Loving the USPS Weekly Link Round-Up

 

 

Denis has taken some well-deserved time off work. So far, he's spent most of it doing chores around the property-- like putting up a new tarp and working on updating the irrigation system. We're also planning to go to a local nursery to take a look at replacements for the Aleppo pine that was cut down. Do we plan to do something fun? Yes, we do!

I'm still playing catch-up from being ill those few days, so I'll leave you with a photo of some mail I received recently. (You know me, the file size is large so you can see what you need to see!) One is a book I've been waiting for. The second is that greeting card that's staring at you from the shelf above one of my monitors. It's a gorgeous card that's suitable for either Halloween or Día de los Muertos, and it's from a secret fan of Kittling: Books. (Thank you, whoever you are!) It's so pretty that I'm keeping it on that shelf so I can enjoy it.

Now it's time to mosey out to the corral Those links seem to be getting restless. Head 'em up! Moooove 'em out!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Once again, French bookworms are being denied their fix in lockdown.
• Dominic Martell on how to gracefully subject your detectives to the vicissitudes of time.
• On the covert role of knitting during the French Revolution and World War II.
• How the discovery of a rare pink diamond led one reporter into the world of thrillers.
• Priya Basil on the living histories of regional cuisine.
• How Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov helped Ruth Bader Ginsberg find her voice.
• Reading literary versus popular fiction promotes different socio-cognitive processes.
• Why a German museum is displaying fake paintings from its collections.

 

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• A metal detectorist found a 2,000-year-old gold torc in a Norfolk field.
• A 12th-century mason created a hidden self-portrait in a famed Spanish cathedral.
• Researchers have uncovered a 2,000-year-old Maya water filtration system.
• Remnants of Scotland's oldest surviving bridge have been found.
• A Dutch archaeologist has discovered traces of four submerged medieval settlements.
• This $22,000 book features life-size photos of the Sistine Chapel's art.
• Shoppers at a Dublin grocery store glimpse Viking history beneath their feet.
• Maryland archaeologists have unearthed the Jesuit Plantation's 18th-century slave quarters.
• 3,300-year-old Egyptian hairstyles reveal that they wore extensions.
  

 

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

• How dogs and humans evolved and migrated in tandem.
• Watch a clever magpie trade bottle caps for treats.
• Have you ever heard a squirrel laugh?
• New Zealand recognizes all animals as sentient beings.
• Behold the largest congregation of bald eagles in the United States.
• To prevent future pandemics, protect nature.
• If a fish could build its own home, what would it look like?
• Pet cemeteries reveal the evolution of humans' relationships with their furry friends.

 

►Crafty Little Gems◄

• This artist hand-carves unbelievable designs and symmetrical patterns into food. 

 

►The Happy Wanderer◄

• Fifteen wonderfully repurposed places.
• Seven spectacular libraries you can explore from your living room.
• A surreal new bookstore has just opened in China. (You have to see this to believe it!)
  
• Inside the spare and extravagant homes of six iconic writers.
• Are the Great Plains headed for another Dust Bowl?

 

►Fascinating Folk◄

• The friendship between J.M. Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson.
• Singing Wind Bookshop owner and force of nature Winn Bundy has died at the age of 90. I am so glad I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with her-- as well as buying some of her books.
• Author Alice Henderson on why using accurate science in fiction is so important.
• Rubem Fonseca: modernist crime fiction's reluctant star.

 

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Ten novels CrimeReads believes you should read this November. 
• Six books featuring dark anti-heroines who test the limits of morality.
• Tropical cozy is the balm we need for trying times.
• The "educated" crime novels of Cambridge.
• Five books about survival.
• Ten classic radio mysteries every crime fiction lover should know. (These are great!)
• These book clubs have been around for over one hundred years.
• Celebrate women and friendship with these books.

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!