Just a short catch-you-up before heading straight for the meat and potatoes....
I don't know how many of you pay attention to my semi-regular series While Miz Kittling Knits, but I just wanted you to see that I did finish the coverlet I spoke about in one of those posts. It is extremely warm-- remind me not to attempt knitting anything like this in the summer!-- and extremely heavy (to lug around, not to snuggle under). By the time I'd reached the halfway point on it, I'd felt as though I'd enrolled in a weightlifting class.
Tonight our first house guest arrives who'll be able to give it a few good test sleeps. Since it isn't getting all that cool at night, I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up sleeping on top of it!
Time to head out to the corral; those links are getting fractious. Head 'em up! Moooooove 'em out!
►Books, Movies & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
- Old books are finding new life in the form of 3D artwork.
- Amazon is making waves with a UK grocery deal.
- What books were taken to the Antarctic 100 years ago?
- Quentin Blake has unveiled the cover for a new Beatrix Potter book.
- Stephen King has confirmed that The Dark Tower will star Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as the production nears its start.
- The most frequently played song in the world is one everyone hates.
- The secret you need to know about eBooks.
- First Book will be receiving a donation of 50,000 books in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday.
- Scientists have pinpointed the genes for unibrows and going grey.
- Scientists discover how to "upload knowledge to your brain."
- You can buy famous people's dog-eared books-- for a good cause.
- The power of pleasure reading.
- Which authors get to be "Indie"?
- More layoffs hit the Berkley Publishing Group.
- Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit gets his own 50p coin in the UK-- and he didn't have to steal it.
- Fine Books and Collections did a wonderful article Inside Downton Abbey's Library.
- One of my favorite authors, Pat Conroy, has died at the age of 70.
- Plagiarism has left the crossword puzzle community agog.
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
- New scans of King Tut's tomb may reveal a hidden burial chamber.
- A long-lost Caravaggio painting has made its pubic debut in Tokyo.
- A Chinese farmer found coins as old as Jesus.
- The famous Terracotta Warriors have arrived at Chicago's Field Museum.
- Check out the first flower grown in space.
- Archaeologists have found an Anglo-Saxon island settlement in England.
- A 5,000-year-old linen dress is the world's oldest woven garment.
- Albrecht Matthaei fell in love with Pompeii. Now he works to preserve it.
- An early copy of the Magna Carta was found... forgotten in an old scrapbook.
- Relics of the World's Fair in Paris.
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
- See how this man is saving shelter dogs.
►Fascinating Folk◄
- How female computers mapped the universe and brought America to the moon.
- Audrey Munson, New York City's first supermodel, died alone in an insane asylum.
- Clarence Birdseye, the man behind modern frozen food.
►The Happy Wanderer◄
- This isn't happy, but chilling, as a drone flies over Auschwitz.
- Hidden beaches for bookworms.
- Someone yarn bombed the ducklings at Boston Public Garden-- and are they ever cute!
- 9 literary Airbnb destinations perfect for book nerds.
- The Ospedale delle Bambole...er... Rome's doll hospital.
- Dive between two continents in this frigid fissure in Iceland. (I think I might take a raincheck on this....)
- Live like a castaway on the San Blas Islands.
►I ♥ Lists◄
- 11 books that will inspire you to get to the polls on election day.
- 24 international book covers for The Catcher in the Rye.
- 15 literary heroines you wanted to be while you were growing up.
- 13 operas adapted from famous novels.
That's all for now! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.
Have a great weekend, and read something fabulous!
That is a gorgeous bed cover, Cathy!! You have talent! And now, speaking of chambers, I'm going to go follow along with that King Tut story. Isn't it fascinating?
ReplyDeleteYes, it is-- and I thought that one might pique your interest!
DeleteI'm amazed that you knit that bed cover. Wow. Wasn't it hot to sit and hold? LOL
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your guest!
Was it hot to sit, hold, and knit that thing? In a word... yes. This is why I worked on it during the winter. If I tried something like this during the summer, I'd have prickly rash, heat stroke, heat exhaustion... the works! LOL
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