Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Books We Got for Christmas– 2011

I got two fantasy books for Christmas; The Bards of the Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip and a slim Charles de Lint book, Medicine Road. Spouse got the book on the Royal Society, Seeing Further, which was edited by Bill … Continue reading

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Christmas Eve, 2011

  Christmas Eve day we walked on the beach at Schooner Gulch. The sky was ceramic blue, but the ocean was a froth of silver and white. The beach was covered with rolls of sea-foam that looked like soap suds, … Continue reading

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December 23, 2011

We spent the Christmas weekend at St Orre’s. After a frantic Friday morning picking up wine, chocolate and corn-oats-barley (COB) for presents (hey, even wild turkeys get presents!) we got on the road about 2:30. It was a beautiful, bright … Continue reading

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Rosemary and Rue

My primary emotional response to Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire is disappointment. I’ve been told by people whose opinions I respect that she is the quintessential urban fantasy writer. She sets the standard against which other urban fantasies are … Continue reading

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The Telling, by Ursula LeGuin

My comments on this 2009 novel by Ursula LeGuin are posted at fanlit.

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Six Degrees of Separation, or Solstice Magic

My favorite holiday is Solstice – both summer and winter. It’s the most astronomically interesting holiday. Winter solstice is mostly about darkness, but the dark nights are clear, filled with bright stars. Usually around winter solstice, some little thing happens … Continue reading

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Fried Chicken at the Gypsy Cafe

The Gypsy Café moved into the old Pine Cone space and decorated it, not in a gypsy theme particularly, but more of a stage door/theater look. Breakfasts and lunches are good, and the owners are now offering a fixed price … Continue reading

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Clockwork Prince

My review of Cassandra Clare’s Victorian Shadowhunter book is up at fanlit.

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Tiny Little Market

For this weekend and next weekend, the farmers’ market has moved into the plaza instead of the parking lot, leaving parking for the local merchants who expect the local holiday shoppers. It makes for a very… cozy market. Last week … Continue reading

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Fox News; Vision of America

Spouse watches Fox News. I don’t try to explain it or excuse it; he just does. Anyway, the blogs and Fox are jumping with the story of a house or mobile home that burned down in Tennessee. A fire truck … Continue reading

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