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December Meme: Three favorite characters
Yay, thank you all for commenting! I'm taking the questions in order, daily when I have time.
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December meme
Ask me anything, give me a subject (and a day, if you'd like), and I'll answer ( Read more... ) -
When I won't be shopping
This is a USA-centric post. This Thursday is our Thanksgiving holiday ( Read more... ) -
Classics fandom tinhats
My worlds collided a bit when I found this blog entry by a classicist, for three reasons:
First: I've been reformatting Horace's Odes (and commentary on Horace's Odes, which references everyone from Horace's contemporaries to Joni Mitchell.) and enjoying them.
Second: I just received (as a present from
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Authors at Independent Bookstores (Nov 30)
Want to hang out with some awesome authors, and get help with your gift-giving? On Saturday after Thanksgiving (Nov 30), many authors will be in their local independent bookstores, helping to sell books, as part of Indies First.
To quote the page from the ABA:
Launched by noted author Sherman Alexie and administered by ABA, Indies First encourages ( Read more... ) -
Boston heads-up
Harvard Bookstore's 20% off sale is Sunday November 3!
Note of explanation: the Harvard Bookstore is one of the last independent bookstores -- and the very last general interest bookstore -- in Harvard Square (that's in Cambridge, MA, USA). I miss Wordsworth's. I miss when the Coop was independent, rather than part of Barnes&Noble. A little farther ( Read more... ) -
Crafting in space!
She (the astronaut) made a stuffed dinosaur on the space station ( Read more... )