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Magnificent Seven Icons
Here's a small sample of my latest batch of icons. This time, it's Magnificent Seven. The rest can be found here on my LJ.
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Fuente Ovejuna - a play from Spain's Golden Age
Which would be the 16th and 17th centuries, BTW...
Fuente Ovejuna
The play is based upon an actual historical incident that took place in the village of Fuente Ovejuna in Castile in 1476. While under the command of the Order of Calatrava, a commander, Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, mistreated the villagers, who banded together and killed him. When a ( Read more... ) -
Musical Selections
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'Barque of Frailty'
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Fic: 'At the Edge of Heaven'
I've started a new Queen of Swords story, and have the first two parts
posted starting here: At The Edge of Heaven
Notes: PG13, WIP.
Summary: Isabelle does her best to settle into her new life in California, while her brother Robert once more aids the Queen of Swords -- aid that inadvertently places Isabelle in a dangerous situation and puts her ( Read more... ) -
Fic: 'My Guardian Dear' (01/01)
Characters: Methos, Original Character.
Notes: PG, Highlander, crossover with Pirates of the Caribbean, a story in the ‘ Echoes the Sea’ series. Prequel to One Day.
Summary: Guardian angels can be found in the strangest places, even amongst pirates in lands far from home.
' My Guardian Dear'
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Washing
I've just spent hours doing research for the flashbacks in my latest fic, which is set in 1866 New Mexico. One of the things I was trying to find out was if the hand pump for water would have been inside a kitchen by that time period. I'm thinking yes, though I havne't found a definitive answer. But along the way, I found an interesting article on ( Read more... ) -
Cranford
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'The Mirror of Graces'
A reprint of a Regency era etiquette book. If you click here, and scroll down a bit, you'll come to it. Also other books on clothing and cooking.
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Miss Leavitt's Stars
Pardon me. I finally managed to find & purchase this book, which has been at the back of my mind ever since I heard this lj comm was going to be formed...
The book is Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How To Measure the Universe, by George Johnson. ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32856-1. ISBN-10: 0-393-32856-2 ( Read more... )
