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He is a Petaluma artist, father, musician, and he loves imagination, books, and coffee. The artwork you see here on the site is from his collection of field notes from his many excursions to The Fantastical Realms. For more information or art from Gio Benedetti, you can get in touch here. You could also visit his art and music website here. https://www.mytownismagical.com/field-guide daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1584300273344-JE4ES1SOFNQYKEUZ5QXM/Gremlins+square.jpg Field Guide - Gremlins are annoying, frustrating, incorrigible creatures completely devoted to Mischief in all of its mischievous forms: missing socks, lost keys, mysteriously broken toys, malfunctioning electronics, dead batteries that (you swear) you just replaced, tacks on the ground, morning alarms going off (when you’re sure you turned them all off), oven timers not going off (and burning the whatever-it-was-you-were-cooking), gates left open, glasses left on the chair, toothpaste switched with frosting, glasses of water switched with vinegar, salt instead of sugar, clogged toilets… Such is the handiwork of your average, happy, industrious, absolutely annoying Gremlin. Want to know how to get rid of a Gremlin in your house? So do we. We’ve tried every remedy, trap, and trick that we could find. No luck. For any tips on Gremlin removal, eviction or otherwise evacuation, please let us know. EDIT: Holiday shenanigans reported in downtown Santa Rosa - Gremlins suspected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1584575245878-ZIKFSG7B2KUB7TW85UOP/Field+Guide.jpg Field Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1588369230640-FT2A6K6UV4Q2A8IL8PN6/The+Yellow+Door+Square.jpg Field Guide - The Yellow Door is the most famous, exclusive, and difficult to find night club ever of all time. It is rarely in the same place for more than one week. (Though there have been exceptions: as the legends go, the club remained in the back of King Brimford’s sock drawer for 3 and a half weeks, and when the Flying Pipers of Threadmere were performing, they say The Yellow Door remained in a rather fluffy cumulus cloud for over 2 months.) Finding the Yellow Door is nearly impossible. Getting into the Yellow Door is so impossible, it makes finding the Yellow Door seem like brushing your teeth. Who gets allowed in? Why do they get allowed in? No one knows. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. 2 creatures know: Felza Glitterwing (owner) and The Bouncer (the bouncer). And please oh please oh please - don’t try and sneak/bluff/trick/lie your way past The Bouncer. No one who knows what’s good for them ever messes with The Bouncer. Many adventures have begun in The Yellow Door. Many adventures have ended there. All of the finest performers from across the width and breath of the Fairy Queendom, the Troll Lands, the Dwarven Mountains, the Elven Archipelago and beyond have played here. To see The Yellow Door is more than most have ever done. To visit The Yellow Door? Well, you know what they say. Practice, practice, practice. EDIT: Confirmed sighting of The Yellow Door in Telephone Alley in Petaluma, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1584300162121-4QEEVU6AI79WCYV99FAD/coffee+dragon+square.jpg Field Guide - Coffee dragons are some of the most rare and solitary of dragons. They are also some of the most sought after creatures in all of the Fantastical Realms. Their bodies range in color from a dark, dark blackish-brown, to a creamy, milky, delicious-looking-coffee-with-milk color, and all range of oranges and browns and blacks between. They can fly, and (most importantly and deliciously) they can breath a jet of scalding hot, absolutely perfect espresso. Many an old, wizened coffee drinker will wax poetic as they tell of the time they tried Coffee Dragon Espresso. If you are lucky enough to ever run across one of these creatures it will be, most likely, somewhere with an unimpeachable reputation for incredible and lovingly brewed coffee. EDIT: Confirmed Coffee Dragon sighting at Petaluma Coffee & Tea Company in Petaluma, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1584300088767-6ZQ1LKVPPYMVMZ92EFDP/Trolls+square.jpg Field Guide - You know, you’d think that with so many cultures sharing ancient tales about Trolls (Oni, in Japanese stories, Bauk in Russian stories, etc.) these grumpy brutes would be taken a little more seriously by your average Municipal Government. And yet, here we are with our lattes and cell phones, thinking: ‘everything is just fine,’ and ‘let’s not worry about Trolls. Let’s just ignore that one fellow trying to bring up Troll Safety (again) at the City Council Meeting.’ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Troll-Filled Night, I say! Trolls are a very real problem, and it’s time we did something about it. Double check that footbridge. Don’t go out at night unless you’re with a responsible wizard. Avoid deep, dark, spooky caves/sewers/alleys/etc. Sunlight is the best thing to use to keep Trolls at bay. That or Big Billy Goats. EDIT: Troll encounters reported county wide. Check troll-related news here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1584300130480-BZCC9Y9D28TMST5U952J/Hozzle+square.jpg Field Guide - The Hozzle are book lovers in the same way that you or I are pizza or taco lovers. Hozzle have a penchant for pages; they’re famished for fiction; they’re hungry for Hemingway. Which is to say: they eat books. The better the book, the better the taste. If you’ve never had a Hozzle infestation, you might want to review your book collection, because it is probably not delicious. Most libraries, museums, book stores, universities and private collectors have dealt with a Hozzle or two (or three…. hundred). Signs of a Hozzle infestation: -Missing books. -Books with small bites in them. -Piles of pulpy, papery, soggy, chewed-up book where your book used to be. The best way to deal with a Hozzle infestation is to get a cat. If you’re looking for a kinder and gentler solution, you can sprinkle salt or lemon zest into the pages of your books, or around your bookshelves. If you’re not against sharing your home with a community of tiny, ragged, book-munching, congenial scallywags, then start buying at least 2 of every book. And, naturally, please make sure that you’re buying quality books. There’s nothing worse than a colony of disgusted, insulted, hangry Hozzle in one’s own home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1584300208710-EN410IBSO4OC02XA95ZG/Digging+Berblin+square.jpg Field Guide - Considered the most well-read and cultured beings in The Fantastical Realms, these burrowing, highly intelligent creatures can be found wherever great art is combined with great writing. Comic books are, to most (of the goodly sort of) Magical Creatures, the height of art and culture. As such, the sophisticated Berblin’s life is dedicated to the pursuit of these great works. These ancient and wise creatures will take up residence anywhere comic books can be found. There they will study, read, collect, and discuss all aspects of said comics with their fellow Berblins. While all of this sounds well and fine and dandy, Berblins can wreak havoc with walls, floors, ceilings, foundations, etc, as they are ferocious diggers, and care not one bit what they are digging through. If you find yourself with a Digging Berblin problem it is best to surround their burrows with old musty school text books, or How-To books for out-of-date software. EDIT: Confirmed Digging Berblin sighting at Brian’s Comics in Petaluma, CA https://www.mytownismagical.com/donate daily 0.75 2020-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1589058884971-Z9X52PQ7QYDSQ7Y0O3TO/Donate.jpg Donate - With your generous support, we can continue to bring you the best in contemporary Magical Creature research and news. 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Dearest people of Sonoma County and, in particular, Santa Rosa, Gremlins have been reported in Santa Rosa. There could be as many as seven of the creatures hiding, reading, plotting, scheming and generally making mischief across the width and breadth of the downtown area. What’s a Gremlin you ask? For general information on your average, run-of-the-mill Gremlin, you can check our Field Guide. For information on these specific, seasonally active Gremlins, please read on. Every winter, the Holiday Gremlins come out. Their appearance and their schemes change year to year but their mission remains constant: Mischief. Tree falls over in the middle of the night despite the new tree stand? Holiday Gremlins. Time to light the menorah but there are no matches and all the lighters are out of fuel? Holiday Gremlins. Trying to make the Nog, but someone dumped all the nutmeg in the salad? Holiday Gremlins. The Holiday Gremlins are, apparently, trying to pass themselves off as Elves this year. Please do not be fooled. While costumed Holiday Gremlins bear many resemblances to Holiday Elves, the yellow skin, bright orange hair, elaborate mustaches, and general grouchy demeanor will inform any keen-eyed Field-Agent-In-Training that these are not, in fact, cheerful, merry Elves. When dealing with Gremlins, awareness is the key. If you can learn about them (as you just did), and find them (as you’re about to) you can keep your holiday mischief-free. We here at My Town Is Magical are always collecting and recording reports of magical creatures. In the last days and weeks we have received numerous reports on the Holiday Gremlin appearances. Using a combination of collating data, triangulating sightings, and strenuous field work, we have prepared a map for your use in finding the Holiday Gremlins of Santa Rosa. We wish you the very best of luck on this Scavenger Hunt, and wish you a lovely, wonderful and mischief-free holiday season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5d5319f38ae035ed3d4f7b/1606293819870-D0H6R5UGYFYZHUIYKYJA/map+edit+1.jpg Making Magic - Holiday Gremlin Scavenger Hunt EDIT!! THE GREMLINS AT LOCATIONS 6 & 7 ARE NO LONGER THERE. REPEAT - GREMLINS AT LOCATIONS 6 & 7 ARE MISSING! Please be alert and report any and all missing Gremlin sightings to us here. Mischief is afoot! Please get in touch if you have any questions. 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