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There Were Three Ravens
An old trad song dating back a few centuries. One of my favorites when I was a kid — kids like the oddest things, sometimes! I guess the tragedy appealed to me! That and the ravens, the loyal hawks and...
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Site Spiffiness
Spring Cleaning If you’ve dropped by the blog recently, you may have noticed that I’ve been polishing the look and feel of the site a bit. I’m hoping the little changes and tweaks will also help...
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Persian Shield from “A Garden Tour” of CSG
Persian Shield One of the plants that Lachina Tyree sees, and then remarks upon, in Chapter Twenty-Seven, “A Garden Tour,” of Charming the Scottish Garden, was the Persian Shield. This is the...
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The Sorting Hat says . . .
The Sorting Hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw! Said Ravenclaw, “We’ll teach those whose intelligence is surest.” Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable. Notable...
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Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Sladen has died She portrayed my favorite Doctor Who companion when I was a kid — yes, I know, I’m dating myself — and she returned to reprise her role in the new series of “Doctor Who,” as...
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Writing delays
Nine-fingered typing . . . I usually type using all ten fingers, as I learned to touch-type many (many!) years ago on an old IBM electric typewriter. Generally, that’s a good thing, and I rarely even...
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Fiddling with the site some more . . .
Site spiffiness update If you’ve been dropping by on and off over the past couple months, you may have noticed that I’ve been tweaking the site quite a bit even beyond the drop-down menus in the tabs,...
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Using the Coraline Theme
Fiddling and Tweaking I’ve switched to the Coraline theme—at least for now—and we’ll see how that goes. I’ve been playing with the theme on and off today, moving things around, making some “featured”...
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Settled on a look . . .
And Coraline it is. After letting the blog sit for a few days, pretty much not tweaking anything more, I’ve decided that I like the current theme, layout, and colors. If anyone has any suggestions,...
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From film to television to stage . . .
Television in the U.K. and U.S., with a good dose of nostalgia thrown in . . . A comment about Arthur Darvill from a reader got me thinking about acting, actors, and seasonal v. series television...
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New “Featured” Tag
I’ve recently started tagging certain posts “Featured.” Why is the “Featured” tag useful to you? If you want to catch up on my blog, but don’t want to see all of the “update” posts for new chapter...
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Happy Canada Day!
Of holidays and fireflies I thought that’s as good a reason for a post as any! I saw a new month in my footer calendar, and thought I’d start off the month with a post. As I’m pretty bereft of …...
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