• New releases: Tor.com (horror and genre benders)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Miniature libraries.
• Ficlet about a changeling child.
• Brief insight into LotR.
• A LotR fitness challenge.
• Learn about remora.
• Funny short story about Chris Hadfield calling his wife from the ISS.
• Intergenerational translation.
• A celebration of spring.
• This would make me smile if I saw it in my neighborhood.
• Mostly zucchini, but a few grapes and one bonus melon.
• 1977 – impressive!
• Like snowshoes, but way more awkward.
• There are some bits I kind of like, but mostly it’s just Too Much.
• This is kind of fun, but it sure doesn’t look like it’s an actual treehouse.
• I’m not convinced.
• I don’t even know where to start with this one.
• Or this one.
• This one, either.
• Another.
• This one’s unintentionally terrifying.
• :horrified face:
• This would be a Very Bad Idea now.
• :facepalm:
• I never realized that Spam had so much competition back in the day. Another.
• O_O
• NO.
• EWWW.
• What the heck is the collection off the right edge of the 2nd photo?!!!
• Nowhere for the eye to rest, among other things.
• This Looks SO Dangerous.
• These do look unsafe for the clumsy or unwary.
• Skull carpet.

Mayhem looking very action-packed!

Poor sleepy Harry…

One of Polly’s attempts to sit like a people.

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• New releases: Tor.com (sf, fantasy), Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (mysteries/thrillers/true crime)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• A ficlet: “The Seven Daughters of the Cailleach Foraoise”.
• A Sarah’s Scribbles card game? Ordered!
• An amazing dance routine from 1943.
• I didn’t realize this wasn’t CGI.
• Ok, that’s a cool idea for a home office in a small space.
• Dragon coffee table.
• Very Large kitties.
• Very Fancy dress.
• *blink blink*
• NO.
• NO.
• Picture yourself tripping and falling through that egg slicer those strings. 😮
• I like the purple, but not the monkeys.
• Too. Many. LEDs.
• Too. Much. Red.
• Too. Much. Black.
• The bathroom tile looks cool, but also too much.
• Just say no to carpeted bathrooms.
• Well, I was certainly surprised, and not just by the price.
• All I can think of is how the heck do you dust the damn beams?!
• The cat was my favorite part.
• But why on the wall?!
• “Small car”.
• Groovy sweaters for men.
• If I had to suffer through that pun, YOU have to suffer through that pun.
• It’s Flameless!
• Dunkin’ Donuts makeup.
• Rubik’s cube that changes colors as it moves.
• Good.

Mayhem focused on something, looking very action-packed!

Snuggling siblings!

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• New releases: AAR (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Some illustrations by JRR Tolkien.
• A ficlet about someone who’s half goblin/half hobbit.
• “The Late Traveler” – a ficlet.
• Just some bison.
• “Caves are weirder and more varied than you think“.
• Learn a little about albatrosses. And then learn a little bit more.
• NO.
• “Art in the Times of Coronavirus“.
• Tree dragon.
• Unfortunately true.
• Portable reel-to-reel – I had no idea.
• I can’t believe this one...
• Erm…
• ERM…

I have fallen down the rabbit hole that is “Magical, and Some Weird, Home Tours” on tumblr. Brace yourselves! 😉

• Please, just let my eyes rest.
• It’s all pretty normal until you get to the apartment.
• THE DOWNSTAIRS.
• WTF.
• NASCAR house.
• Fairy tale house.

Harry sitting on top of Mayhem. The “SO DONE” expression on May’s face!

Polly being her usual cute self.

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• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• A ficlet about a blacksmith and a glass slipper.
• Some very good LOTR meta.
• On the digestive systems of hobbits.
• “Is there a Yost typewriter on the Antarctic ghost ship?”
• Some cursed facts about orchids.
• And a slightly cursed fact about pukekos.
• From the perspective of the bees.
• A home tour for those who LOVE pastels (so, not me).
• Floral cat trees.
• I’m not convinced…
• Wait, does this mean your luggage is guaranteed to vanish without a trace?!?
• I have questions about the extraneous quotation marks… (And a few other things!)
• Hey, let’s go picnic in the parking lot at 7-11!
• No words. (The history of Daylight Savings Time was much more complex than I expected.) (Plus I was gratified to discover that I was NOT imagining the year it was hella dark on the school bus in the morning – see 1973-1975.)
• Kraft Mac’n’Cheese ice cream.
• Winter layering in the city.
• “A guide to the things one might find on the shelf at Whole Foods“.

Some socks I knitted for myself from ancient Trekking yarn:

Harry staring into your soul…

Polly upsidedown cake!

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Happy, healthy, and safe New Year to all of you!

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• “The Hero’s Nap”.
• The Shortest Day (illustrated), with words by Susan Cooper.
• A tale of the Gavle goat.
• BOOM.
• “This Vote is Legally Binding” – a poem by Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher).
• A ficlet about where the last vampire’s heart was staked.
• It’s not the Ever Given, but I’ll take it.
• On the difference between blimps and airships.
• “Why distracting yourself is better than ‘positive thinking‘”.
• A reminder that bison are Large.
• It starts educationally, but ends up with a ficlet.
• Summary of 2021.
• Some positive news from 2021.
• “Blessings for the New Year“.
• Sweet potato cornbread.
• Art in which women are “simply existing as human beings”.
• Crochet an opossum scarf.
• Minimalist Nativity sets.
• “This video is 12 seconds long and its narrative arc is breathtaking“.
• “A peanut vendor wearing a suit made out of peanuts“.
• Ok, it’s an appetizer thing, but…
• Fruit cocktail eggnog pie…
• S’moyster…
• Lickable TV.
• Rapid test results, xkcd-style. Hover/long-press for caption.

Awwww, Polly!

“Harry, STOP IT.” -Polly

“You’re not the boss of me!” -Harry

~guileless~ -Harry

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