I have this book from Goodwill – my mother had found it for me, and presented it along with the original. It’s a hoot. So very 60s. Like, I had no idea MSG had a brand name (Ac’cent). And good lord did America have bland palettes back then. I also love that though this […]
Appendix to the I Hate to Cook Book – Peg Bracken Read More »
I’m on the last day of a three day blocking extravaganza for the Vivid blanket. While it is to open up the pattern, it’s also to make the squares a bit bigger. Unblocked, I would have liked to have added one more square per color, but I did not have enough yarn to
With a frost advisory coming for the night, on Friday, I decided to pull down the tomatoes, peppers, and the cauliflower that went nowhere. The kale and nasturtiums still look good, so I’ll keep them around as long as they’re still sightly.
This is one of those stories told from multiple viewpoints – an innkeeper, a maid, the stableboy, and several guests: Lal – a dark skinned possible sorceress, clearly from another land, Nayateneri, a warrior woman on the run from assassins, Lukassa, who Lal has somehow managed to raise from the dead, and Tikat, Lukassa’s betrothed,
The Innkeeper’s Song – Peter Beagle Read More »
Read for the RIP XI Challenge. Paul has always been in the shadow of his outgoing sister Julia –she’s the one that’s always determined what they’ll do, or where they go. But one day, as they’re playing on the beach, she finds a rag doll, and it’s quickly clear that this doll has powers. Julia’s
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This is another Valdemar anthology opened up to other authors, and it’s another solid offering. Per usual, my favorite story is the Mercedes Lackey story, which in this case, is about the girl left behind when her sweetheart is Chosen to be a Herald. It’s a rather unexpected story, which I think is why I
Changing the World – ed. Mercedes Lackey Read More »
So the weather turned on a dime about a week ago. It got cool. And cloudy. Not a whole lot of actual rain, still. But the cool is weird. I feel like I usually transition to shorts vs. pants every other day for while, but I had a sudden day where pants were necessary, and
The backdrop of this book is an alternate world where magic is real, but the government of North America figured out where the magic genes are and chopped them out of everyone a couple of generations ago. But there is still magic in the rest of the world. Maggie’s a senior in high school, and
Shadows – Robin McKinley Read More »
The Vivid blanket progresses. I’d gotten to my original goal – four squares for each of the six colors – on Friday night. In laying them out today, I’m going to try and go for one more square in each color (which I’m fairly sure I have enough for, but I’ll know as soon as
I was reading an article about e-books recently, and it got me thinking about how e-books were impacting my own reading/book collecting tendencies. And I do think they are, but probably not in the way a lot of people would think about it. Travel: I am a firm believer that it’s not a vacation if
