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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with another installment to come on Wednesday, and two art MMs on Tuesday and Thursday, so with Video Friday it’s a full week of mayhem here…) ♦ WELCOME TO … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Scream by R.L. Stine, Aifric Campbell, Alice Munro, Alison McMahan, Awesome Book Covers, book chairs, book cover art, book sculpture, book shelves, bookcases, Bunny Williams, Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes, Call of the Wild, Cathy Day, chameleons, City of Chrysanthemum by Ken Liu, Curing Day by Dustin Adams, Daily Science, Dark Beautiful Force by Jessica May Lin, Drake equation, Fermi paradox, Flaming June, flax-golden tales, Folio Society, foxes, Frederic Leighton, Gladstone's Library, Grant Snider, I'll Leave the Light On by Patricia Russo, Iain M. Banks, Ireland, J. Pocker, Jack London, Jane Yolen, Jumping Into the Sky by Samantha Murray, Kate Bernheimer, Kevin Sharkey, Klaus and Christiane Echle, Lightspeed, Lissa Kiernan, Liu Wei, Mary Burns, Michael Hastings, Neil Gaiman, oneirology, Paranormal Romance by Christopher Barzak, Pawel Piotrowski, Penduline, Portsmouth (UK), Rachelle Gardner, Raymond Carver, Revenge (TV series), Roald Dahl, Sandwich Book, Seagull by Erin Morgenstern, Smart Ideas for Smarter Cities, stamps, Suzanne Strempek Shea, The Mafra National Palace library in Mafra Portugal, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Stranger by Anna Banks, toothpaste, Tor.com, virtual dissection table, William Gladstone
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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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Magpie Monday
Check out this lovely magpie painting by Frank Gonzales! I’ll have another Magpie Monday on Wednesday post this week, so do stop back by to have a look! ♦ VIEWERS’ PARADISE. People, I am really excited that the third series … Continue reading →
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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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