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Recent Reads: Hamish Macbeth

I fully admit that one of the reasons I really love reading MC Beaton’s books is that I can read two of them in less than 3 hours, which makes me feel like I’m getting Lots Of Reading Done. :) I’d been reading Agatha Raisin books, but I got a couple of Hamish Macbeth books for Christmas. Agatha one likes despite herself, but Hamish is really incredibly charming and more fun to read. So I blew through the first two books, DEATH OF A GOSSIP and DEATH OF A CAD,…

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Drawbridge

Kitsnaps: Drawbridge

Okay, so it’s all Liffey pictures this week, pretty much, but it was such a lovely evening and I liked several of the photos, so. :)

Big Ship

Kitsnaps: Big Ship

You’d think I could have SEEN a ship this size, wouldn’t you? I like how the effect here is that it and the buildings are of an exact height. Not that they were far off in actual fact, because that was in fact a big ship. First time I saw a cruise ship–a whole line of them, in fact–was with my friends Sarah and Christie (we were going on a Highlander cruise) and my impression was that we were drawing up to a row of big white buildings. My brain…

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things! all the things!

I’m having one of those days where I’ve got a bunch of things bubbling away and none of them are ready to talk about and so what I’m left with is just wanting to seize people and say “I KNOW SUCH COOL PEOPLE OMG LOOK AT THEM, THEY’RE SO COOL!” because I can’t be more specific. Except in a few cases I can. For example: my long-time friend Ellen Million’s coloring book for so-called-grown-ups Kickstarter is heading into its last week and only needs about another $1K to make 10x…

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