This is the Villa Cowl, by Bristol Ivy. It’s the Quince Quarterly Spring 2020 Level 1 pattern. The yarn is Quince and Co Sparrow in the Fundi colorway. This is a modular knit, which is breaking my brain a little bit so far, but in a good way. It’s also a linen yarn – […]
The community garden bed is greening up. We’ve had flea beetle over there pretty bad. I’ve gone through way more kale than I should have, and the broccoli greens and broccoli are toast. It hasn’t touched the Swiss chard (had the first harvest yesterday), but any of the runner beans I put directly
Binti has been accepted to Oozma University, which will require her to leave Earth and her people –a people that do not normally travel out of their land. On the way, her ship is attacked by the Medusae, and Binti is the only one left alive. This is a novella (one of the bad things
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Pattern: Pamina by Caoua CoffeeYarn: Blue Moon Yarn Silky SockNeedles: Size 2 DPNs I’ve finished the Pamina socks. Liked this pattern way more than the first one I tried with this yarn. It’s really well plotted out – she’s actually counted out all the row counts (something I can do, but appreciate not having
Kaylin is a Hawk, trying to keep the streets of the city of Elantra safe. After fleeing a terrible childhood in the fief of Nightshade, she’s drawn back there, when children are murdered. The twist is that they have been marked the same way that she was, when many other children died, and no one
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It took me a little while to get into this book, because it’s not a happy story (and I’m having a hard time dealing with not happy lately), but Jemisin’s never steered me wrong, so I kept at it, and I’m glad I did. There are three interweaving stories in a far future Earth, where
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This book is in two parts – Evelyn’s story, and Brendan’s story. (I have the Kindle edition. I’d love to see how this works in the actual book edition.) The two meet in college in the Cornish village of Clews, and their story is a twist on Arthurian legend. It’s really interesting reading reviews of
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Hetta Valstar is the black sheep of the family – her father banished her from their home when she wanted to practice magic, and she’s now made a pretty good living for herself in the capital city, practicing illusion magic. But her father has passed away, and she has to go home. Her family rules
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This spring has not been kind to the community garden plot. Right after I planted out most of the seedlings, the temperatures yoyo-ed a bit, and then it decided to stop raining. I lost the marigolds and dahlias I put over there, as well as the broccoli and broccoli greens. The two kales
In this book, the author compares the rise of civilization in the Old and New Worlds – looking at which factors drove them in different directions. It’s an interesting book, but also incredibly dense. It took me a while to get through it. If you’ve read up on ancient history, there’s probably nothing truly new
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