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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 7 (second post)
And now, picking up again with Chapter 7 of The Hobbit, in which Mr. Baggins and his party are safe again for the time being in the house of Beorn!
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 7 (first post)
Chapter 7 of The Hobbit gives us Bilbo and his friends picking up from being rescued by the Eagles! And this is the chapter where we get to see Beorn!
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Supremely awesome people, reprise
That surprise that Dejah promised me if I showed up for this week’s session turned out to be THIS! If pictures are worth a thousand words, this one is worth at least an entire novella. This was in fact the very poster I had given to Dejah myself, one of the extras sent to me…
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And now, in praise of supremely awesome people
One of the things I’ve always loved about Great Big Sea fandom (and a lot of you who have read my posts over the years can back me up on this) is that it’s filled with genuinely wonderful people. I have been deeply privileged to discover that the same can be said for the extended…
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Taking a net furlough for a few days
After this weekend kicking me in the teeth, I’m not feeling up to dealing with the Internet for the time being. I need some me time, people. So I’m going offline for a few days. Anybody who needs to talk to me, please send email, text, or call. If you don’t have the means to…
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Day of unmitigated disaster
Well, this was SUPPOSED to be the day I went with and down to Oregon to see Le Vent du Nord perform, and then to meet up with tomorrow afternoon for lunch and then an excursion to Powell’s. But the travel gods had other plans. We made it safely down to Olympia–where we stopped for…
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 6 (let’s finish this puppy up)
In which Anna finishes up Chapter 6 of The Hobbit, in English, French, and German! Highlights: the Royal Eagle Air Force of the Misty Mountains swoops in to save the day; Eagles do love them some sheep and are unimpressed by goblin shenanigans; Dori seriously needs extra bonus pay for Bilbositting; and your humble re-reader…
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Calling all Francophone Great Big Sea fans!
My Great Big Box of XX Goodness–more on this coming in my next post–arrived today! And it should surprise ABSOLUTELY NO ONE who has been paying attention to my passionate love of Quebecois trad this year that I am all over “Le Bon Vin”, the French song included in this box set! The notes on…
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Backing out of Seattle Sherlock panels
I go and announce a thing I’m attending in a writerly capacity–and then keel over and have to go to the hospital. Figures. *^_^*;; Due to the previously mentioned hospital incident, folks, I feel I must play it safe and back out of the panels I agreed to participate in at the Sherlock Seattle convention…
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Missed CoyoteCon, oops, and a fellow author recommendation!
Y’all know how I said I was going to be participating in CoyoteCon this past weekend? Um, yeah, well, that kind of fell through with the whole suddenly having to be in the hospital for five days thing I just had to do. Happily I’m fine now, but I was sad to miss the CoyoteCon…
