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We've been up in Lancashire recently, staying at the fabulous Stirk House Hotel and attending the latest Pendle Witch Tour - this was one of a series of tours organised by the hotel itself. We caught up with the tour on Tuesday morning, and were whisked into Pendle Hill country - this is such a beautiful area, and it seems strangely remote still, ( Read more... ) -
Book review - Icelandic Magic, Stephen Flowers
One great joy of running a book store is the continued generosity of publishers - sometimes out of the blue. I recently opened a bubble envelope from Simon Shuster in New York, which contained a review copy of Icelandic Magic - Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires ( Read more... ) -
A definite feeling of fin de la saison
A mid-December day OFF ( Read more... ) -
Book piles
One 'issue' with shuffling, moving, importing and just generally handling well over 8000 all around the house this year(quite apart from the 3000+ that have needed pricing and putting in the shop), is the ( Read more... ) -
NFL mid-season roundup (week 9)
Everyone has now played at least half their games, and the season is taking shape. There will be one or two 'late run' teams who are currently at or under .500 who will make it in, but probably ten teams now are toast, which leaves 4-5 teams in each division still very much in the Wild Card hunt, and a few coaches waiting for the Black Monday ( Read more... ) -
NFL Week 8 roundup
Pretty much everyone was just starting to BELIEVE in the Lone Star team and their undoubtedly tough and talented QB. Cue a division rival, on a 9-game road losing streak, and looking like challenging for the #1 Draft pick on 2014 results. The Redskins come in and manage to keep said QB on the floor most of the game, and give us all a sense of a ( Read more... ) -
NFL Week seven already!
Well - week 8 actually already - my where the time goes! Thursday Night Football - Broncos - as advertised. The Denver D is looking VERY quick - not an enormous amount of pressure on the better QBs like Rivers, but taking a well-established Run & screen game apart led to the inevitable giveaways, and the Broncos look like winning out unless the ( Read more... ) -
State of the Nation - shop & home
Approaching Samhain (Halloween of you must), we start to draw breath and plan for the harshness of winter, both the weather, and in our case the seasonal shop trade downturn ( Read more... ) -
Week 5 NFL
Almost half the league was on 2-2 after week 4 - which I feel is a direct result of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which severely curtailed pre-season practice, meaning that many teams were actually finalizing their rosters during weeks 1-3. The Giants did not have time to consolidate a new Offensive system during the off-season, but Eli ( Read more... ) -
NFL September - team statuses
AFC East ( Read more... )