I’m really enjoying these books. And part of what I love is that they’re all different. We travel through several different worlds in this book, culminating in one of the Nonsense worlds – in this case, it’s all made of candy and baked goods. And I distinctly remember having a moment where I thought something […]
Beneath the Sugar Sky – Seanan McGuire Read More »
This was an interesting book about how rivers have shaped government and policy in America, from colonial times to the present. I’ve aware of more modern effects of rivers on policy (the pollution on the rivers in my state, as well as dam removal, are both things I’ve grown up aware of). What I found
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Happened upon this park while out for a drive yesterday – it was on and off raining, so we hadn’t actually planned on a walk. Was so pleased to see a non-tree flower in the wild, even if it non-native. (I’m not terribly picky at this point in the year.)
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For the second year in a row, the Grammie begonia is blooming. It only bloomed once in the seventeen years we lived at the apartment. I guess it really likes this window. One of the bad things about working from home is I’ve gotten really bad about turning on my personal computer, so I’ve fallen
Alice Proserpine has escaped the Hinterland, but she’s still drawn to the other Tales that escaped as well. When some of them are murdered, it looks very much like it could have been her. She has to find the real murderer, and also figure out what happened to Ellery Finch, who may or may not
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This was a fun book. Susan is headed to London for art school after turning 18 in the late 80’s. And while she’s really looking forward to art school, she’s also glad to be going, because it may just mean she can finally find her father. What happens instead is she gets tangled up with
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Found an opportunity to do some charity knitting – blue hats for an anti-bullying program. I have plenty of blue yarn. This is the Northlights hat by Clare Hutchinson – I should be able to pull off two from a skein of Sundara Sock yarn. (The colorway is Water Studies #49.)
