And so it begins… Here are this year’s seeds. I have some leftover Tuscan kale I’ll try to use one last time this year, as well. Definitely more flowers this year. I saw calendula mixed in with Tuscan kale in the Kitchen Garden at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden last summer, and having […]
Adam Ryan was twelve when he and two friends disappeared in the woods in a housing development outside of Dublin. He was found a day later with several gashes, and someone else’s blood on him. He also had no memories of anything before that day. In the aftermath, his family moved away, and he was
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Theo and his mother were at the Met (well, I can’t remember if it was really called the Met in the book, but it was the Met) because Theo was suspended from school. On the way back from a meeting all about him, she decided to stop at the museum because they had a painting
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A winter’s weekend walk.
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Well, both of the projects I’ve started so far this year have been frogged. In the case of the Blank Canvas sweater, even though I’m supposedly matching gauge, it was too big. I’d gotten all they way to the chest and where you pause before making and attaching the sleeves, and it was just
I’ve been in the mood for comfort reading lately. I do have some weightier books also in progress, but I’m finding I can’t get through a 784 page book that’s not about the happiest themes in the world without breaks. (I don’t use this blog to get political, but I’m sure if you pay attention
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This is an interesting compendium of facts about cats through history- starting with their domestication, and on through the years to the present day. There are a number of famous people, both cat lovers and cat haters, mentioned. There are also a number of interesting illustrations (all black and white sadly) of various art work
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This is the Winter’s Fern hat by Trin-Annelie. I’m using I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran as the main color and Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino in Cobalt and Steel Blue Gray as the accent colors.
Annika was found by Sigrid and Ellie in a church in the mountains while the two were on their annual weekend away from their job as maid and cook for three professors in Vienna. A note asked to take the baby to the nuns in Vienna. But the nuns were under quarantine, and by the
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Fool tells the story of King Lear from the point of view of his Fool. (A character that does exist in the play – one of the things I found myself looking up to verify if I was remembering things correctly. I believe I last read King Lear in 1997 or 1998.) Moore’s decided to
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