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31 Days of Halloween: Day 30
The big weekend is here! And today was a busy day, involving several costume changes and a little bit of performance (and some pumpkin pie!). Litter-Pick in the Woods In honour of the spooky season,...
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31 Days of Halloween: Day 31
It's the big day... and the finale of my 31 Days of Halloween. Today wasn't quite as full-on as yesterday, but we managed to do a few final spooky season things to mark the occasion. Dracula: Prince of...
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My Year in Books 2021: October
I'm a bit late posting this one, and there are only two books on it. I had a bit of a busy October, and November's shaping up to be even more so, so I'm afraid I haven't had a lot of time for reading....
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3 Minute Santas is back for its fifth fabulous year!
Can you tell a festive story in just 3 minutes? Want to have your work played on the radio? Time to submit your festive flash fiction to be played on Hannah's Bookshelf this December! This Christmas,...
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My Year in Books 2021: November
I'm a little bit late posting this one, and there's only one book on the list this month. Ah well... I'm sure I'll read more in December! In case you're interested, here are my posts from the rest of...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 11: Social Climber by Robert J. Higgins
Okay, so my Hitchcock reread fell by the wayside a bit over the autumn. According to this thread, I haven't read any of the stories since October. Ooops. Time to put that right... I'm determined to...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 12: I'd Know You Anywhere by Edward D....
The next story in my Hitchcock reread was 'I'd Know You Anywhere' by Edward D. Hoch. This one felt vaguely familiar, particularly the opening scene. But I didn't have any strong feeling of it coming...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 13: The Pile of Sand by John Keefauver
On to the next story: 'The Pile of Sand' by John Keefauver. Okay... this one felt really familiar from the off, but I didn't remember it well enough to know where it was going... It's weird... I had...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 14: Payoff on Double Zero by Warner Law
The next story I (re)read was 'Payoff on Double Zero' by Warner Law. I had a bit of a reversal with this one compared to the last story. It didn't seem the slightest bit familiar when I started, but...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 15: The Bitter Years by Dana Lyons
On to the next story... 'The Bitter Years' by Dana Lyon. This one felt very familiar, as though I've read it more recently. I don't think I have, though, so I guess it's just one of the stories that...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 16: Man's Best Friend by Dee Stuart
The next story in my Hitchcock reread was 'Man's Best Friend' by Dee Stuart. I definitely remember reading this one before. This story just felt familiar all the way through, and I could even remember...
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My Year in Books 2021: December
And so onto my final book round-up post of the year. As promised, there are more books on it than last month's... but it's not like there could've been less! I mostly read seasonal/festive stuff in...
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A Year of Celebrating the Seasons
This post is about our New Year's Resolution for 2022. After last year's 31 Days of Halloween and a very festive countdown to Christmas, Rob and I have decided we've nailed those two celebrations. The...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 17: Killer on the Turnpike by William...
I didn't finish my Hitchcock reread in 2021, and it's taken a bit of time to get back to it in 2022... but I'm not giving up yet! The next story in the book is 'Killer on the Turnpike' by William P....
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Imbolc: Day 1
We're beginning our Year of Celebrating the Seasons this week, with seven days of Imbolc celebrations. We've already come up with a couple of (hopefully) new traditions that we're looking forward to,...
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Stories to be Read with the Lights On 18: Payment Received by Robert L. McGrath
I don't know why it's taking me so long to reread this book. Obviously, it's a collection that just wants to be savoured! Well, anyway, the next story is 'Payment Received' by Robert L. McGrath, so...
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Imbolc: Day 2
It's the second day of our week of Imbolc celebrations. Mostly, today was about work, so I don't have a lot to share on here. But, given that Imbolc is (among other things) a festival of light,...
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Imbolc: Day 3
Our third day of celebrating Imbolc season was full of woodland, candlelight and music. And festive earrings, of course. Imbolc Earrings (1) Brooms (and spring-cleaning) are symbols of Imbolc, and we...
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Imbolc: Day 4
Another day of celebrating the end of winter! We only had a little bit of time to celebrate today, so we headed out for a lovely walk and a little picnic. Imbolc Earrings Today's earrings were...
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