I’m often surprised how many de Lint books are out there that I still haven’t read. The man is nothing short of prolific. This is a book of short stories, with familiar characters, and characters that are just passing through or around Newford. My favorite story in this book is “Seven Wild Sisters” […]
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I realized I haven’t posted anything about any knitting for a while, and there is a good reason for that. It’s been hot (this is going to become a recurring theme in the next couple of posts.) So the blanket I’ve been working on is probably the best possible project to be working
Red Clover Trifolium pratense Other names: Cowgrass Family: Fabaceae Range: Throughout North America Native: Introduced Native Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands, forest edges, waste areas. Bloom Time: Summer Notes: Native to Europe, Western Asia and Northwest Africa. It’s widely used as a fodder crop, and since it fixes nitrogen, as a green manure. (This is why it
The main thing I’m taking away from this trio of books (see here for the other) is that Edward Gorey thought a lot about the alphabet. There are so many variations of alphabet lists in these books. He’s also morbid. Which I already knew, but got extra confirmation reading these. I
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This is the fourth of the Mercy Thompson books, and definitely has an air of a between stories story, though far better done than what I’ve been reading in the later Sookie Stackhouse books. There were some rather serious events in the last book that Mercy is dealing with, including having killed one of the
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This appears to be in the year I’ll constantly find myself at Two Lights – this Friday, it was for my work summer outing.
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Our second Historic New England stop was Otis House, which sits right at the foot of Beacon Hill, in Boston. What I didn’t know about Beacon Hill was that it was once one of three mountains in this part of Boston. The other two were taken apart for fill, and Beacon Hill itself had about
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