Sewing Notes
In the course of Christmas shopping, I managed to find my niece’s next birthday present. (Yep, that’s in August. I’m way ahead.) Here’s a bag in which to contain it.
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park – Felton, California
Let’s face it, my camera couldn’t possibly do justice to these beauties, but it doesn’t mean I sure didn’t try! Henry Cowell is quite close to Santa Cruz (we’d actually intended to do it the same day as Wilder Ranch, but ran out of daylight when we were side tracked by downtown). It has a
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Wilder Ranch State Park – Santa Cruz, California
The day after Christmas, we decided to get some Pacific Ocean into the mix. Our original plan had been Ano Nuevo State Park, which has a colony of elephant seals. Because it’s breeding season, you have to go on a guided tour, and because we weren’t sure of the weather, by the time we could
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San Francisco, California
I really enjoyed San Francisco, even though we didn’t get to do as much of it as we could have hoped, and even if the traffic getting out of there was probably worse than Boston. Because we started out the morning at Tartine, we wondered around the Mission District, which was architecturally really cool, and
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Wonders of the Invisible World – Patricia A. McKillip
Short stories – again, great plane material. But I also enjoyed that these are a different way of looking at McKillip’s work. Most of these stories were not so much about the beautiful language I enjoy so much about her novels, but the stories are still wonderful. Some favorites: “Undine”- an unexpected, modern take on
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Steelheart – Brandon Sanderson
When the Epics first appeared, there were many that believed that humans with super powers would want to help everyone. But it turns out that having powers goes to a person’s head, and a massive power struggle ensued, where regular people suffered as various Epics consolidated their power. David was there when Steelheart claimed Chicago,
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2014 Completed Reading Challenges
Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge 3/21/14 – 6/21/14 – finished 6/12/14 RIP IX Reading Challenge 9/1/14 – 10/31/14 – finished 10/29/14 Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge 1/1/14 – 12/20/14
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Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge: 1/1/14 – 12/20/14
It being the final week of the year, I think I can safely close out the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. I read: I was trying to get to level 2 (10 books), but I’m ok falling one short. That means I have one physical book and one Kindle book left still to look forward
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Pistols for Two – Georgette Heyer
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. This book of short stories was a perfect travel read. It was also fun to experience her writing in a shorter form. They’re probably even a little more mad cap than usual because she needed to pack so much into so few pages. I’m also amazed how much
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The Bay Area, California
So I’ve back from a week in the Bay Area of California. My sister moved up there from LA last Spring, and a bunch of us decided to join her for Christmas. (A good thing too, as they’re not terribly fond of the place, and are seriously thinking about move back to LA.) There will
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