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Fumbling around tumblr...
Some Dunnett fans have been setting up a board on Pinterest for casting the Dorothy Dunnett novels. With some terrific suggestions ( Read more... ) -
Philippa Somerville art..
Polyvore has posted a very cool book-cover picture of Philippa Somerville in Topkapi Harem, from Pawn In Frankincense. Very cool.
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Tuesday...
- Worked again on my Dunnett web pages. Enjoyed myself way too much reading things like:
- Their wolfs heartis in labis likeness;
Their thoughts black, hid under wordis white,
Fie on their labour! fie on their delight!
That feinen outward all to her honour,
And in their heart her worship would devour.- - The Kings Quair by James I of Scotland, in The
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- Worked again on my Dunnett web pages. Enjoyed myself way too much reading things like:
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Contemplating a Tea Party...
An incredibly busy day that started with moving a file cabinet at 7 a.m. and went on from there... including overseeing the repair of a much bigger file cabinet at work, and having an al fresco dinner on one of the patios in the Market, at the Auld Dubliner ( Read more... ) -
Living (temporarily) on Ile Saint-Louis..
...And loving it. Today:- visited Anne de Montmorency's lovely palace at Ecouen
- Heavy traffic and construction on the way back, so I slept on the bus
- Walked on the streets Lymond followed when he samed Mme le Marechale from the soldiers in Checkmate
- Saw the site of the Hotel d'Hercule
- visited the Saint-Chapelle with rosiespark and then visited her for ( Read more... )
- visited Anne de Montmorency's lovely palace at Ecouen
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In Paris...
It's been a long and continuous day since yesterday morning... Went with maaseru to Montreal, where we visited Lil, and had supper with her and her friend Lise at Le Chalet ( Read more... ) -
Judging a cover by its book...
30 Day Book Meme: - Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
The image:
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Sweetness...
From fannish5: Name the five sweetest fictional characters.- Sweetest? What an interesting question. Fictional characters - at least the ones I notice - tend to be brave, clever, strong, witty - but sweet? More like to be snarky bastards
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Mothers...
From fannish5 on LJ: Name the five most loving fictional moms.
I'm not sure I can say "most loving" but I can name my five favourites, mostly because they are interesting:- 1. Cordelia Naismith, mother of Miles Vorkosigan in the novels by Lois McMaster Bujold
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