Two thousand years ago today, Caesar Augustus died, and his role as the emperor of Rome was handed on to his adopted son Tiberius, and the peace that Rome had enjoyed for twenty years (known as Pax Romanus) came to a crashing end. Augustus’ reign was an interesting one for a number of reasons: 1) […]
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Marlow Kelly is a new historical romance author who, by sheer coincidence, also happens to hail from my home province, Alberta. She writes…wait for it…Scottish romances. (Deep breathe, deep breathe!) Her first highland romance is being released on the 25th of this month, which is when she’ll be guesting here. Marlow will be talking about
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We’re in the dog days of renovations at the moment – I don’t get to read much at all, except for odd nights when we just can’t move anymore, and we go to bed early to read. (Translation: stare at the book for thirty seconds while the words blur, then wake up a few hours
Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ The First Trinity is the full and complete collection of stories that make up the
On this day in 1851, Isaac Merrit Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine, revolutionizing the manufacture of clothing and changing the way women thought about fashion forever. By the very early twentieth century, it was estimated that 85% of households owned a sewing machine. But sewing declined toward the end of the
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A round-up of sites, links and other interesting tidbits I’ve seen and heard lately. Learn How to Mod Podge Learn How to Mod Podge/FAQ I had never heard of Mod Podge until a few years ago. It seems to be a North American thing. But with the current resurgence in crafts, Mod Podge is enjoying
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Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime–and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebooks of Lazarus Long This Heinlein quote has become a personal mission of mine. I first read Time Enough for Love (the book from which nearly all of
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ This is the first book in the vampire time travel futuristic MMF menage series, Beloved
It’s Heritage Day here in Alberta, one of two provincial public holidays in the year. So while the rest of the world works, we play. For me, it’s a bonus day, as I got Friday as an earned day off, so that turned the weekend into a four-day break. Very welcome right now, too –
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This month’s pulse pause was so unexpected and from such a wonderfully different source that my usual TV/Film inspirations. My son emailed me one Monday. Doing anything tomorrow night? I replied that no, I didn’t have anything on. Well, now you do. I have two tickets for you, for the Queen concert. Blow me standing,
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