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Magpie Monday
“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, A Pretty Mouth, Aaron Hamburger, Abed Nadir, Adam Mills, Adventure Time, Alan Moore, Alexandra Petri, Amery Carlson, Angela Still, Anne Enright, Ant-Man, artisan author, astrology, astronomy, bananas, Battling Boy, Beyond the Gate by Terr Light, bibliographics, blogging, book building (art), book collecting, Burke Heffner, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cannibalism (sexual), Carey Farrell, Carol Gluck, Cartoon Cakes, Cathy Day, characterization (writing), cheese, cheesemonger, Chuck Wendig, Community, Cory Doctorow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Debbie Brown, depression, Derek Blasberg, Diesel Reviews the World, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange (movie), Drown by Tora Fisher, E.L. James, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Temple, Eternity (Marvel character), Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evil Dead, evolution, experimental writing, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Fletcher Hanks, Frank Halmans, fromage, Gail Carriger, Garfield Minus Garfield, Genevieve Valentine, Golden Age Bakery, grand mal seizure, Grant Snider, Gravity by Sara Bareilles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Handwritten Letter Helpers, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hogwarts Library, home libraries (design), Hubble telescope, Irene Gallo, Jeff Gordiner, Jim Jones, José Guízar, Juan Diego Solanas, Kevin Feige, Kevin Sharkey, Kirsten Larson (American Girl doll), L. Jamal Walton, libraries (fictional), Library of Babel, lightning, lightning storms, Little Red Robin Hood by Melissa Mead, Lucha Libre, Lucien's Library, Lynda Carter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Rockefeller, Michel Gondry, Molly Tanzer, Mood Indigo, multitasking, Murder Mysteries (story), music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, New York Public Library, optical illusions, ornithology, outlining, Oxford comma, Paul Pope, Perfect Pairs by Erin Morgenstern, Philip Kenney, poetry, red-bellied woodpecker, Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Richard Davies, Ron Jones, Russell Hinson, Ryley Swan, Sedna (planet), serial comma, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, Sheldon Cooper, short stories (Irish), Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis, Soulless by Gail Carriger, Stephen Sonneveld, Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, Storybird, Sunnydale High Library, Susan Steinberg, Sylvia Toth, the Beast's library (Disney), The Big Bang Theory, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Doll's House, The Exterminator by Erik B. Scott, The Fearless Defenders, The Knights of Badassdom, The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger by Yoko Ogawa, The Library (planet), The mMod by Ken Liu, the monastery library (Umberto Eco), The Month of Letters Challenge, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Powerpuff Girls, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tourtes, Transmetropolitan, typography, Upside Down (film), Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, What to Expect when You're Expecting an Alien Parasite by Rebecca Adams Wright, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Will Staehle, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, Zack Smith
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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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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Mighty Girl, Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Andreas Feininger, animation, Annie Owens, annotations (LXG), anxiety, Before Watchmen, Ben Towl, Bizarro Classic, Black Lodge, Breaking Bad, Bruce Bickford, busyness, Cameron Cook, Captions, Cat Rambo, Cate Blanchett, Cecelia Holland, Charles Tan, cheese, Christopher Barzak, chronologies, color acuity, color tests, Cracker Barrel, Dale Cooper, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Double R Diner, Easter Island, Ellen Datlow, Ellen Klages, F. Brett Cox, Fabio Fernandes, family trees, Franz Kafka, Galadriel, Gary K. Wolfe, geek culture, Green Man, Gregor Samsa, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guys Read, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffrey Ford, Jeremiah McDonald, Jess Nevins, Juan Santapau, Karen Burnham, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kevin O'Neill, Laura Crary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Palmer Preiss, left-brain right-brain, Locus, Loki, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Project, Mad Men, maps, Maria Friberg, Marvel Comics, Mary Poppins, Matthew Salesses, Michel Fiffe, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition), Organization, Ourit Ben-Haim, Paul Graham Raven, Paul Witcover, Peter Jackson, photography, psychic powers (faux), puppets, Red Room, revision, Robb Pratt, Russell Letson, Sam Howzit, Sarcastic Voyage, Siobhan Carroll, Stefan Dziemianowicz, subtitles, superheroes, Superman, Superman Classic, Sutured Infection, Terry Bisson, The 'Busy' Trap, The Avengers, The Big Bang Theory, The Glass Noose, The Hobbit, The Master and Margarita, The Metamorphosis, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Underground New York Public Library, Theodora Goss, Tim Kreider, timelines, Twin Peaks, Watchmen, Who's Who, Will Ludwigsen, Witch House, witches, writing (research), xkcd
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