This latest book in the Elemental Masters series is based on Hans Christian Andersen tale “The Wild Swans”. Elena and her seven brothers have been overlooked by their father since their mother disappeared when they were very young. Only the second son, Ben, knows the truth, that their mother was a swan maiden, and their […]
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This is the first time we’ve ever looked for spring flowers at Ferry Beach, and I was very impressed how far the starflower and Canada mayflower got into the sand dunes. The two pictures of those flowers with the pine needle flower are in the pitch pine back section of the dunes, along with the
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I love that this book began as a quick little something to put on the blog and morphed into a fully publishable book. Ada’s an assessor who goes into alien portals to see what’s available for mining before they’re closed. She’s doing it because she’s a single mom who needs dental insurance, and her first
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An hour south of me, in the land where they have had a couple of shots of normal May weather before this weekend, I found plenty of columbine! The trout lilies went by before I could see them, but I got regular Solomon’s seal and false Solomon’s seal, more violets, my favorite maple, and a
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This book brings the conflict between the Humans First and Last movement and the Others to a head. And it’s not pretty. The Elders of the Others have finally taken notice, and having the Elemental forces of the earth decide they’ve seen enough is very bad. I really love these books more than I feel
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This is apparently the year of the Goldthread – it was all over both sites I visited this weekend, as well as my local walk last weekend. It does like it a little damp, and we’ve definitely been providing those conditions this week. As you can see, things are quite behind. We’re having our first
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