This, ladies and gentlemen, is an Australian numbat, which I’m sharing for the name alone. Also, it’s off the endangered list, so yay! (Fix the News) Quote: “JEFFERSON, Ga. — Marci Bakely couldn’t understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was. When she went to buy groceries or on a date or…
The Anthropic settlement, Part the Nth, this time from the New York Times. The link beneath the image is a gift link if you want to read it in full. Excerpts, with my comments in bold. The sum is gargantuan: $1.5 billion. But as thousands of authors wait for their cut of the largest copyright settlement in…
From the Simple Dreams album, every track of which is pure gold.
Finally, the monkshood are in full bloom, in good time to show up as a backdrop to that glorious Red Rocket barberry. And the Queen of the Prairie made it into bloom just under the fall wire.
Dolly Parton’s Children’s Literacy Legacy, from Publisher’s Weekly. Through her Dollywood Foundation, Parton created the Imagination Library in 1995 as a tribute to her father, who felt shame over his inability to read or write, something she believed prevented him from realizing his dreams. “Inspiring kids to love to read became my passion and my…
A police procedural featuring a murderer who chooses his victims by their street address. Almost everyone lives in a town with a Main Street. You said this wasn’t like any terrorism you had seen. That’s because we think of terrorism as something that happens in the cities. Nw York, Washington, DC, LA. This does something…
Read more You’re grateful that no real terrorist thought of it first.
Defining America in 25 objects, including the Red Solo Cup and the Ring Doorbell Camera. My favorite is the Costco roast chicken, where somewhere in America that isn’t Alaska it only costs $4.99. (NYT gift link) This week’s time sink, and you’re welcome. What the heck, I went ahead and requested Though Not Dead, the…
An excerpt. (Tiny, but fierce.) She became aware that she was still holding the derringer. It was designed for close work, but she had hit her target from twenty-five feet. Well, once. And it had been a calm day, too, and the target stationary. She didn’t know that she could do…
Ah yes, Paradise Haven Lodge, when I was young and in love…
I do love me some fore-edge painting, so naturally I was delighted to see this from Publisher’s Weekly: The story reads in part Sprayed edges—better-known as the province of deluxe YA and adult fantasy editions and BookTok collector culture—are making a colorful splash in middle grade. Publishers are giving mysteries, fantasies, and ghost stories patterned…
