Thursday, September 16, 2021

A This 'n' That Weekly Link Round-Up

 


Things are going well here at Casa Kittling. No one has doctor's appointments. Nothing's broken and needs to be serviced or repaired. (Knock wood.) Denis and I are making plans to check out the Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale. Evidently, it's one of the top-rated museums in the country and we've never been there, so we have to remedy that. Naturally, we'll share our visit whenever we do go. 

I'm also digging through a bunch of older photos on my computer in order to put together a blog post, all because of a book I read recently. Preston and Child's second Nora Kelly mystery The Scorpion's Tail really got me thinking (and reliving) some of the trails Denis and I have been on. Trails that took us well off the beaten path to show us so many things that make Arizona special. Trails that were even a bit scary. So that will be coming up soon.


While I'm talking about upcoming events, I might as well give you a heads up about Monday. Monday will be the first day of a Four Book Giveaway that will give you an opportunity to win an autographed book written by a favorite author... or to sample a book from one you've never read before. That's one of the things I like so much about giveaways-- you have the chance to sample new authors at absolutely no cost to you. 

Enjoy the links!


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►Craftsmanship & Artistry◄
  • Using nothing but everyday newspaper, expert paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama crafts realistic, exquisitely detailed sculptures of the animal kingdom.
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
  • How the U.S. government deployed Grandma Moses overseas during the Cold War. 
  • Keith Roysdon: All I really need to know I learned covering homicides.
  • McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin remembers the man who created Tartan Noir.
  • Calvin Graham, the tragic teen hero of World War II.
  • Richard Osman: "No one's born a crime writer. I write crime because I read it."
  • Seventeen-year-old Ku Stevens recently honored his great-grandfather by retracing his boarding school escape.
 
►I ♥ Lists◄

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!

14 comments:

  1. Glad everything's going smoothly right now, Cathy. That lull can be so nice! I'll be really interested in hearing about your visit to the musical instrument museum; it sounds fascinating and I'll bet there are some beautiful instruments to see. I'm off to check out those Mesopotamian artifacts and that monastery!

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    1. We've been to the museum, and it's absolutely fabulous! The problem is, I took so many photos that it's going to be difficult to sort through them all to decide which ones to share.

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  2. So nice to have a quiet week for a change and a museum visit to look forward to! Lots of interesting links this week, I better get busy.

    Have a good weekend!

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  3. I've just crawled back out of the wormhole created by all these fun links...time flies in there. LOL

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    1. You just made me think of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! LOL

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  4. When did you put in a link about octopi? I can't find it.

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    1. I know that I've included more than one link to octopi in the past, but I can't remember exactly when. If I've got time in the near future (and can remember), I'll go through some of the past round-ups to see if I can find what you're talking about.

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  5. I found it and was laughing at the female octopi throwing stuff at males that were harassing them. So these creatures think!
    Need a Mee Too Movement for sea creatures!

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    1. Yes. It's good to see that some of them have found ways to retaliate.

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  6. That's Me Too Movement. (I'm tired today)

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