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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Softer World, Andrew Gilstrap, Anne Tyler, aspect ratio, Audrey Tautou, author photos, Bart van Es, Batman, Batman/Superman (preview), Bee Wilson, bees, bidets, Bill Bernbach, Boing Boing, book promotion, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byzantium (film), calories, Cate Blanchett, Catwoman, chatelaine, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Chuck Wendig, Consider the Fork, Daily Science Fiction, Dalek dress, Dave Hax, Dave McKean, deer doing odd things, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, elves, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, escapism, Farah Mendlesohn, Fascinating, fetuses, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Grá Linnaea, Hall and Oates, Harry Potter, Heiresses of Russ, Helen Mirren, Hogarth Shakespeare, io9, Iron Man 3, J.M. Sidorova, James McAdam, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Pruitt, Jem and the Holograms, Joey Comeau, John Hess, Joseph Campbell, Jug Face (film), lava, Leonard Woolf, Letters of Note, lightning deaths, Luca Parmitano, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Madeline Ashby, mantis shrimp, Marissa Meyer, Matt Smith, Melissa Mead, memory, Monomyth, motivational penguin, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, outlining, Paula Treick DeBoard, Radio Free Other, Red 2, Richard Lee Byers, Robin Mizell, Safe Bedside Table, Seinfeld, Shirley Jackson, shirt folding, snow leopards, Spock, Superman, Tara Calaby, Terry Jacks, The DeFranco Family, The Fall (film), The Film Doctor, The Hobbit (film), The Mourning Hours, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, The Wasp, Thérèse, Toni Tesori, Tor.com, universe colliding, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, World War Z
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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
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Gallardo, Adam Mills, Adam Rex, Alison Ann Woodward, Angela Still, Anthony Hopkins, Archie comics, Aslan Malik, Balder, bee models (19th century), bees, Ben Franklin, Beneath 360, blinking, book cover art, book shelves, bookcases, Brooke Graddon, Buii, Caitlín R. Kiernan, calendars, cannibalism (medicinal), Carey Farrell, characterization (writing), Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, Chthon, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, copyright, corn flakes, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Merriam, Dave McKean, Death Before Dishonor by Shannon Leight, Downton Abbey, Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evan Shaner, flax-golden tales, food sweaters, gene patenting, Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways, Grant Snider, Green Lantern, Greer Gilman, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He Could Be Ambrose Bierce by Shaenon Kelty Garrity, heirloom pop-up book, Hyperion, hypothermia, Ian Withrow, In the White of the Snow by Mark Patrick Lynch, Intestate by Charlie Jane Anders, io9, Ivy Rose by Dan Hart, Jabberwocky, James Patrick Kelly, Jason Reeves, John Harvey Kellogg, Joyce Carol Oates, Justice League, Kate Beaton, Kyle Roberts, Lemony Snicket, letters, libraries, Life in Space by Leslie Jane Anderson, Lightspeed, Luis Guerrero, Magma, Malissa Kent, marshmallows, Matthew Broderick, metaphors, Meyers-Briggs, Michael Bukowski, Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways, MTO, Neil Gaiman, Oblivion (film), optical illusions, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, pandas, Patricio Oliver, Paul Kirsch, Phantom Eye Syndrome, pizza (cutting), Please Look After This Angel by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Poppies by Megan Lee Beals, psychopaths, Pubslush, resolutions for writers, Russell Hinson, SAD, Salvage by K.S. Dearsley, Seth, Sheila Boneham, Shirley Jackson, short films (writing), SketchEmily by reenin, Slinkachu, Sniperphotog, snow scenes in literature, So Far Faithful by Sarah Kanning, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Sutured Infection, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Tanith Lee, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Taylor Preston, Teres Frohock, The Beginning of the World Again by Erin Morgenstern, The Cries of the Dead and Dying by Sarah Goslee, The Dead Letter Office by Matthew Marinett, The Film Doctor, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hades Hotline by Alex Petri, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Miracle on Tau Prime by Alex Shvartsman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Race by Sadie Mattox, The Road to Wellville, The Sounds of Old Earth by Matthew Kressel, The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber by Dylan Otto Krider, The Super Team Family Blog, The Venus Effect, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tiny Lives by Alan Baxter, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Tom Gauld, Tools to Build the Stars by Erin Morgenstern, Tor.com, Victoria Vincent, Warren Ellis, Weird Science Fiction, werewolves (genetics), When She Is Empty by Damien Walters Grintalis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, William Morris, Wing by Amal El-Mohtar, Wisdom for the New Year by Erin Morgenstern, Wonder Woman, writer's block, X-Men (cartoon), Zachary Jernigan
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