A Time to Replenish Weekly Link Round-Up

 

Phoenix experienced a good, soaking rain his week while the high country got quite a bit of snow-- at least a foot in some places. The rain gave the birds a respite from their frenzied nest building, and kept the neighborhood wandering cats from their daily perambulations. Since these two cats are responsible for the deaths of many birds, I wish we'd get more rain.

Denis continues to slowly improve, although he did something ill-advised this week that made him miss his first physical therapy appointment. Sometimes I wonder about the man, and I'll be keeping a close eye on his activities next week so he can get to his rescheduled appointment.

Me? I've been puttering around. I noticed some empty yarn bins in my craft room, so I had to take advantage of a sale and replenish my stock. I'll leave you with a photo of the yarn I purchased for future afghans.

Delft Blue, Clouds (light gray) & Candy Apple Red

Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Carina Pereira read 100 books in a year, and you won't catch her doing that again. (To each her own...)
• Rey Rowland keeps failing reading challenges, but she keeps trying.
• Joanna Schaffhausen on how to keep readers coming back for more.
• Juneau Black on crafting non-human characters with plenty of personality.
• Why the sudden interest in Black authors doesn't feel like a victory.
• The rise of the proto-feminist detective novel.
• A case for collecting Agatha Christie cover art.
• The slap that changed American film-making.

 

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• Archaeologists now believe the Poverty Point World Heritage Site is more complex than originally thought.
• A rare coin believed to be the first one made by the US Mint sold for a whopping $12 million.
• Bulldozers have unearthed a Roman-era tomb in Gaza City.
• Human spines on sticks have been found in 500-year-old graves in Peru.
• Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of Oxford University's "lost college."
• What can a dead Egyptian pharaoh teach us about the modern world?
• Australians say James Cook's ship has been found. The US says, "Not so fast!"
• These ancient Greek helmets tell of a naval battle 2,500 years ago.

 

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

• A hunter bagged a 905-pound, problem-causing alligator, and a lively debate ensued.
• Otters Otis and Ollie have made a home in Iowa State University's Lake LaVerne.
• Fritzi, the raccoon with almost 12,000 Instagram followers.
• Denis and I used to visit Whitewater Draw in Cochise County, Arizona, every year to watch thousands of sandhill cranes. (Over 40,000 of them this year.) I'm glad I found their sandhill crane cam.
• Is the coronavirus in your backyard? I hate to see this. Now there will probably be all-out war on deer by those who like to shoot everything that moves.
• Chimpanzees appear to use insects to treat their wounds.
• What energized this Arctic hare to keep going and going and going?
• Stormy, the brave and friendly golden retriever puppy, is training to be an avalanche rescue dog in Alaska.

 

►The Wanderer◄

• The Native American Music Awards.
• An incredible to chance to live in the grounds of the house that inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.
• Greenland lost enough ice in the last two decades to cover the United States in 1.5 feet of water.
• Finding inspiration on a former military base on the big island of Hawai'i.
• This $87 million Beverly Hills estate moonlights as a European palace in the movies.

 

►Fascinating Folk◄

• Lesser-known Harlem Renaissance writers. 
• Boudicca, Britain's most famous Celtic queen who brutally defied the Roman Empire.
• The darker side of Jane Austen.
• The bookish life of Vincent Price.
• The Poisoned Pen Bookstore owner, Barbara Peters, is doing what she loves.
• A 60-year-old Russian security guard doodled eyes on a $1 million painting on his first (and only) day on the job.

 

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Nine of the best presidential biographies of all time.
• Nine of the best classic and modern Gothic novels of all time.
• Fifteen books from southeastern Europe available in English translation.
• The twenty best speeches in the history of crime cinema.
• Twenty-one of the wildest cons in history.
• Must-read crime fiction by Filipino authors.
• Gone but not forgotten: twelve mystery authors readers still love.
• Twelve mysteries and thrillers featuring older sleuths.

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!