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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The Horns of Elfland. Does anyone else remember and love “Downtown” by Petula Clark as much as I do? Well, you’re in for a treat because, even if you … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, A Pretty Mouth, Aaron Hamburger, Abed Nadir, Adam Mills, Adventure Time, Alan Moore, Alexandra Petri, Amery Carlson, Angela Still, Anne Enright, Ant-Man, artisan author, astrology, astronomy, bananas, Battling Boy, Beyond the Gate by Terr Light, bibliographics, blogging, book building (art), book collecting, Burke Heffner, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cannibalism (sexual), Carey Farrell, Carol Gluck, Cartoon Cakes, Cathy Day, characterization (writing), cheese, cheesemonger, Chuck Wendig, Community, Cory Doctorow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Debbie Brown, depression, Derek Blasberg, Diesel Reviews the World, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange (movie), Drown by Tora Fisher, E.L. James, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Temple, Eternity (Marvel character), Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evil Dead, evolution, experimental writing, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Fletcher Hanks, Frank Halmans, fromage, Gail Carriger, Garfield Minus Garfield, Genevieve Valentine, Golden Age Bakery, grand mal seizure, Grant Snider, Gravity by Sara Bareilles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Handwritten Letter Helpers, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hogwarts Library, home libraries (design), Hubble telescope, Irene Gallo, Jeff Gordiner, Jim Jones, José Guízar, Juan Diego Solanas, Kevin Feige, Kevin Sharkey, Kirsten Larson (American Girl doll), L. Jamal Walton, libraries (fictional), Library of Babel, lightning, lightning storms, Little Red Robin Hood by Melissa Mead, Lucha Libre, Lucien's Library, Lynda Carter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Rockefeller, Michel Gondry, Molly Tanzer, Mood Indigo, multitasking, Murder Mysteries (story), music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, New York Public Library, optical illusions, ornithology, outlining, Oxford comma, Paul Pope, Perfect Pairs by Erin Morgenstern, Philip Kenney, poetry, red-bellied woodpecker, Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Richard Davies, Ron Jones, Russell Hinson, Ryley Swan, Sedna (planet), serial comma, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, Sheldon Cooper, short stories (Irish), Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis, Soulless by Gail Carriger, Stephen Sonneveld, Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, Storybird, Sunnydale High Library, Susan Steinberg, Sylvia Toth, the Beast's library (Disney), The Big Bang Theory, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Doll's House, The Exterminator by Erik B. Scott, The Fearless Defenders, The Knights of Badassdom, The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger by Yoko Ogawa, The Library (planet), The mMod by Ken Liu, the monastery library (Umberto Eco), The Month of Letters Challenge, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Powerpuff Girls, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tourtes, Transmetropolitan, typography, Upside Down (film), Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, What to Expect when You're Expecting an Alien Parasite by Rebecca Adams Wright, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Will Staehle, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, Zack Smith
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“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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Tagged Alan Moore, albino peacock, An Exaltation of Larks, Angora rabbit, Apollo Robbins, banana ice cream, battle (writing), book shelves, bookcases, Brian Wood, Cameron Cook, Casting Call by Alexandra Grunberg, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Classic Double Challenge 2013, Claudia Noble, coffee, Colby Marshall, collective nouns, Colleen Doran, D.B. Cooper, Daily Science Fiction, David Lynch, DC Women Kicking Ass, Deep Down by Deborah Coates, Diesel Reviews the World, dollhouse in a guitar, Downsizing Pluto by Shane Halbach, echidna, edible packaging, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Eric Standley, Ernest Hemingway, Fairy Meadows Miniatures, film trailers, Fisher Space Pen, flax-golden tales, folklore (Japanese), free will, glittens, Golden Globes 2013, Grant Snider, greng-jai, Helen Mirren, Hi-Fructose, Hydnellum peckii, illusion, In Search Of (TV show), In Search Of and Others, io9, Isaac Cordal, Jodie Foster, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, koi no yokan, Lena Dunham, Leonard Nimoy, Lethe Press, libraries, London Underground, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malissa Kent, Marilyn Monroe, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Catalano, miniatures, Misty Knight, Myke Cole, near-lightspeed travel, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, No Return, Oliver Coipel, One-Horned & Wild-Eyed by Manual Gonzales, PegaPop, phantom limbs, pickpockets, PoL Úbeda Hervàs, Preludes and Nocturnes, procrastination (positive), psychics, Psylocke, Publishers Weekly, Quantum Entanglement by Rajan Khanna, Rachel Grey, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Angels by Michele Lang, Red 2 (trailer), rejection, rejection letters, Robbie Trevino, Rogue (X-Men), Russell Hinson, Safo Sofa, seahorse, Searching for Sugar Man, Shadowhawk, shampoo and physics, Shane Carruth, She-Hulk, Slitten Gorge by Conrad Williams, social media marketing, Star Trek (evolution), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Storm (X-Men), strawberries and cream, The Beastmaster (film), the bleeding tooth fungus, the Devil's tooth, The Fearless Defenders, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Light at the Edge of the World by Erin Morgenstern, The Miniature Wife, the red-juice tooth, The Remnant by Cassie Beasley, The Robin Hood Foundation (Library Initiative), The Sandman, The Simpsons, The Smithsonian, The Super Team Family Blog, The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston, The Wyrd for Water is Water by Marie Croke, Thomas Barbèy, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tunguska Event, Twitter, Upstream Color (trailer), Valkyrie, vampires, warfare (writing), Weird Fiction Review, When We Were Heroes by Daniel Abraham, Will Ludwigsen, winged devourers, Wonder Woman, Wool by Hugh Howey, writing (by hand), writing (dialogue), X-Men, Zachary Jernigan, Zack Kopplin, Ze Frank
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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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Magpie Monday
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch
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