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2014 Booklog

December 27, 2014 @ 8:12 pm | Filed under: Books

Sometime in October or November, I abandoned hope of keeping my sidebar booklog up to date. By then I was deeply immersed in reading YA Fiction for the CYBIL awards. Between 10/15 and 12/26, I …

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December 2014, part the first

December 12, 2014 @ 5:03 pm | Filed under: Family, Family Adventures, Photos

I know, I know, I go dark for almost two weeks and then suddenly, what, four posts in one day. But if there’s anything I’ve learned in (ye gods) nine years and eleven months of …

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Monday Monday

September 8, 2014 @ 8:04 pm | Filed under: Connections, Fun Learning Stuff

Today I forgot to blog first; it’s nearly bedtime. 🙂 Melanie has begun a link-up for sharing daily learning notes, always an engaging topic (if you’re anything like me). I used to have an entire side-blog …

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Tags: also Rose made scones today and that was lovely, connections, daily notes, fun learning stuff, handwriting, Poetry

Booknotes in early May

May 8, 2014 @ 4:16 pm | Filed under: Books, Commonplace Book

You know how you have that friend you used to talk to on the phone all the time, every day practically, so that even though you lived hundreds of miles apart, you were …

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Tags: Henry James, stuff I'm reading

Reading list for my imaginary book club

November 18, 2013 @ 7:57 pm | Filed under: Books

I’m not in a book club at present, but I’ve been entertaining myself with thoughts of what books I would suggest to my book club if I belonged to one. This is …

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Tags: A.S. Byatt, American Terroir, Bruce Brooks, Elizabeth Gilbert, Emily of Deep Valley, Feed, M.T. Anderson, Midnight Hour Encores, Muriel Spark, Neal Stephenson, Rowan Jacobsen, Signature of All Things, The Children's Book, The Diamond Age, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, what I'm reading, what to read in book club, YA

Folklore Bookmarks

August 29, 2013 @ 4:14 pm | Filed under: Fun Learning Stuff

Saving these for a rabbit trail per Rose’s request… Intro to Folklore Course (Dr. Mary Magoulick) Mary Magoulick’s Youtube page and large Folklore website The Folklore Society Native American Lore Index Indian Legends …

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Tags: Folklore, rabbit trails

So Much Good Stuff

August 7, 2013 @ 9:35 am | Filed under: Links

Feels like my “Caught My Eye” sidebar is bursting at the seams these days. So much so that things get pushed off the page before anyone gets a chance to see them. Here’s a …

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Tags: shareworthy

Needles and Pins

January 25, 2013 @ 4:38 pm | Filed under: Handcrafts

Rilla found a Winky Cherry beginner sewing kit on the shelf—one of those things I’ve had stashed for ages and forgot we owned. I used to feel pangs of guilt over forgotten acquisitions, …

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Tags: KnitCrate, knitting, sewing, Winky Cherry

48 Hour Book Challenge: 2nd Check-in

June 10, 2012 @ 7:24 am | Filed under: Books

It’s Sunday morning. I woke early and snuck in a half hour of Wise Child time before I dragged out of bed. That brings me up to: 10 hours 15 minutes of reading time 1 …

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Tags: 48 Hour Book Challenge