So what am I working on these days?

 As is typical when I return from a MicroCon, I came away with a whole bunch of ideas, and I've been slowly progressing on multiple fronts over the last couple of months:

• I continue to expand my social media presence, with active accounts on Bluesky, Instagram, and Tumblr, as well as an "alt" account on Facebook. And this blog, obviously. 😀
• I've started working on a book about microphaleristics. If it comes together the way I hope, I will probably publish it through Amazon (physical books only, not ebook).
• I had an initial conversation on Wednesday this week with Dr. Robert Motum, who wrote the Globe & Mail article about micronations and MicroCon recently. We're hoping to find something to collaborate together on - either a chapter in a book he's pitched to a publisher, or an article.
• I've started thinking at least semi-seriously about micronational currencies. I've obtained some "high rag content" paper to run some experiments in printing paper currency, and I'm also thinking about minting coins. And maybe stamps will follow?
• The queen expressed interest in having a military unit of her own, so I've been helping her lay the groundwork for what will become the Queen's Able Company of Knights, or QuACK for short. Their unit symbol will be a duck, naturally.
• As I previously hinted, I'm looking to maybe organize a regional "summit of micronations" for May or June of next year. Once I have the date and location fixed, I'll start publicizing it.
• I'm currently planning an expedition that will tie in to the "Intermicronational Year of Exploration" planned and announced by President Zar Antonov of the United Republic of Obscurium. I'm hoping to actually do the expedition one morning next week, if it's not too warm out.

I think that's it for active projects right now, but there are other projects that are on the back-burner  for various reasons. Some are pending more state funds, including crown jewels (a globus glama (see concept design below) and a silver crown with amethyst stones, maybe a scepter and a mace). I'd also like to figure out how to get over to Europe, both for the 2027 MicroCon in Aiges-Mortes and for at least one of the Micro European Summits.

Concept art for the globus glama