Read for the Once Upon a Time Challenge. Aza has the most beautiful voice in the kingdom of Ayortha, which is a good thing, because the one thing Ayorthians prize more than beauty is singing ability, and Aza isn’t winning any contests in the beauty department. She’s even figured out a way to throw her […]
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Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Believe it or not, I bought this book in hardcover, when it first came out. (That would be 2008.) And unlike every other Harry Potter book, I didn’t read it immediately. It’s been sitting on a shelf mocking me, so in the grand spirit of the
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You see this bread? The bread with the gorgeous crust and perfect interior? Piled with fresh mozzarella, baby arugula from my garden, roasted red peppers, and my homemade red onion marmalade? I made that bread (courtesy of Jim Lahey’s My Bread), and not only is it the best bread I’ve ever made, it’s some of
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Nepenthe is an orphan, raised in the Royal Library of Raine, and she’s become one of their best translators and scribes. One day, a young mage gives her a scroll that has so far defied translation – it’s a book written in an alphabet of thorns,
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Pattern: Kensington Mitts by Annie Modesitt from Jane Austen Knits 2011 Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in the cordovan colorway Needles: Size 4 DPNs My Kensington mitts are done, and boy do they take terrible pictures. You really need to be wearing these to appreciate them – it stretches the pattern out nicely, and the ribbed section
From around the neighborhood. These were actually taken on the 15th, so a number of them have now gone by.
Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Aislinn can see the Fae – an ability shared by her grandmother, who has taught her to hide that gift, for if the faeries ever found out she could see them, terrible things would happen to her. One place she’s found a sanctuary is her friend
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Read for the Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Set in the a small village outside London during Elizabethan times, this version of the fairy tale is the story of sisters Blanche and Rosamund Arden, who live with their mother at the edge of the village. They make a fair living gathering herbs there, because
Snow White and Rose Red – Patricia C. Wrede Read More »
Who knew there were this many flowers out this early?
Coastal Maine Botanical Garden – Boothbay, ME Read More »
A LibraryThing Early Reviewers Book. This book is a good overview of the various mythologies and beliefs of the Celtic world. It touches on the old gods and goddesses, folk traditions, the roots of the Arthurian legends, and some interesting ideas about shamanistic practices. It’s got a more scholarly than new–agey tone to it (a
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