I had a really hard time getting through this book, and I can’t figure out why. Our story starts with Field Marshall Tamas having just headed a coup to remove the royal family of Adro, and their cabal of magicians. Tamas is a different kind of mage – powder mage in this case, and the […]
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The garden is filling in nicely. I planted more marigolds and calendula today that my father sent home with me last week. It’s funny, the creme de cognac dahlia put out three blooms, and then seemed to go back on pause with the rest of them. The new dinnerplate dahlia is finally budding, and a
A rather atmospheric day yesterday for fun in the tide pools.
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I went away for a week and came back to fair amount more bloom than when I left. The calendula went crazy while I was away. My father sent me home with some more seedlings, so I’ll be filling in a few holes when I get a chance. In other news, the potential maypop finally
My father is very good at finding fun excursions in the area for our annual up to camp summer visits. This year was a tour of the Waukeag Neck Oyster farm, in the upper reaches of Frenchman Bay. (It does help that the owner’s mother is a long time friend of my father and C.)
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This is a lovely novella. Tobias is the local wild man in the woods, having lived in a small cottage for four hundred years. When a new owner to the local manor comes across Tobias’ small cabin, he wakes up powers that have lain dormant for many years, and throws both mens’ lives into new
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