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From Saturday mornings to dog-eared comics and big imaginations…
Transformers: REANIMATED Issue 80 - Moo No Aware. https://www.TransformersReAnimated.com
Written by Greig and myself.
Cover art by Andrew Wildman
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From Saturday mornings to dog-eared comics and big imaginations…
Transformers: REANIMATED Issue 80 - Moo No Aware. https://www.TransformersReAnimated.com
Written by Greig and myself.
Cover art by Andrew Wildman
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#India - How to Make #Lime From Scratch
25/12/2018
Making Lime from Scratch - An Overview
1. Build a kiln from cob, or some other material that can stand 1000 degrees heat.
2. Collect some oyster/clam shells, or limestone (see video below).
3. Light a fire in your kiln and add your limestone/shells. Get the temperature up to between 800 and 1200 degrees.
4. Extract the shells (if using) and put them in a vat.
5. Put on protective clothing (mask, goggles, gloves, onesie etc)
6. Add warm water to the burned shells and watch the mixture bubble and froth. Be careful. Lime is caustic and can burn.
7. The longer you leave that substance slaking (submerged in plenty of water), the better quality lime you get.
"Lime. Oh lime. So versatile. So useful. But sometimes so difficult to know which kind you’re buying. You may remember my beginners' guide to different kinds of lime I penned last time. Sometimes though, all the CaOs and NHLs in the world won’t help you, because you live in a place that doesn’t regulate too carefully, and your lime turns up in mysterious dog-eared bags which inspire anything but confidence.
In that case you can always do what Gautam Singh in Mumbai did. Cut out the middle man, and make it yourself. He shared his process in our members' only Facebook Group last week, and I think it's fabulous.
" 'Unsure and concerned about of the quality of lime we were purchasing, especially for some tadelakt work, we made a small kiln to make our own lime,' says Gautam, who is still battling on with plaster work over there in Mumbai. I’ve got to hand it to him, he’s not a quitter:)
'It's specifically for tadelakt,' he says, and 'I’m happy to say it works, and wasn’t too complicated or time consuming either.' Oh...music to my ears!
How did they create their own quick lime?
First Gautam and his friends built the kiln out of cob (see above). Next, he collected a bunch of oyster and clam shells from seafood sellers. You don't crush the shells, they are left whole so they are easy to identify post burning, because the entire burned shell will be converted into Calcium Oxide or pure lime.'Research stated the shells needed to be fired between 800-1200℃. Any less and it wouldn't have the reaction that turns it into lime, and any more would melt the shells,' he informed us.
I asked him how he measured the temperature. 'Figuring out the temperature was tricky at first, but luckily a professional #potter friend came to the rescue and we used a #thermocouple to measure the temperature for the first two trials. After that it became easier because then I knew it took between 40-60 mins to achieve that 800-1200 degrees required for my kiln.'
Initial Troubles
In the beginning Gautam thought he'd failed. But in fact it's a good example of how things are sometimes not what they appear. 'After our first firing attempt, we went through the burnt matter, extracted all the shells and put them in a pot. Then we tried adding water. But there was no reaction!'
Our pioneer thought perhaps he hadn’t fired the shells at a high enough temperature. He prepared his kiln for a second attempt. It was then he chanced upon a golden nugget of online information advising the use of warm water (not cold) to slake the burnt shells. The Mumbai team decided to try it.
'So we used the same shells, added warm water and voila! It started boiling and reacting violently,' he says."
Read more:
https://www.themudhome.com/mudbuilding/how-to-make-lime-from-scratch#SolarPunkSunday #SustainableMaterials #Quicklime #AncientTechnologies #Science
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#TimeTravelingGhost EP 8: Post 84: 2025 Arkham
#Wss366 Shower #TimeTravelAuthors 03/25. brief/short
Professor Dubois looked confused and, perhaps to buy herself time to think, stroked the rat, and said, “Patroclus deserves a treat for his hard work,” and opened the bottom drawer, extracting both the bottle of brandy and a container of rat food.
“Patroclus, that's the first recorded individual… ghost to transcend time. You were quite clever naming him,” I said.
Emily snickered. “Show-off.”
There was a #short pause while Patroclus enjoyed his meal, and the professor and I sipped the inexpensive brandy she had offered me. I guessed it was what a professor could afford.
“So, why today’s visit?” Ms. Dubois asked, looking over the rim of her tumbler.
“Three reasons. First, tell us about time-travel. Why can we do it?” I answered.
The professor looked perplexed, so I added, “For reasons I can’t explain, I don’t remember anything. Professor Skully has explained to us about time-streams, particles, and pressure. But he didn’t know the details.”
“Good old Dana. I didn’t know he listened to me. Okay, so you want details. Time-travel has been my life's work. After I realized that my mother’s spirit had visited me and given me a time-travel book, I became convinced that magic was the key.”
“Wait a minute,” I interrupted. “Your ‘mother’ visited you and gave you a book?”
“Yeah,” Ms. Dubois said, as she opened the top drawer and took out a dog-eared copy of “The Time Machine.”
I glanced at Emily; we both recognized it. Not too long ago, by our time, I had given that book to a young girl waiting for her mother to recover from surgery.
The professor continued, “My mother used to #shower me with gifts, but this one was special.”
She sighed and put it back in the drawer. “Of course, it took a long time to pick up the trail. It wasn’t until I obtained a copy of ‘Faustus Pakt’ that I made any headway. He talked about what he’d seen, but the key was that the formulas had come from ‘Pompilius’ Spiegel.’”
“Who?” Emily interrupted.
“Faust, of course. He relied heavily on Pompilius’s book, which is also rare. That’s where I learned that you have to tear the soul from its moorings in the present to project yourself into the past. Let me show you the pentagram.”
“Be #brief,” Emily said. “The two of you can be so pedantic. We can already time-travel, so we don’t need any complicated rituals.”
#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #UrbanFantasy #Mythpunk #TimeTravel #HistoricalFantasy #Serial
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#India - How to Make #Lime From Scratch
25/12/2018
Making Lime from Scratch - An Overview
1. Build a kiln from cob, or some other material that can stand 1000 degrees heat.
2. Collect some oyster/clam shells, or limestone (see video below).
3. Light a fire in your kiln and add your limestone/shells. Get the temperature up to between 800 and 1200 degrees.
4. Extract the shells (if using) and put them in a vat.
5. Put on protective clothing (mask, goggles, gloves, onesie etc)
6. Add warm water to the burned shells and watch the mixture bubble and froth. Be careful. Lime is caustic and can burn.
7. The longer you leave that substance slaking (submerged in plenty of water), the better quality lime you get.
"Lime. Oh lime. So versatile. So useful. But sometimes so difficult to know which kind you’re buying. You may remember my beginners' guide to different kinds of lime I penned last time. Sometimes though, all the CaOs and NHLs in the world won’t help you, because you live in a place that doesn’t regulate too carefully, and your lime turns up in mysterious dog-eared bags which inspire anything but confidence.
In that case you can always do what Gautam Singh in Mumbai did. Cut out the middle man, and make it yourself. He shared his process in our members' only Facebook Group last week, and I think it's fabulous.
" 'Unsure and concerned about of the quality of lime we were purchasing, especially for some tadelakt work, we made a small kiln to make our own lime,' says Gautam, who is still battling on with plaster work over there in Mumbai. I’ve got to hand it to him, he’s not a quitter:)
'It's specifically for tadelakt,' he says, and 'I’m happy to say it works, and wasn’t too complicated or time consuming either.' Oh...music to my ears!
How did they create their own quick lime?
First Gautam and his friends built the kiln out of cob (see above). Next, he collected a bunch of oyster and clam shells from seafood sellers. You don't crush the shells, they are left whole so they are easy to identify post burning, because the entire burned shell will be converted into Calcium Oxide or pure lime.'Research stated the shells needed to be fired between 800-1200℃. Any less and it wouldn't have the reaction that turns it into lime, and any more would melt the shells,' he informed us.
I asked him how he measured the temperature. 'Figuring out the temperature was tricky at first, but luckily a professional #potter friend came to the rescue and we used a #thermocouple to measure the temperature for the first two trials. After that it became easier because then I knew it took between 40-60 mins to achieve that 800-1200 degrees required for my kiln.'
Initial Troubles
In the beginning Gautam thought he'd failed. But in fact it's a good example of how things are sometimes not what they appear. 'After our first firing attempt, we went through the burnt matter, extracted all the shells and put them in a pot. Then we tried adding water. But there was no reaction!'
Our pioneer thought perhaps he hadn’t fired the shells at a high enough temperature. He prepared his kiln for a second attempt. It was then he chanced upon a golden nugget of online information advising the use of warm water (not cold) to slake the burnt shells. The Mumbai team decided to try it.
'So we used the same shells, added warm water and voila! It started boiling and reacting violently,' he says."
Read more:
https://www.themudhome.com/mudbuilding/how-to-make-lime-from-scratch#SolarPunkSunday #SustainableMaterials #Quicklime #AncientTechnologies #Science
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Linux Mint’s (Ace) Sticky Notes App Works Great on Ubuntu
If you’re half as forgetful as I am then you’ll… —Nope, sorry; I’ve forgotten where I was going with this, so let’s talk about Linux Mint’s neat sticky notes app instead. I used to use real post-it notes in real life. A ton of them. I’d use them remind me to buy cat food, put the bins out, and unclog the sink. But most of my sticky notes ended up face down on my desk, dog eared and ignored (or, on more than one occasion stuck to the back of the cat 💁🏻♂️). These days I keep on top of :sys_more_orange:
#Apps #HowTo #Cinnamon #LinuxMint #NoteTakingApps #StickyNotes #Xapps:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/12/install-linux-mint-sticky-notes-app-ubuntu
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📚You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their bookshelf. Abandoned places, especially houses, are often filled with forgotten books left behind. Each scuffed cover and dog-eared page tell a story, beyond the stories contained within.
On my shelf is an eclectic mix of geology, sci-fi, horror and photography books. What is your favourite book, and how many times have you read it?
#Books #Abandoned #BookCollection #Bookstodon #Photography #AbandonedPlaces
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📚You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their bookshelf. Abandoned places, especially houses, are often filled with forgotten books left behind. Each scuffed cover and dog-eared page tell a story, beyond the stories contained within.
On my shelf is an eclectic mix of geology, sci-fi, horror and photography books. What is your favourite book, and how many times have you read it?
#Books #Abandoned #BookCollection #Bookstodon #Photography #AbandonedPlaces
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📚You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their bookshelf. Abandoned places, especially houses, are often filled with forgotten books left behind. Each scuffed cover and dog-eared page tell a story, beyond the stories contained within.
On my shelf is an eclectic mix of geology, sci-fi, horror and photography books. What is your favourite book, and how many times have you read it?
#Books #Abandoned #BookCollection #Bookstodon #Photography #AbandonedPlaces
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📚You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their bookshelf. Abandoned places, especially houses, are often filled with forgotten books left behind. Each scuffed cover and dog-eared page tell a story, beyond the stories contained within.
On my shelf is an eclectic mix of geology, sci-fi, horror and photography books. What is your favourite book, and how many times have you read it?
#Books #Abandoned #BookCollection #Bookstodon #Photography #AbandonedPlaces
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📚You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their bookshelf. Abandoned places, especially houses, are often filled with forgotten books left behind. Each scuffed cover and dog-eared page tell a story, beyond the stories contained within.
On my shelf is an eclectic mix of geology, sci-fi, horror and photography books. What is your favourite book, and how many times have you read it?
#Books #Abandoned #BookCollection #Bookstodon #Photography #AbandonedPlaces
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Ethel when she isn’t Broody
Ethel’s biological clock has decided to tell her she needs to stop laying eggs and hatch some instead. So she’s gone broody. It doesn’t matter that we have no rooster and the eggs will never hatch, her hormones win out. First she sat on her egg, but we took it away. And since she hasn’t laid since, she sits on Sia’s eggs and the occasional egg that Mrs. Dashwood lays.
She looks so stalwart spread out in the nesting box, and I feel a bit bad for her. Behind the nesting boxes we have an access door, so I open the door and reach under her and take the egg. Then give her a nudge to get her out of the nest and the coop to eat and drink. She is not happy about being ousted from the nest, and sometimes there isn’t even an egg underneath her. Unlike the time Mrs. Dashwood went broody and growled when we nudged her off the nest—if you have never heard a chicken growl, it’s a bit unsettling because it is not a sound you expect to come from a bird—Ethel doesn’t growl at us. She just complains in a low pitched “werk werk werk.” Sometimes she will fluff herself up at us and werk werk werk, but that’s as aggressive as she gets. Saturday she started throwing herself down in the dirt and having an angry wallow in the resulting impact crater.
She stays out for a little while and then goes back in the coop to sit on a nest. There is nothing we can do while her hormones are raging except exactly what we are doing. We all just have to wait it out. It could be a couple of weeks. Mrs. Dashwood was broody for just short of a week. Ethel has been at it for a week now. Hopefully she’ll be back to her old self soon.
Finally some decent sun for the sun ovenSince the garden was all planted last weekend I’ve been able to walk around and assess how everything is going. The beans are looking good. There are even some lima beans that the squirrels didn’t dig up, not a lot, but a few. And those butternut squash seeds I shoved in to replace the plants that were dug up, they have all sprouted. So instead of the five original plants I now have eight squash plants. Good thing I like butternut squash and the variety I am growing stores well!
After the zucchini seeds were planted the squirrels did some digging in the bed and I couldn’t tell if they had dug up the seeds or not. Two came up and one got smashed in a downpour early in the week. So I shoved in a bunch of zucchini seeds Friday afternoon. By a bunch I mean eight, possibly ten seeds. We had originally planted six. But Saturday afternoon it appears the squirrels were digging again. So I shoved in a bunch more seeds.
If I’m wrong about the seeds being eaten and If the zucchini end up doing what the butternuts did, I am potentially going to have a whole lot of squash. But that’s ok, zucchini bread is amazing. As are zucchini pancakes. And we also make zucchini sweet relish. If I have a huge glut we will try fermenting them too. And if all else fails, I can go out in the night and leave them on porches in my neighborhood. Heh.
Look who I found in the garden!Speaking of glut, my rhubarb is doing amazing this year. I already have a big bag of it chopped up and frozen for later use. But I love rhubarb so much that when someone left a bag of it at the library service desk the other day and I couldn’t convince anyone else to take it, I brought it home. I have no idea who left the rhubarb at the library desk, it was there when I arrived Thursday morning and no one would confess. I think it was a stealth act akin to my potentially leaving zucchini on porches in the middle of the night. Some of it was beginning to get a bit squishy, so James was kind enough to jam it up for me right away.
I love the tart, so he added only a small amount of maple syrup to slightly dampen the edge. Then I had him add in ginger, cinnamon, and allspice. He thickened it with chia seeds. I love using chia to thicken jam, it works great, is inexpensive, and is a good way to sneak in some of those important omega-3s and omega-6s. Maybe I’ll try growing chia in the garden sometime minus the goofy pet part. Though I must say, a Bob Ross Chia Pet would be pretty amazing.
Growing chia in the garden is apparently pretty easy. They can grow 2-5 feet tall depending on the variety and get pretty purple flowers. I suspect the bees would love them. And since they are in the mint family and have a minty aroma, the squirrels might leave them alone. Ok, on the list of plants to try growing next year!
And while I’m on the topic of squirrels. I was looking out into the garden from the deck sliding glass door Saturday evening and saw a squirrel digging in the radishes. Squirrels have never bothered the radishes so I didn’t think much of it. But then They kept digging, so I opened the screen door and stepped out on the deck and yelled at the squirrel to stop digging and move along.
Snap pea flowerThe squirrel paused and looked at me, then quickly finished digging, grabbed the radish they had just dug up, paused to look at me with the whole radish plant in their mouth, then scampered away. The bold little effer! I suspect this may have been the same squirrel who was climbing our screen door earlier in the week.
James and I are usually in bed by 8, asleep by 9. We like to read in that quiet hour. The day had been warm and the deck door was open. We heard a weird scritching noise, like something was stuck on the screen. James got up to investigate to find a squirrel playing Spiderman on the screen. He yelled at them but they ignored him. He walked up to the screen and the squirrel didn’t move. James poked the squirrel through the screen and the squirrel didn’t leave then either!. Finally he started opening the screen door and the squirrel jumped down and ran away.
James blames me for the bold little squirrel, suggesting they are the purring baby that befriended me two years ago. I scoff, of course. We have so many squirrels traipsing through the garden, I can’t tell who is who. Maybe this is the one who lives in the apple tree in the front yard? Or maybe they are the one who lives in the nextdoor neighbor’s overgrown juniper (or maybe it’s an arborvitae since it doesn’t appear to get berries?). Whoever it is, I refuse to take responsibility for this fearless squirrel’s actions.
Time in the garden this weekend was mostly spent weeding. I know a lot of people don’t like to weed but I rather enjoy it. I weeded the 2-inch tall lettuces. They are doing great, better than lettuce has done in the garden for years. Cool weather, lots of rain, and a good lettuce blend. The snap peas are starting to flower and my mouth is already watering in anticipation. Have I mentioned how much I love peas?
The shelling peas are flowering too, and are looking gorgeous. This makes me so happy because I haven’t had fresh shelled peas from the garden in a couple of years between rabbits mowing them down, trying a new variety that did not do well, and suddenly hot springs, it was a sad affair. But I am back to Lincoln peas, which love the garden, and the cool wet spring got them supercharged. Go peas!
Nature journal week drawingsInternational Garden Journal Week concluded Saturday. I drew something every day. Some were better than others. Actually, a few were terrible. But that didn’t matter, it was the process of stopping and looking that was important. I smooshed quite a few mosquitoes too. They are gigantic this year, the size of small flies. Seriously. Of all the things I am allergic to however, mosquitoes are oddly not one of them. I never get a raised bump and rarely even get a bite mark. Still, they hurt when they bite and some of them carry diseases, so I try to not be bitten. Which meant, while I sat in the garden trying to draw, I spent a good amount of time swatting them away.
I enjoyed drawing so much I plan to keep doing it. Not every day, more like a once a week thing on the weekend when I have time to sit longer instead of scribbling something in 10 minutes. I’ll be digging out my colored pencils to add some flavor. And I asked Julé, who used to keep a fantastic book blog but folded up shop to devote more time to her own art making, for some journal suggestions, which she kindly gave me. And I’ve been looking at travel watercolor sets that have brushes with little water reservoirs.
But, I am just looking at those things right now. I feel like I need to show some commitment before investing is yet more craft/art supplies. Thus, I will use graphite and colored pencils on some larger index cards I found. I still want to keep it low pressure and fun. But I also want to get better at it, so I have a couple books on botanical art drawing on their way to me at the library.
James also brought home Amy Tan’s new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles. In 2016 Tan started her own nature journal, drawing and writing about the birds that visited her backyard. She got really good at drawing and the book is filled with her gorgeous art as well as pages from her journal. Inspiration!
Reading
- Poetry Collection: You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limón. A slim anthology of fifty previously unpublished poems focused on the natural world. The collection includes poems from Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Camille Dungy, Carl Phillips, Carolyn Forché, Diane Seuss, Ellen Bass, Jericho Brown, Joy Harjo, and so many more. An amazing collection.
- Interview: Ada Limón on Finding Poetry in the Natural World. An interview about You Are Here.
Quote
To A Blossoming Saguaro
You have kin in Mexico.
Shooting you is called “cactus plugging.”
Humidity & wind speed shape the path of a bullet.
Your shadow will outlive my father.
That’s kind of comforting.
Ghost-faced bats pollinate your dog-eared flowers
which smell like a wet rope, melon.
The sky is a century with no windows.
I say things like that. Sorry.
You have more rights than the undocumented:
I need a permit to uproot you.
Ofelia believes only rain can touch all of you.
My mother is my favorite immigrant.
After her? The sonnet.~Eduardo C. Corral, in You are Here
Listening
- Podcast: Seeds & Weeds: Climate Change Gardening with Kim Stoddart. A short gardening podcast that I just discovered. This is the first episode I’ve listened to, and I immediately requested Stoddart’s book from the library.
- Podcast: Planet Critical: The Politics of Food—Chris Smaje. I read Smaje’s book Small Farm Future not long ago and I have been following his argument with George Monbiot over lab grown food. I’m with Smaje, in a low-energy future growing food in a lab isn’t feasible. Plus no one seems to be talking about the nutritional profile of lab food. Is it comparable to the real thing? Or is it just one more highly processed food that will lead to even more health troubles down the line? One of the best segments of the conversation is when they aren’t even talking about food at all, but about language and how we frame discussions and politics as left versus right. Rachel Donald, the podcast host, actually has some good suggestions on how to stop using such binary adversarial language.
- Podcast: Imaginary Worlds: Books Under Fire. A discussion of the rise in book banning.
Watching
- Movie: Nyad. Jodie Foster and Annette Bening, two good actors that go great together. Plus the story was well done too. While I have never hallucinated on a 200+ mile bike ride, I am familiar with the boredom and the mind games one plays to keep going. Nyad is an all-time great athlete and her swim from Cuba to Key West at the age of 64 proves that even older athletes can accomplish great things.
James’s Kitchen Wizardry
I cut garlic scapes from the garden garlic during the week and James made them into a wonderful pesto that we enjoyed on toast alongside spaghetti. He likes to make treats on the weekends and I requested something that wasn’t chocolate. So he made chokeberry (aronia) scones using berries we had frozen from last summer. He’s not quite got the flakey scone thing down, they were a little cakey, but they tasted divine nonetheless.
Scone-a-licious!https://astoneintheriver.net/2024/06/09/broody/
#Broody #chia #Chickens #Ethel #InternationalNatureJournalingWeek #peas #rhubarb #squirrels #zucchini
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"Losing the plot, turning back the pages
Asked if I would trade it all, like please be kind, rewind
We're not talking impossible matters, it's all chutes and ladders
The patterns never more apparent, glaring
Peace scatters after death strokes, next notes
Sour to the tongue, alive with pleasure
Kelly green and mandarin orange
Who I'm is? Who I'm aren't?Armand Hammer - Dogeared (feat. Kapwani)
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I added texture to the background of my #website...and it makes me feel like I can touch it.
I love the idea of holding the pages of a website like a #book...what kind of "wear" would a beloved website show with repeat readings?
Would favorite pages have dog-eared corners instead of browser bookmarks?
Feel free to touch: https://fromemily.com
#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #WebDev #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #PoeticWeb #HandMadeWeb
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The Writings of Patrick S. Smith @patrickssmithauthor.wordpress.com@patrickssmithauthor.wordpress.com ·Weekly Update #232
Hello Readers.
I finally got through everything from the book fair a couple weeks ago. Part of the delay is I lost the flier for the con that had all the participants and their links. Now that is find, I can give them their due:
- L. V. Brooks – lvbrooks.com
- Jess L. M. Anderson – stressinabox.com
- Ronald Pepson – amazon.com/stores/Ron-Pepson/author/B0FSSGBZDN
- Tristiny Bell tristinybell.com
- LJ Daniel – IG: author.ljdaniel
- Dale Marie Taylor – daletaylorbooks.com
- Shay Rodricks – authorshayrodricks.com
- Carrigan Richards – carriganrichards.com
- Amber Hansford – amberhansford.com
- Danielle Butler – daniellebutlerwriter.com
- Dog-Eared Creations – http://www.etsy.com/shop/dogearedcreations/
- Brandi Bradley – brandibradley.com
- Loren Lee – authorlorenlee.com
- Tracie Tolentio – talesbytracie.com
- H. R. Parker – authorhrparker.com
- Dragonforge Editing – dragonforgeediting.com
- Lily B. Art – lily-b-art.com
- Dr. Ambroes Pass-Turner – drambroes.com
- T. M. May – tmmayauthor.com
- Dany Lampkin – authordannylampkin.com
- LaTarsha Spurlin – IG: authorlatarsha.r.spulin
- Jamie Lindbert – booksbyjamielindberg.com
- Side Quest Creatives – sidequestcreatives.com
- Samantha Langley – spunkyfantasyparties.com
- Central Creations Co. – FB: Central Creations Co
- Vic Raven – vicravenauthor.com
- Amber B. – amberbauthor.com
- Thomas Lee – amazon.com/stores/Thomas-Lee/author/B0CP8PNZMK
- Kevin Cox – authorkevincox.com
- Gloria Ann Covin – amazon.com/Ways-Successful-Child-Preschool-Grade/dp/B0FQPLMJPS
- Jason Markiewtz – https://www.markiewitzaudioworks.com/
- Shelf Gratification – http://www.etsy.com/shop/shelfgratification
- Lia Rimmert – lisarimmert.com
- Kozmic Press – kozmicpress.com
I have queried Kozmic Press about My Time Among the Elves, so now it is a hurry up and wait situation.
“Hunting for Helen” hit a little snag this past week. I have a scene that I’ve tried twice, but didn’t like how it was turning out. This week will be try number three at it.
Finally, be sure to check out VLog #9 over on YouTube.
That is it for this week, take care everyone.
Interesting in buying one of my books? You can get more information here.
#author #books #creativeWriting #fiction #knitting #Poem #Poems #Poetry #publishing #readers #reading #vlog #WeeklyUpdate #weeklyupdate #writer #Writing
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Today is international science fiction day, and also Isaac Asimov's birthday.
Asimov was one of the writer's that "got me going" when I was younger. So here are a selection of his books from my collection. They're dog-eared and tatty for sure, but well-read, beloved, and full of the most amazing ideas and stories.
As well as being a prolific science fiction author, Asimov wrote in numerous other genres, including non-fiction (The Planet That Wasn't, despite the sci-fi sounding title, is actually a collection of non-fiction science articles!), children's and YA stories, detective mysteries, and even wrote a history of the bible.
Thanks for all the memories, Isaac!
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When #Mexican #Dogs Collide/Collude ! 🦮 🐕🦺
#Perros: Mi #Corazón ❤️
#DogDays #DoggieStyle
#DogEared #Mastodogs #DogGone #Pooches 🐶
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I don't mind dogeared books, they show the book has been read, used and devoured. But, this is the biggest dogear I've seen in a long, long while. Part of the charm of second-hand books is the little secrets, clues, gems and history they offer.
Now, I'm off to Egypt as part of the Storygraph, Read Around the World Challenge. Maybe I'll see you there!
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Thrilled to pick up the second issue from the already fantastic #RecordTime yesterday at Dog-Eared Books here in SF; the first issue was amazing and this looks no less so. (The #SexPistols listing is for "the world of Sex Pistols novelties and swindles," brilliant.) #music https://recordtimeorg.wordpress.com/
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Thrilled to pick up the second issue from the already fantastic #RecordTime yesterday at Dog-Eared Books here in SF; the first issue was amazing and this looks no less so. (The #SexPistols listing is for "the world of Sex Pistols novelties and swindles," brilliant.) #music https://recordtimeorg.wordpress.com/
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Thrilled to pick up the second issue from the already fantastic #RecordTime yesterday at Dog-Eared Books here in SF; the first issue was amazing and this looks no less so. (The #SexPistols listing is for "the world of Sex Pistols novelties and swindles," brilliant.) #music https://recordtimeorg.wordpress.com/
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Thrilled to pick up the second issue from the already fantastic #RecordTime yesterday at Dog-Eared Books here in SF; the first issue was amazing and this looks no less so. (The #SexPistols listing is for "the world of Sex Pistols novelties and swindles," brilliant.) #music https://recordtimeorg.wordpress.com/
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Thrilled to pick up the second issue from the already fantastic #RecordTime yesterday at Dog-Eared Books here in SF; the first issue was amazing and this looks no less so. (The #SexPistols listing is for "the world of Sex Pistols novelties and swindles," brilliant.) #music https://recordtimeorg.wordpress.com/
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23 books that shaped you in high school – NPR
What books shaped you in high school? Here’s what you said
August 28, 20255:00 AM ET, By Beth Novey, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and Andrew Limbong
Maansi Srivastava/NPRThis summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the formative texts you were assigned as teens.
You told us about books that broadened your perspectives and stuck with you as you got older. These dog-eared volumes got packed and unpacked every time you moved homes. They led you to become English majors, librarians, writers, teachers and editors. They inspired tattoos, pet names and baby names. Many of you shouted out the English teachers who, decades ago, pressed these texts into your hands, your heads and your hearts.
We’re sharing your thoughts here. This list reflects a time when fewer female authors and writers of color were being published and assigned in high schools — and many of you expressed hope that today’s syllabuses are more varied and diverse.
So, at the start of a new school year, with gratitude to English teachers past, present and future, here’s what you told us about the books that shaped you.
Readers’ responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Two books came up far more often than any of the others:
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading about racism from the perspective of a child — 6-year-old narrator Scout Finch in Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel — was an eye-opening experience for many who responded. Steve Kennebeck, 65, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., was in seventh grade when his family moved from San Diego to Memphis, Tenn. “Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. … I told her I didn’t like the humidity and that I didn’t understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: ‘Read this — it will help you understand.'” Christopher Anderson, 60, of Gloucester, Mass., felt such a connection to Scout’s lawyer father that he named his first child Atticus. Nathaniel Hardman, 41, of Midvale, Utah, acknowledges: “I know some object to the ‘white savior’ narrative. That’s fine. Let that be part of the discussion.”Signet Classics
1984 by George Orwell
Whitney Todaro, 44, of Louisville, Colo., remembers being so upset by the ending of 1984 that she threw the book across the room. Many of you told us that George Orwell’s dystopian novel encouraged you to think critically, question authority and be wary of state surveillance. There was a strong consensus that high schoolers should still be reading the book today. “More important than ever — but retitle it to 2025,” writes Thom Haynes, 65, of Apex, N.C. Rayson Lorrey, 73, of Rochester, Minn., says, “Teens live in a world partly Orwellian — fish need to understand all they can about water.Continue/Read Original Article Here: 23 books that shaped you in high school : NPR
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Recensie: Kate McDonnell – Trapeze ★★★★
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So today found out Patti Smith has a newsletter. And one of her recent posts commemorates Jean Genet - subject of my doctoral thesis nearly 20 (!) years ago. A sudden homesickness for library stacks, dog-eared copies of Folio Classiques, the incredible privilege of an Arts & Humanities education in the early 00s.
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Dog Eared Books in Oromocto, NB, now carries several Donovan Street Press titles (along with a few books by my sister, Susan Rodgers). I imagine they will be displayed in the "Local Author" section, pictured below, though they did also take copies of "Hope of the Wasteland" from DSP author Matt Watts, who is based in Ontario.
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Why I Gave Mary Oliver to My Best Friend
This weekend my best friend celebrated her fifty-fifth birthday. Dave, her husband, reached out to my hubby and I to invite us over for a spontaneous pizza party at the new artsy antique shop they are hoping to open soon. It is a cute place which will soon come to beautiful life under her creative vision – with a little help from her hubby and friends, I have no doubt. Meanwhile I scurried out to find the perfect gift…
I wanted to get her something like a novel about someone opening an antique shop, maybe a murder mystery? Or some really good tea. She loves tea, or maybe a fun wine glass, or you know – shopping for a friend is as fun as shopping for yourself. But my friend might be just as happy with a power tool as a poetry book- she’s quite the versatile one, she is!
But it is National Poetry Month. And it just so happens as I came around the aisle of books at my local bookstore there before my eyes on the end display was the best collection of poetry I have ever read. Now it’s important you understand why Mary Oliver is my favorite poet, because…I don’t find many poets to be so wonderfully infused with the essence of beauty quite the way her words are for me. Is all I know is we love what we love. Mary Oliver’s poems are a treasure.
I have read a number of her works, as well as her A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry which I enjoyed with a group of poets at the local library a number of years back. It was probably then when I “met” Mary. The fact that her words were approachable, and simple, yet profound caused me to see all that poetry could be. I came late to the Pulitzer Prize winning author, so it seems to be with much in my life. Even my own writing.
So what does any good friend (who also happens to write a bit of poetry herself) do but grab that book and carry it joyfully to the register at the local bookstore, thinking this is the best gift ever! Of course I think I could have given a power tool, and she would have loved that too, but hey, this is how I roll!
When I got home from the party, I immediatly went in search of my copy of Devotions, that old familiar friend. I opened to all the dog-eared pages and jumped into bed and soon was off sleeping, dreaming of rivers, wild geese, dog songs and blue horses. It is one of my very favorite poetry collections of all time.
I decided to write a spontaneous poem for Mary. However, please note…this was just yesterday, and I am sure it’s not so great, but I hope you like it anyway. Still needs tweaking, but here is where we are for now!
Mary Oliver and Me
Who introduced me to the poet?
I wish I could recall, but no matter
the words breathe lifeinto my heart, shamelessly expounding
on the beauty and shadow of things,
of the sea mouse, and Lucretiusin the way no explanation is given
to the blue horses about what war is
how no creature escapes the eye, or heartof the one who dares to ask,
what will you do with
your one wild and precious life?overhead, the wild geese fly-
and it is a serious thing to be alive
on this fresh morning in the broken world.What can I tell you about Mary?
I have never met her, but I believe my heart
is fuller for the words she left behind.###
Do you have a favorite poet? Write a poem about them if you dare. We are almost halfway through April, tell me, what will you do with your one wild and wonderful April? Channeling Mary O today!
Keep writing (even if no one else reads your words),
Enthusiastically, Dawn
#APoetryHandbook #bestFriends #Devotions #MaryOliver #poem #poems #poetry #writing #WritingLife -
Why I Gave Mary Oliver to My Best Friend
This weekend my best friend celebrated her fifty-fifth birthday. Dave, her husband, reached out to my hubby and I to invite us over for a spontaneous pizza party at the new artsy antique shop they are hoping to open soon. It is a cute place which will soon come to beautiful life under her creative vision – with a little help from her hubby and friends, I have no doubt. Meanwhile I scurried out to find the perfect gift…
I wanted to get her something like a novel about someone opening an antique shop, maybe a murder mystery? Or some really good tea. She loves tea, or maybe a fun wine glass, or you know – shopping for a friend is as fun as shopping for yourself. But my friend might be just as happy with a power tool as a poetry book- she’s quite the versatile one, she is!
But it is National Poetry Month. And it just so happens as I came around the aisle of books at my local bookstore there before my eyes on the end display was the best collection of poetry I have ever read. Now it’s important you understand why Mary Oliver is my favorite poet, because…I don’t find many poets to be so wonderfully infused with the essence of beauty quite the way her words are for me. Is all I know is we love what we love. Mary Oliver’s poems are a treasure.
I have read a number of her works, as well as her A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry which I enjoyed with a group of poets at the local library a number of years back. It was probably then when I “met” Mary. The fact that her words were approachable, and simple, yet profound caused me to see all that poetry could be. I came late to the Pulitzer Prize winning author, so it seems to be with much in my life. Even my own writing.
So what does any good friend (who also happens to write a bit of poetry herself) do but grab that book and carry it joyfully to the register at the local bookstore, thinking this is the best gift ever! Of course I think I could have given a power tool, and she would have loved that too, but hey, this is how I roll!
When I got home from the party, I immediatly went in search of my copy of Devotions, that old familiar friend. I opened to all the dog-eared pages and jumped into bed and soon was off sleeping, dreaming of rivers, wild geese, dog songs and blue horses. It is one of my very favorite poetry collections of all time.
I decided to write a spontaneous poem for Mary. However, please note…this was just yesterday, and I am sure it’s not so great, but I hope you like it anyway. Still needs tweaking, but here is where we are for now!
Mary Oliver and Me
Who introduced me to the poet?
I wish I could recall, but no matter
the words breathe lifeinto my heart, shamelessly expounding
on the beauty and shadow of things,
of the sea mouse, and Lucretiusin the way no explanation is given
to the blue horses about what war is
how no creature escapes the eye, or heartof the one who dares to ask,
what will you do with
your one wild and precious life?overhead, the wild geese fly-
and it is a serious thing to be alive
on this fresh morning in the broken world.What can I tell you about Mary?
I have never met her, but I believe my heart
is fuller for the words she left behind.###
Do you have a favorite poet? Write a poem about them if you dare. We are almost halfway through April, tell me, what will you do with your one wild and wonderful April? Channeling Mary O today!
Keep writing (even if no one else reads your words),
Enthusiastically, Dawn
#APoetryHandbook #bestFriends #Devotions #MaryOliver #poem #poems #poetry #writing #WritingLife -
Why I Gave Mary Oliver to My Best Friend
This weekend my best friend celebrated her fifty-fifth birthday. Dave, her husband, reached out to my hubby and I to invite us over for a spontaneous pizza party at the new artsy antique shop they are hoping to open soon. It is a cute place which will soon come to beautiful life under her creative vision – with a little help from her hubby and friends, I have no doubt. Meanwhile I scurried out to find the perfect gift…
I wanted to get her something like a novel about someone opening an antique shop, maybe a murder mystery? Or some really good tea. She loves tea, or maybe a fun wine glass, or you know – shopping for a friend is as fun as shopping for yourself. But my friend might be just as happy with a power tool as a poetry book- she’s quite the versatile one, she is!
But it is National Poetry Month. And it just so happens as I came around the aisle of books at my local bookstore there before my eyes on the end display was the best collection of poetry I have ever read. Now it’s important you understand why Mary Oliver is my favorite poet, because…I don’t find many poets to be so wonderfully infused with the essence of beauty quite the way her words are for me. Is all I know is we love what we love. Mary Oliver’s poems are a treasure.
I have read a number of her works, as well as her A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry which I enjoyed with a group of poets at the local library a number of years back. It was probably then when I “met” Mary. The fact that her words were approachable, and simple, yet profound caused me to see all that poetry could be. I came late to the Pulitzer Prize winning author, so it seems to be with much in my life. Even my own writing.
So what does any good friend (who also happens to write a bit of poetry herself) do but grab that book and carry it joyfully to the register at the local bookstore, thinking this is the best gift ever! Of course I think I could have given a power tool, and she would have loved that too, but hey, this is how I roll!
When I got home from the party, I immediatly went in search of my copy of Devotions, that old familiar friend. I opened to all the dog-eared pages and jumped into bed and soon was off sleeping, dreaming of rivers, wild geese, dog songs and blue horses. It is one of my very favorite poetry collections of all time.
I decided to write a spontaneous poem for Mary. However, please note…this was just yesterday, and I am sure it’s not so great, but I hope you like it anyway. Still needs tweaking, but here is where we are for now!
Mary Oliver and Me
Who introduced me to the poet?
I wish I could recall, but no matter
the words breathe lifeinto my heart, shamelessly expounding
on the beauty and shadow of things,
of the sea mouse, and Lucretiusin the way no explanation is given
to the blue horses about what war is
how no creature escapes the eye, or heartof the one who dares to ask,
what will you do with
your one wild and precious life?overhead, the wild geese fly-
and it is a serious thing to be alive
on this fresh morning in the broken world.What can I tell you about Mary?
I have never met her, but I believe my heart
is fuller for the words she left behind.###
Do you have a favorite poet? Write a poem about them if you dare. We are almost halfway through April, tell me, what will you do with your one wild and wonderful April? Channeling Mary O today!
Keep writing (even if no one else reads your words),
Enthusiastically, Dawn
#APoetryHandbook #bestFriends #Devotions #MaryOliver #poem #poems #poetry #writing #WritingLife