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Author Archives: Lizzie Ross
#WitchWeek2022 starts tomorrow
Just a quick reminder that today marks Witch Week Eve, the day before that wonderful week-long celebration of fantasy fiction in honor of Diana Wynne Jones. Chris at Calmgrove is hosting this year’s event, which will feature books by BIPOC … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Science fiction, Witch Week
Tagged Diana Wynne Jones, Eduardo Kobra
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Soup & Salad, October
Quite busy lately, what with WITCHWEEK2022 starting in just a couple of days, so I’ll keep this one short. SOUP Hot soups are back on the menu! Ones with lots of vegetables and colors are best, with thick ones running … Continue reading
October brings the pheasants
Nuts and game birds. Well, perhaps not here in the big city, except via my local grocery store. Before I continue my Reading the Year project, I’ll list again the books I’m reading slowly, trying to keep with the calendar … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, History, Memoir, Reading the Year
Tagged Dorothy Hartley, Ella Pontefract, Gladys Taber, Marie Hartley, Peter Mayle, Scott Chaskey
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Soup & Salad, September
It’s officially Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, my favorite season of the year because it means summer is 9 months away, and I detest hot weather. I’d take a wintry wind over summer’s humidity, were I ever given the option. … Continue reading
ULYSSES+, 9-month report
You may recall that, this year being the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, I’ve started a project of re-reading that book, along with 12 other literary works published the same year. Despite a good head start … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2022
In just a few more weeks, Witch Week begins, and if you don’t know what that’s about, head over to Calmgrove’s blog to find out what he and I are rustling up for this year’s celebration of fantasy novels. Get … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Witch Week
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September brings the fruit
For Peter Mayle, down in Provence, September brings hunters after the game hidden in the woods surrounding his house. He walks carefully along paths with his dog while the hunters are at it, always fearful that they’ll mistake him for … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir, Reading the Year
Tagged Dorothy Hartley, Gladys Taber, Peter Mayle
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Soup & Salad, August
True confessions time, again. I’ve never, ever liked raw onions. Well into my 30s, I picked around scallions, scraped aside slices and large chunks of red or white onion, even eschewed onion chutney delivered with my Indian food take-out. The … Continue reading
August brings the sheaves
If you go by the August image from Les Très Riches Heures de Duc de Berry, this month is more about the lords and ladies hunting with their hawks than about the harvest, yet look more closely beyond the pond … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir, Reading the Year
Tagged Dorothy Hartley, Gladys Taber, Peter Mayle
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