I’ve been both looking forward to and dreading this book. The dread stems from the fact that Marion Zimmer Bradley has actually been dead for some time now, and I’m not overly fond of the author that her literary trust assigned to continue with the Darkover books. I got into Darkover shortly after Bradley died, […]
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A random hollyhock has appeared in my garden. Actually, after a little pondering, I’m fairly sure I’ve been weeding those out aggressively for the past four years. It is in the middle of the patch where the rose once reigned supreme, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, but it’s just so random! In other
I spent most of this weekend down in MA. The main purpose of the trip was a surprise party for my friend L, who is moving down to TX for grad school in about a week. She had managed to figure out that something was going on, but was completely surprised by how many people
I had a good movie weekend. On Friday night, spur of the moment, we decided to go see Wanted. I really enjoyed it. I’m told if you’re a fan of the original graphic novel, you may not like what they’ve done with the story, but I thought it worked. James McAvoy was great (and pulls
This is a lovely little book with a charming coming of age story set in the world of Norse Mythology. Odd is a crippled boy who falls into the company of the gods Odin, Thor and Loki, and is able to help them regain Asgard from a frost giant who had overpowered and thrown the
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I broke down and joined a sock club – the Three Irish Girls Sock Yarnistas club. I had to. All their yarns have Irish themed names. I’ve only toned down my everything Irish obsession because of my inability to do Irish Gaelic classes. And the yarns are so pretty, with such an interesting variety of
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Read for the TBR 2008 Reading Challenge I’ve been hung up a bit on my TBR Challenge reading, because I’ve been totally hung up trying to get through the Idylls of the King. I picked this up back in the days when I was reading anything Arthurian that I could get my hands on (about
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Today, my mother and I took a lovely (if a little hazy) trip to Gilsland Farm, which is the headquarters for the Maine Audubon Society. I had no idea that it also has some lovely walking trails along the Presumpscot River estuary. We managed to hit it as the fog was rolling in (actually, the
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In honor of the first weekend of summer, a collage of my most recent flower pictures. I’m hoping to add to the collection with visits to the peonies in Falmouth and the rose garden at Deering Oaks.
Nutkin sock number 1 is done. I even managed to do the short row toe using the actual pattern method, instead of resorting back to the wrap instructions I’d had to use for the heel. I did have a few too many stitches when I was done, but it was nothing I couldn’t decrease into
