 - Wonderful if you go when it's not crowded and laggy - I fell off the Eiffel tower here and lived to tell the tale

Regular People in Community: Where Being is the Point

"It's a gigantic, user-driven, massively-multiplayer 3d virtual world. It's never going to be as simple as a 2-slot toaster."

Second Life is a lot more fun than making toast though. It's a place where regular people gather in community where just the "being" is the point.

No dragons to slay in a challenge for rank. No fair maidens to rescue. . .  unless you want to dream one up or engage someone to play the part  And that's because although there is no quests, no points nor any prizes built in, you CAN create anything in Second Life.

Maidens, word games, walking fish, space ships, fountains, and your dream house.

My thing is attending educational or networking events like the one pictured at NonProfit Commons with Anika Pastorelli, DonPaul Cale, Saitek Landar and others.

Even simple things like decorating homes or planting gardens are among some of my favorite virtual activities.

Others friends would prefer to change hair color twelve times in an hour and that's fun too. Why not after all. I don't chose to add wings or fins to explore new ways to express my personality but it's all there available to us.

Others who use the Second Life platform:

• tour Dell and other islands
• raise funds for their favorite charity
• attend a support group
• take a ride in a virtual gondola
• make a living from creating content for other users to buy 
• dance while listening to music while chatting with people from around the world
• drive race cars
• listen to a live music performance

It's all possible. I've even got a toaster in second life. A designer created that content and I bought it.

So that makes Second Life's appeal about creativity and ingenuity and a small business economy. It's about a community. It's about learning.

It's about life, but on another level.