by Jane Yolen. (Another one of Terry Windling’s Fairy Tale Series.) Instead of giving any details about her past (even her real name), a girl’s grandmother always tells the slightly-altered story of Briar Rose (or Sleeping Beauty) whenever anyone asks about her past. The girl is a grown woman when the grandmother dies, first extracting […]
GodivaSo I had my first bar of Godiva chocolate the other day. (I think I’ve had a couple of truffles before, but that’s not the same thing — you taste the filling more than you do the chocolate.) Out of all the different bars of chocolate I’ve eaten, you’d think I would have run across
This is one of the best kinds of personality tests, the kind that tells you something you already know. As predicted by BD, I am a dedicated reader, scoring almost 100% on the “obsessive-compulsive bookworm” and “literate good citizen” ranges, about 50% on the “book snob” range, very low on the “fad reader” range, and
(a.k.a., Char Siu Bao) If you want the real recipe for Char Siu Bao (or at least, a “realer” one than the one that follows), click here. But if you want to use up leftovers, and you have no patience with bread dough (or you’re just in a lazy mood), see below. 2 c. cooked
Randy sent me a Shortpacked cartoon. It struck me as especially funny, so I started reading the series from the beginning. I’m up to here. Ooo! Ooo!
No, no, I’m not headed anywhere. But I love this site, One Bag. Just in case…
In the spirit of not sitting around doing nothing until November and NaNoWriMo, I am editing Alien Blue again, this time using the techniques I picked up during the for-hire YA. Already, I’m figuring out why things weren’t working and what I could do to fix them. Still hard to make myself sit still and
