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Magpie Monday
Internet-access problems have been resolved and the first week of classes has been put to bed and now the blog is back. As usual, the last couple of weeks have yielded all manner of shiny bits and bobs worthy of … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with more to come on Wednesday)… ♦ THE BOOK NOOK. I love how the shelf dividers curve at the ceiling in the Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, NYC. Via.
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Tagged 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill by Elizabeth Knox, Alexander Puvilland, Arianrhod, Avengers: Endless Wartime, Beth Galton, Bibliophilism (2006) by Pamela Paulsrud, Billy Paul, book stacking, butterbeer cupcakes, Captain Marvel, Carolina Charm, cauliflower, Chuck Wendig, Complaint of Achilles' Heel by Charles Jensen, cookies, Criterion, Cut Food (photographic series), Daily Science Fiction, Dude Food Magic Bars, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elysium, Emily Blunt, Farrar Strauss & Giroux, flax-golden tales, Frank Bidart, Galactus, Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn), Hades, Howards End, Hunger, In A World..., iTray, Jason Keith, Jason Kong, Jodie Foster, Joe Hill, John Green, Jordan Mechner, Kali, Katana, Keanu Reeves, Kindle Fire skins, Kristin Rosenau, La Belle et la Bête, Lady Elocutionist, Lake Bell, LeUyen Pham, Man of Tai Chi, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Me and Mrs. Jones (song), Michael Bublé, Mike Lewis, Mike McKone, Ned Vizzini, Neil Gaiman, Nightcrawler, Note to Self by Hans Hergot, org, Paul Kirsch, Persephone, Peter M. Lenkov, Pictures in Crayon by Elizabeth Shack, Pine Bark, poets, Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom by Micaela Morrissette, Post by Molly Brooks, R.I.P.D., Reba McIntire, Rebecca Joines Schinsky, Rest In Peace Department, Rosemary's Baby, Seven-Layer Bars, sexism and misogyny, Shadow Man by Cynthia D. Grant, Six Fairy Tales for the Modern Woman by Renee Lupica, strawberry sour cream pie, sundried tomato, Superman, TARDIS, tempeh, Templar (graphic novel), Templar Knights, The Hairpin, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (song), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Super Team Family Blog, The Tiny Maybe-Witches Down the Street by Erin Morgenstern, The Vintner's Luck, The Walking Ched, Theodora Goss, Three Wishes by Melissa Mead, Thug Kitchen, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, True Love by Alex Shvartsman, Twitter, Twitter poetry, Vicki Lawrence, Warren Ellis, What Is True by Ben Kopel, witches, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, writing advice, YO! burger, YO! Sushi, Zen Pencils, Zombie Burger + Drink Lab
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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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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ A couple weeks ago, I ran across a re-posted link on mental floss about Graun, Italy’s most famous drowned town, and I was struck both by the story itself … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Handful of Glass a Sky without Stars by Damien Walters Grintalis, Air New Zealand, Alexander Korzer-Robinson, AlphaBooks, American Libraries, Bag End (miniature), Beautiful Stills from Beautiful Films, beautiful words, Ben Towle, Birds and Birthdays, blood pressure tests, book art, bookshe, bookshelves, Brian K. Vaughan, Calvin & Hobbes, Cameron Cook, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, collage, Daily Science Fiction, Dance in the Graveyard by Delta Rae, Daredevil, David Malki!, Death Proof, Delta Rae, DJ Faroff, Don't Look Down by Anatoly Belilovsky, Douglas Adams, Dragon Baby, Dreadknight, drowned cities, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Everything About Secret Bookcase Doors, Ex Machina, flax-golden tales, Gabe Ostley, Grant Snider, Graun, Hand Fixing Hand by Shane Willis, heavy rain (international idioms), IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes by Jonathan Keogh, Iron Baby, Isaac Asimov, Jabberwocky, James Joyce, Joyce Carol Oates, Leah Palmer Preiss, Legends of the Joystick by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham, libraries (amazing), Mary Robinette Kowal, Nils Cordes, No Country for Old Men, OMNI magazine, Open Road Media, Over There by Dany G. Zuwen, Patrick Boivin, Philip Pullman, robotics (three laws), Russell Hinson, secret doors, secret-passage bookshelves, Shame, short films, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, StashVault, Susumu Must Fold by Tony Pi, The Amber Spyglass, The Dead, The Hobbit (film), The Man Who Wasn't There, The Number Two Rule by Lesley L. Smith, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Super Team Family Blog, The Thin Red Line, Theodora Goss, Thom Dunn, Tom Gauld, Twitter, Unexpected Aftermath of a School Bus Accident by Erin Morgenstern, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, Wondermark, writing "rules", writing (novellas), Xaphania, Xaxisian Giant Robot, Ys
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I really love paper artist Su Blackwell‘s work, and the reason why is illustrated in “The Snow Queen” (photographed by Johanna Parkin): On her website, Blackwell describes her work thus: … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alberto Belli, AlphaBooks, Azazello, Ben Towle, Black Box, BookRiot, Caitlin Lehman, Chuck Wendig, comic-book movie heroines, comics, David Abrams, David Malki!, David R. Slavitt, Eljay Daly, Evelyn Waugh, fairy tales, fairy-tale films, four-letter words, Genevieve Farrell, genre and pop, genre is disruptive technology, George Singleton, Greg Rucka, Henry David Thoreau, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Ira Glass, Jeff O'Neal, Jennifer Egan, Johanna Parkin, John Scalzi, Jonathan Coulton, Late Bloomers, lending books, Lev Grossman, Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Humphreys, Mikhail Bulgakov, National Short Story Month, Order vs. Chaos, plotters vs pantsers, quiet desperation, Re: Your Brains, Richard Parks, Ryan Britt, Salts Made from Tears, Shoshana Kessock, small talk, Snow White and the Seven Movies, Su Blackwell, swears, teaching writing, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Master and Margarita, The Snow Queen, Tom Gauld, Twitter, villains, Wondermark, word clouds, Wordle, X-Men
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