I’ve finished the Willowfall Cowl, though I’m not sure when I’ll get to block it, so no final post for that yet. In trying to get rid of more ends, I looked at my sport and DK weight yarn to see if there were any I could add to the scrappy worsted and aran weight […]
This is more of a novella – starting with a young widow purchasing a new house to get away from the memories of her dead husband. The house has been on the market for a while, because it’s supposedly haunted by the ghost of a young girl. Naturally, Clara sees the ghost. In trying to
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A story in which the daughters of the mad scientists of the Victorian age (Jekyll, Rappaccini, Moreau and Frankenstein) team up with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the murders of young women in London. I liked this book. It took a bit to get going, but once it was going, it was good.
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I picked this one up for free because it was labeled a regency romance, and the plot seemed promising – young man is trying to save his family’s fortune, and encounters a young woman tangled up in the mess that may be able to help him. It’s not a bad book, but I can’t say
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This is a book about weeds, but if you’ve studied plants at all, you know that weeds are far more than just those plants that invade our gardens. If they’re not natives, there’s probably a reason they’re there, and those stories can be quite interesting. The author is English, so this is very much about
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This is a book of short stories, several of which are twists on fairy tales. I definitely liked some better than others, but this is Patricia A. McKillip, so they’re all well written. “The Harrowing the Dragon” is an interesting tale of a young man who wants to save the place where he grew up,
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The Gale family changes the world around them with their magic, but it usually means that they anchor themselves in one place. Charlie Gale isn’t like that – she’s always felt like she should be travelling. So while she knows that her cousin Allie would love for her to stay and help her in their
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I was seized by the sudden, intense desire to try and get rid of some yarn ends. So, the Briggs and Little Heritage yarn all went into the worsted scrap blanket I’ve been working on. (Working on blankets is the best! Can’t beat a built in lap warmer.) I got almost all the way
Here’s the last of the Tess’s Twinkle Toes in Underwater Grotto – a swirl hat, a sweater ornament, and still managed two hexipuffs. Since then, I’ve cast on Flora, by Margaux Hufnagel, using some of the Quince and Co. Lark leftover from my 40th birthday sweater. (Maple and Petal, to be specific). Pretty easy
The kale is looking amazing. It’s all I have left now in the community garden. Because we’re finally getting the leaves to come down, I was able to go over there today and dump two leaf bags’ worth on the bed for winter mulch. I’m done now for the season, other than pulling the
