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Books: Black Wolves of Boston
Black Wolves of Boston, by Wen Spencer. Urban Fantasy. Hardback, 480 pages. keeping it ( Read more... ) -
Smithsonian: Cultivating America's Gardens exhibit opens today
http://library.si.edu/exhibition/cultivating-americas-gardens
American garden-making has evolved over time, shaped by history, social attitudes, the environment, and new ideas. Illustrating this history with books and other materials from their vast ( Read more... ) -
Books: Sing the Four Quarters is free today
Tanya Huff's novel Sing The Four Quarters is free today on Amazon.com, bn.com, iBooks, and Google Books, in the US.
Admittedly, I never got through it. I didn't read it when I was of the right age to love it (hi, Valdemar!), but I keep saying that someday I will go back and sit under the trees and try to bring that mindset forward again.
This ( Read more... ) -
pondering MDS&W
This weekend is Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. The weather report is for "decent" (cloudy and 60) which translates to "the whole mid-Atlantic packed into one venue." The fair organizers are actually charging admission this year (a whole $5) which will likely not impact the population boom at all ( Read more... ) -
Nothing says "thinking of you!" like a quart of ladybugs
The weekend was full and busy, and we still managed to get at least some gardening done. Achaosofkittens planted the herbs and some carrots in his new VegTrug (tm), so all that is pending for that bed is a pepper plant or three. He also put carrots inboard of the onions in the artichoke bed, so that bed is done, all but for mulching. And one of ( Read more... ) -
LJ Scrapbook
Does anyone have a decent tool for exporting the LJ scrapbook photos to anywhere? Or do I have to pull them all down one by one?
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Good-bye to Peavine Hollow
After many years in the Angora goat business, Peavine Hollow Farm is shutting down operations this summer. They are ready for the next chapter in their lives, which apparently will not include goats or dogs ( Read more... ) -
Boy goats frolicking
The view from the bathroom window this morning included a silly swirl of Diego and Simon. They were running in circles around each other, wagging their tails and head-faking with more excitement than skill ( Read more... ) -
Happy 101th birthday to Beverly Cleary
http://www.peabodylibrary.org/freeforall/?p=4750
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Gaming humor from Ursula V's twitter
Arashinomoui, I'm looking at you.
GM: The kobolds have discovered Agile. They have short attention spans and find the daily stand-ups useful. #dnd
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