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Magpie Monday
Here’s what shiny that caught my eye last week: ♦ A Month of Letters. In just a few days, February will close and the 2013 Month of Letters Challenge will end. I’ve been very good, mailing something every day the … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Cactus Garden by Jo Bannister, A Calendar of Tales, A Hairy Predicament by Melissa Mead, A Scandal in Belgravia, A Softer World, Aaron Hamburger, Adam Mills, Adam Rifkin, aircraft carriers (ice), Alyson Macdonald, Amazon, Angela Taratuta, anime, Apartment Therapy, aria, astonomy, Astro Boy, Babylon 5, bananas, Barton Fink, Ben Frost, BlackBerry, blogging, book shelves, book stairs, bookcases, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cake, Cameron Cook, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Cathy Day, Chet Phillips, China Miéville, Chris Claremont, Chris Turner, Chuck Wendig, cinematography, corn pops, crows, cupcakes, Daily Science Fiction, Dan May, Darren Di Lieto, David Malki!, David Silverman, Diva Plavalaguna, Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi), Doctor Strange, download wristbands, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, entomology, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, Europa (moon), Fables and Reflections, Facebook, fail better, false memories, female gaze, Fiddleblack, Firefly, Five Minutes by Conor Powers-Smith, flax-golden tales, For the People by Ronald D. Ferguson, Francesca Ramos, fruit flies, Gabriel Rodriguez, Garry Milne, ghosts, Grant Snider, Hannah Strom-Martin, Hans Zimmer, Helen Friel, Helsinki Bus Station Theory, Hideous Interview with Brief Man by Nick Mamatas, how to recognize insane people (1883), Ian Withrow, In Search Of and Others, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Jason Howard, Jess Deacon, Jo Walton, John Yeoman, Jupiter (planet), Leeloo, Linus, Literary Citizenship, Locke & Key, Ludovico Einaudi, Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare", Mail Me Art, mandala, Mangalores, Maps by Beth Cato, Mathias Malzieu, Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire, Nancy Fouts, Nazis, Neil Gaiman, Nick Loven, Nielsen ratings, No Return, oncology, parasitology, Paris, Paul Kirsch, Peanuts, Photon (Monica Rambeau), physics, Pink Bunny, platform (authors), psychology, Rachelle Gardner, red velvet cake, Remembrance Is Something Like a House by Will Ludwigsen, Revolution (Life Cycle of a Drop of Water), Roger Deakens, Scatterlands, Serenity, Shane Koyczan, Sherlock, Snow, snowflakes, socialist reading, SoundCloud, Stonecoast MFA, Sylvia Linsteadt, Terri Windling-Gayton, That's Nerdalicious, The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville, The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar, The Fifth Element, The Film Doctor, The Gray Fox Epistles, The Little Chimp Society, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Needs of Hollow Men by K.A. Rundell, The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett, The Sandman, The Shape Stealer by Lee Carroll, The Simpsons, The Super Team Family Blog, The Universe, The Water that Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu, Three Small Deaths on the Back Gate by Erin Morgenstern, Tim Callahan, To This Day Project, Tom Gauld, Toni Morrison, Tor.com, tumblr, Tunes for a Monday Morning, Warren Ellis, Will Ludwigsen, Winston Churchill, Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, word count (novels), Written in Red by Anne Bishop, xkcd, Young Avengers, Zachary Jernigan, Zatanna
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♥ Art I Loved This Week. Love is in the air (or maybe that’s just global warming), and in celebration here are some art pieces I discovered recently and who … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Soft World, Academy of American Poets, Adam Mills, Aimee Bender, Aimee Payne, Aino's Complaint, Alfred Hitchcock, Alice Walker, Amanda Conner, Amy Lowell, Anne Hathaway, As If All Questions Have Answers by David Barber, author websites, B2 Boutique Hotel Zurich (Library Lounge), Baba Yaga, Bakingdom, Beatrix Potter, Ben Burgis, Ben Franke, Big Barda, BlackBerry, blogging, Blood and Bone by Ian Cameron Esslemont, Book of Love, book piracy, book shelves, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Bookshelf Porn, Brother and Sister by Terri WIndling, butterbeer, Cameron Cook, Carey Farrell, CatCase, Cathy Day, Ceres, chocolate cauldron cakes, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, cockroach clusters, collage, Cool Unicorn Bruv, Daily Science Fiction, David Anthony Durham, David Kracov, David Malki!, Dormammu, Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos, Edna St. Vincent Millay, elephants, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Horne, Emma Fitzpatrick, Erin Underwood, Experience by Ephiny Gale, flax-golden tales, Futuredaze, Gail Carriger, Goodreads, Grant Snider, Hannah Strom-Martin, Harry Potter, Hera, Homeland by Cory Doctorow, In Search Of and Others, izbushka, Janet Jackson, Jarrett Williams, Jess Wellington, Joel Robison, Joey Comeau, Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kate Beaton, Kate McGarrigle, Lady Sif, Last Train to Jubilee Bay by Kali Wallace, LBi UK, libraries, Love Will Be There in the Morning by Erin Morgenstern, Love's Footsteps by Cat Rambo, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Marcus Sedgwick, Marie Brennan, Martha Wainwright, Matthu Placek, Midwinterblood, Misty Knight, music videos, N.K. Jemisin, Nasty (song), Neil Gaiman, ninjas, Notorious (1946), Paintwork by Tim Maughan, parkour, Parkour Motion, Paul Kirsch, Presbyterian College, Proserpina (song), Quicksilver, Rachelle Gardner, reading nooks, Russian folklore, Ruth MacKenzie, Scott Faulkner, Season of Mists, short films, Spider-Man, Substitutes by Colin P. Davies, Super Punch, Tait Howard, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett, The Fearless Defenders, The Film Doctor, The Kalevala, The Letter by Amy Lowell, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Mouth Open by Helen Marshall, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Sandman, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer, treacle tarts, typography, Valkyrie, Vasily Kozin, Victorian etiquette, Weird Fiction Review, When We Wake by Karen Healey, Where the Wonder Women Are, White as Snow Red as Blood by Melissa Mead, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Wondermark, X-Men, Zachary Jernigan
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Magpie Monday
“Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that…. [H]ate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Also: “This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.” ~David … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Moore, albino peacock, An Exaltation of Larks, Angora rabbit, Apollo Robbins, banana ice cream, battle (writing), book shelves, bookcases, Brian Wood, Cameron Cook, Casting Call by Alexandra Grunberg, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Classic Double Challenge 2013, Claudia Noble, coffee, Colby Marshall, collective nouns, Colleen Doran, D.B. Cooper, Daily Science Fiction, David Lynch, DC Women Kicking Ass, Deep Down by Deborah Coates, Diesel Reviews the World, dollhouse in a guitar, Downsizing Pluto by Shane Halbach, echidna, edible packaging, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Eric Standley, Ernest Hemingway, Fairy Meadows Miniatures, film trailers, Fisher Space Pen, flax-golden tales, folklore (Japanese), free will, glittens, Golden Globes 2013, Grant Snider, greng-jai, Helen Mirren, Hi-Fructose, Hydnellum peckii, illusion, In Search Of (TV show), In Search Of and Others, io9, Isaac Cordal, Jodie Foster, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, koi no yokan, Lena Dunham, Leonard Nimoy, Lethe Press, libraries, London Underground, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malissa Kent, Marilyn Monroe, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Catalano, miniatures, Misty Knight, Myke Cole, near-lightspeed travel, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, No Return, Oliver Coipel, One-Horned & Wild-Eyed by Manual Gonzales, PegaPop, phantom limbs, pickpockets, PoL Úbeda Hervàs, Preludes and Nocturnes, procrastination (positive), psychics, Psylocke, Publishers Weekly, Quantum Entanglement by Rajan Khanna, Rachel Grey, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Angels by Michele Lang, Red 2 (trailer), rejection, rejection letters, Robbie Trevino, Rogue (X-Men), Russell Hinson, Safo Sofa, seahorse, Searching for Sugar Man, Shadowhawk, shampoo and physics, Shane Carruth, She-Hulk, Slitten Gorge by Conrad Williams, social media marketing, Star Trek (evolution), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Storm (X-Men), strawberries and cream, The Beastmaster (film), the bleeding tooth fungus, the Devil's tooth, The Fearless Defenders, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Light at the Edge of the World by Erin Morgenstern, The Miniature Wife, the red-juice tooth, The Remnant by Cassie Beasley, The Robin Hood Foundation (Library Initiative), The Sandman, The Simpsons, The Smithsonian, The Super Team Family Blog, The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston, The Wyrd for Water is Water by Marie Croke, Thomas Barbèy, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tunguska Event, Twitter, Upstream Color (trailer), Valkyrie, vampires, warfare (writing), Weird Fiction Review, When We Were Heroes by Daniel Abraham, Will Ludwigsen, winged devourers, Wonder Woman, Wool by Hugh Howey, writing (by hand), writing (dialogue), X-Men, Zachary Jernigan, Zack Kopplin, Ze Frank
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Two days ago, Neil Gaiman’s beautiful white German Shepherd, Cabal, died unexpectedly. The blog post Gaiman wrote about Cabal was one of the most heart-wrenching eulogies I’ve ever read. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 100 Girls, a capella, A Non-Periodical by Erin Morgenstern, Aaron Barlow, Adam Gallardo, Adaptation, Adventure Time, Ajantala, Alison Ann Woodward, All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre), American Splendor, Angela Carter, art school, badgers, Batman, Ben Templesmith, Beth Wodzinski, black holes, book nooks, book shelves, bookbinding, bookcases, Breaking Bad, Cabal, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Cowell Press, creativity, Daily Science Fiction, David Bowie, Deadman, Diana of Themyscira, education, Esther Inglis-Arkell, Final Corrections, Finn, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Melissa Mead, Gavin Aung Than, Geneva Hodgson, German Shepherd (white), Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Gun Machine, Harmonies of Time by Caroline M. Yoachim, Helen Oyeyemi, home libraries (design), infographics, Jake, Jim Batt, John Constantine, John Crowley, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Keith Smith, Kelly Link, King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise, Kurt Vonnegut, Leaves of Grass, Leila Alvarez, libraries, literary fantasy, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Mitchell, minimalism, Misty Mountains, movie posters, Mr. Fox, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Peter Hollens, Pittsburgh Times-Dispatch by M. Bennardo, Ponies by Kij Johnson, Princess Bubblegum, psychopaths, Radio Free Other, Rahzzah, rattenkönig (or rat kings), rejection letters, Ryan Britt, Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), San Francisco Center for the Book, self-fictionalization, Sharp Teeth, Shimmer magazine, Stephen Tobolowsky, Superman, Superman logo, Susanna Clarke, Swamp Thing, Synecdoche New York, The Email Game, The Hobbit, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Noxious Guest by Amos Tutuola, The Recondite Times, The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson, The Shape of Stories, The Spectre, The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin, Toby Barlow, Todd Demong, Tor.com, Unwanted by Holly Jennings, Walking Home by Catherine Krahe, Walt Whitman, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich, Warren Ellis, warrior goddess, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Where Are We Now, White Shepherd, Wil Wheaton, Wonder Woman, Wuthering Heights (song), Zachary Jernigan, Zatanna, Zen Pencils
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Magpie Monday
“I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future—the timelessness of the rocks and the hills—all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, A Natural History of Dragons (excerpt) by Marie Brennan, A Winter Night's Tale (1867) by Daniel Maclise, Abigail's Song (Silence Is All You Know), Alison Moyet, Am I Free to Go? by Kathryn Cramer, Amy Winfrey, Andrew Wyeth, author photos, Batman: The Animated Series, Better Book Titles, book cleaning, Bookshelf Porn, bookshops (second-hand), Brad Hill, Bree Odgen, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Charles M. Schulz, cheese, Christmas trees, Chuck Wendig, Cinderella, Cindy LIttlefield, Corinne May, Coventry Carol, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Wilbur, Daniel Maclise, David Tennant, dinner party (death of), diphallia, Doctor Mid-Nite, Doctor Who, Eclipse Online, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Enya, Erin Morgenstern, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Futurama, Gabriel's Message, Gail Carriger, Gangnam Style (video), genitals, ghost stories (Victorian), gift-giving, gingerbread houses, Grab the Holiday Cheer by Erin Morgenstern, Haunted Mansion (Disneyland), Hawthorne Effect, headless portraits (19th-century), Headstone in Your Pocket by Paul Tremblay, Henry Cavill, Hogwarts, homosexuality, ice buildings, In the Bleak Midwinter, Invader Zim, Invisible Men by Christopher Barzak, Jack Skellington, John Kenn Mortensen, Karolina Dean, Kate Beaton, Katherine Jenkins, Kimberly Turner, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Making Fiends, Man of Steel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Smith, Michael Shannon, Minas Tirith, mistletoe, Moon Knight, Nadav Nachmany, NASA's Johnson Space Center (videos), Neil Gaiman, Nico Minoru, novella, Oriel Window, PEN World Voices Festival, Peppermint Pig, poinsettia, Rachelle Gardner, Randall Munroe, Samurai Jew: The Eighth Night, Sandy Claws, Scott Bakal, Seashells by Lavie Tidhar, Share Your Shelf, St. Basil's Cathedral, Stanislawa P, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Sting, Sutured Infe, tails (human), Tansy Rayner Roberts, The 12 Days of Christmas, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The House of the Seven Gables, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Little Helper by Kat Otis, The Merger by Michael Adam Robson, The Moth, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Refugee by Meg Everingham, The Runaways, The Super Team Family Blog, Theodore Dalrymple, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Twelve Days of Fast Fiction, web-spinning, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why (poem), wheat, Where the Wonder Women Are, Why Can't Reindeer Fly by Lee Barnett, Will Ludwigsen, winter clothing, winter is coming (winter is here), wrapping paper, writing (novellas), xkcd
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