Five friends go to a university talk by a noted Celtic studies authority, and quickly discover that he is in fact a wizard, and has come to bring them to Fionavar – the first of all Worlds, where they all have an important part to play in the war against the Unraveler. This is a […]
The Summer Tree – Guy Gavriel Kay Read More »
So I came outside on Friday morning to a bit of a surprise. One of the first summers we’d move here (so at least eight years ago), I planted a couple of lilies in the side garden, which then proceeded to get well and truly decimated by lily beetle, to the point where they barely
I’m taking a little break from the Evenstar shawl (which is going really well – I’m toward the end of the third chart), for a birthday request. This is the Fish Hat [Dead or Alive?] from the Winter 2008 Knitty. It’s great for using up scraps, so I did buy one yarn to tie what
So this year, our CSA is growing rhubarb. I’ve done strawberry rhubarb crisp, and a killer rhubarb coffee cake, so where do you go next? Jam! The above is a Vanilla Balsamic Rhubarb Jam, and for once, it actually made more than the recipe said, so I had a small jar’s worth to sample, and
Further Adventures in Domesticity Read More »
Well, I’d held off posting about the end of this challenge so I could see if I could fit one more book in, but that’s not going to happen, so I can now safely say I’m done. I read: I definitely leaned heavy into the fantasy this year, thought the Gwenhwyfar book was Arthurian (folklore)
Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge VII 3/21/13 – 6/21/13 Read More »
I’m back from a lovely weekend Down East, which included this fantastic interlude at the Jordan Pond House in Acadia National Park. Because a visit to Acadia is not complete without tea and popovers out on the House’s back yard, overlooking Jordan Pond. BF and I brought our friend L along, and had a lovely,
What I Did on my Weekend Vacation… Read More »
