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Little Things #7
We can’t start a Little Things without first talking about the weather and come on, it’s been hell on earth for everyone in Europe these last few weeks, while we here, in North America, are being drowned with almost daily rain storms. But of course, the naysayers will tell you, there’s no global warming. Not…
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In Shadows We Fall by Devin Madson
This novella may only be 102 pages long, but each and ever page of In Shadows We Fall drips with palace politics, intrigue, and deception. Madson’s Aurealis award-winning prequel to the Vengeance trilogy, rips along at a blistering pace leaving the reader no time to pause and catch their breath. Let alone stop to reflect…
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Walkabout
The sun was shining early this morning. So me and mine showered and got dressed as quickly as we could in order to get out, and go for a walkabout. string bean tree trees, trees, trees While waiting for the bus to go to our favour Halle to pick up some food for the day,…
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The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor
While Andrew Taylor beautifully evokes the stifled atmosphere of New York City under siege during the War of Independence (also referred to as the ‘Revolutionary War’). And gives us a plausible enough character in the guise of Mr. Edward Savill, a clerk for the American Office based in London. The over-all arcing storyline could have…
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A Ray of Sunshine …
Look, white puffy clouds and glimpses of sunshine and blue skies … the Swiss Chalet house We had to take a walk to the pharmacy to go collect the mad potion for my colonoscopy next Friday, Jul 3. We walked passed what I call the Swiss Chalet house. One of my favs in the area.…
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Extraordinary People by Peter May
I so wanted to ‘like’ EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE by Peter May but, in the end, this one was a little too staged, with sluggish pacing. Moments that could have and should have been tense, and dramatic, were lost amid the travelogue descriptions that sucked up more than their fair share of page length. It’s all very…
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Good Food – a recipe
Because a couple of you asked, Odd & David, I’ll try and recreate the recipe for last night’s pork stew. So, here goes nothing … Ingredients: 8oz pork pieces (mine were lean loin) 1 large yellow onion cut in chunks 6 carrots cut in chunks 3 large potatoes cut in chunks 2 bay leaves large…
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The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
The Last Smile in Sunder City is a dark urban fantasy and the first book in a planned series, the Fetch Phillips Archives, which promises a great deal more in depth world building and character development. And, even for a debut, Arnold packs it in—for a world that once ran on magic nothing will ever…
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My Blogger Archetype
Following on from Thomas who was also answering James’ Coffee Blog questions in his, Blogger Archetype quiz, my answers yielded these results. my blogger archetype results I never thought of myself as a community gardener much less a culture maker, author, yes, explorer, yes. The occasional link curator, yes. So I feel kind of chuffed…
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Little Things #6
rain … I. Am. So. Tired. Of. It. Raining. That’s it. That’s my post. Move along and find something else to do, go on, shoo … What? Oh, okay, the week hasn’t been a total washout. We have had the occasional morning or afternoon where the sun has put in an appearance, and it’s stayed…
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a prolific weed