This story is set in a kingdom with such modern devices as cars and cellphones, but where magic is alive, and religion is still very much a force in the kingdom. Pierce is a young man who grew up in Cape Misbegotten – far from the capital of Severluna. He’s always known his mother was […]
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Here’s another hat (it’s currently -5 out, and has been like that for several days, and promises to be for several more – I have cold on the mind). The pattern is Oh Brother by Fran Carle, and I’m using the Berry Farm Heritage Alpaca I picked up at Garlic Fest this year.
Lord Maplethorpe is just about to reach his majority when his mother pays his older cousin, Max Ravenscar, a visit. It seems Maplethorpe has become completely enamored with a girl at one of the gaming houses, and means to marry her. Ravenscar is himself a noted gamesman, so quickly heads over to get a lay
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I can’t reread The Dark is Rising without also rereading The Grey King. The other books in the series I have to be more in the mood for, but The Grey King to me is totally linked to The Dark is Rising. It’s actually the first book I read in this series (back in the
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This book was an incredibly thoughtful gift from my manager for Christmas this year. She knew I loved wildflowers, but what she didn’t know is that Melissa Cullina, who wrote the forward for this book, is who I took a class with this summer. She told us about Furbish’s work during the course of the
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I seem to have unintentionally started a collection of older botanical illustration of New England flora. I suppose it was inevitable, as I decided to make all the wildflower pictures I was taking into more of a thing, and we do frequent a fair number of used bookstores, where I will generally look for subjects
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Since I’ve been on a rereading binge this year, I had to bring out The Dark is Rising. Set during the twelve days of Christmas, it’s how eleven-year old Will Stanton discovers that he is an Old One – the guardians of the Light, and his first quest as an Old One – to gain
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This is Constellate by Hunter Hammersen, using Done Roving Frolicking Feet in the Rock Creek colorway. Totally going for some selfish right now after getting through my one knitted Christmas gift.
I’ve been leery of Pride and Prejudice retellings in recent years – they jumped the shark a while ago, but this particular story is told from the point of view of the Bennetts’ servants, and had really good reviews, so I decided to jump on it when it came up as a Kindle deal. And
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Pattern: Comfy Cables by Liese BrouwerYarn: Premier Yarns Serenity SockNeedles: Size 4 circs and DPNs Here’s elder niece’s Christmas present. I found the pattern a little fiddly. There were a few things I would have rather knit in the round, but I just didn’t have time to modify it. I would probably not
