And so we come to the end of February, the month of my birth and the month of Amal El-Mohtar's inspired melimancy in The Honey Month. If you've read my userinfo, you know that my name comes from the Hebrew for "industrious bee" and I feel that's rather apropos ( Read more... )

We have come to the penultimate round-up of icons inspired by The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar!

If you don't recall the where and why of these icon sets, allow me to give you a refresher from last week:

Two years ago, Danielle Sucher sent Amal El-Mohtar a host of honey vials and together they dashed headlong into a month-long creative project ( Read more... )

Not only is this Monday the feast of love, but a feast of The Honey Month icons!

If you don't recall the where and why of these icon sets, allow me to give you a refresher from last week:

Two years ago, Danielle Sucher sent Amal El-Mohtar a host of honey vials and together they dashed headlong into a month-long creative project. ... In the end ( Read more... )

Two years ago, Danielle Sucher sent Amal El-Mohtar a host of honey vials and together they dashed headlong into a month-long creative project. Amal wrote a piece of poetry or prose each day, each inspired by a different honey. Danielle created a piece of art, like a necklace or a needle-felted boat.

In the end, The Honey Month was born. It has ( Read more... )

In the wake of my stepfather's death and the end of the most recent semester of graduate school, I wound up in a non-communicative lassitude. I'm trying to shake myself loose now, and am a bit horrified at how behind I am on free fiction recommendations around here. This really only calls for one thing, you know:

FREE FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA!Oh, yes ( Read more... )

This past week has been a mess: my stepdad died and my family is devastated.

I have been scarce, but I did manage to put some content up for your poetry-reading and interview pleasure at Cabinet des Fées to celebrate the tail-end of National Poetry Month. For previews, check out cabinetdesfeesFor now, I'll just tell you that Seanan McGuire has stopped by, ( Read more... )