In this book, the families Thames came back in force, as the Folly staff (Nightingale, Peter and Leslie) are more or less ordered to provide security when Father and Mother Thames hold Court for the first time in about a hundred and fifty years. Needless to say, having the two gods of the […]
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So before we left for England, the BF was looking for something to take on the plane, and I suggested Midnight Riot (aka Rivers of London), the first book in this series. Well, he blew through that book, bought the rest that were out and we didn’t already have yet while we were in
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So instead of pet sitting, for my trip, I required seedling sitting. My chard and kale went over to my mother’s house, and came back with friends. That, and my chard must have quadrupled in size. So I now have chard, kale, basil, shishito peppers, yellow cauliflower and marigolds. The chard and
In the spirit of Cold Sheep, I looked for ideas for using up my worsted weight scraps en mass (they’re the biggest volume I had since I control the fingering weight scraps with hexipuffs.) I hit upon this garter stitch blanket (Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown), which is great, because you basically just
Pattern: Pyukkleen by Ysolda TeagueYarns: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in the Bamboo Heather, Baltic Heather, Camel Heather, Shire Heather, Coal and Brass Heather colorways.Needles: Size 9 circs and DPNs I liked this pattern. It was a good intro to colorwork (I made some notes in my last blog post that I will
We spent our last full day in London wandering around the British Museum. This was a strategic decision – we weren’t walking over a wide area, and they do provide regular places to sit down. Even, so BF tapped out not long after lunch, so K and I ended up heading off for
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You know, I really liked Possession, and several of Byatt’s fairy tale based short story books are wonderful. I can’t even really tell you what these stories were about – they were so high literary I was just plowing through so I could get to the end. I’m really not sure why I
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Yeah, I had to skim the last few chapters of this book. It falls into Heyer’s older man marries younger woman seemingly for convenience, but it’s really a love match, except the two haven’t told each other, so shenanigans ensue trope. In this case, the book unfolds with Lord Cardross (Giles) firmly scolding
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This is the story of David Lebovitz’s decision to start his life completely anew and move to Paris. There’s a lot to read here about culture shock, and some of the things you can expect if you wanted to move there. Actually, it’s probably good reading for anyone wanting to just travel
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Kayl was once a member of the Sisterhood of Stars, but on a mission for them, when things go disastrously wrong, and the Sisterhood tries to blame the sorcerers they were traveling with, Kayl leaves the Sisterhood behind, and marries one of those sorcerers. They end up running an inn in a quiet
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