Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot!
My posts for the link up will go live on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. EDT or, if you live in the future like I do, on Fridays at 3:30 a.m. CE(S)T.
My posts for the link up will go live on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. EDT or, if you live in the future like I do, on Fridays at 3:30 a.m. CE(S)T.
Three notebooks ... how many of their pages do you think have written something on them? Two (a very short list on one and a very short word on the other)! And it's something that's completely obsolete today.
I'm notoriously bad at using notebooks. A friend from ArtFire days (that used to be an online platform for selling handmade and vintage items, unfortunately it never had a real chance against the big one) made these for me, the books themselves, the handmade embellishments, the painting. Eventually we lost contact as she disappeared from the web. Maybe she's doing something completely different now, but I hope she kept going as she was so interested in bookbinding and loved researching and learning new things.
The notebooks are on display in one of my book cabinets and remind me of her, but I doubt she would have thought that I seem to be unable to use them. Any ideas? Don't say journaling, though, I'm just not the type for it.
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And now my contribution to Anne's and Olivia's "Friday Book Snippets" where you share a quote - a sentence or short paragraph - from the beginning of a book you read at the moment and one from page 56 (or another).
Today, mine are from "Magic & Mischief: Tales From Cornwall", retold by Shirley Climo.
I'm reading this one to Gundel who - being a witch herself (for those who don't know yet, she's named after Gundel Gaukeley which is the German name for Disney's Magica de Spell) - should appreciate them.
Beginning (from the preface): "The stories in this book are from that small corner of England known as Cornwall. Most are so old that no one can say when or why they first were told. Some will make you laugh. Others will make you shiver. But all of them share one ingredient: magic. Every story is about some kind of magical being, good or bad."
Page 55 (56 only has a few is from chapter five called "Small People (Fairies), the story is called "Pleasing Betty Stoggs": "'See here, Betty,' said she. ''Twas Small People who snatched Wee Jan. They'll take away a baby that's not tended proper. They'd not quite finished cleaning him up from head to toe when something ...' She stopped and peered at Betty. '... or SOMEONE made them change their minds.'"
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| Illustration by Anthony Bacon Venti |
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Back to the Weekend Traffic Jam.
As part of the reboot, we will be featuring a different blog every week.
How about stopping by and saying hello? Let them know we sent you.
This week our spotlight is on God's Growing Garden.
Angie from God's Growing Garden says: "My name is Angie Ouellette-Tower and the purpose of this blog is to help fellow “backyard farmers” in their varying degrees of experience.
I am a Christian and I believe that we need to be good stewards with what God provides.
I do NOT profess to know everything but I do have 40 years of experience gardening, cooking, baking & canning. Most of this knowledge I learned from my parents: my father grew almost every vegetable & fruit available in the mid-west region and my mother used this garden produce for baking, cooking, freezing or canning. Many of the recipes that I share on this blog are my mom’s & other recipes are my own creations. Nothing compares to the taste of fresh grown produce and made-from-scratch meals. My husband & I try to grow everything as organic as possible (there have been some extreme cases in the past when we've had to use a chemical).
Doing everything from scratch not only tastes better but it will save you money also!
BLOG MOTTO: Plant, Grow, Harvest, Preserve, Consume and Enjoy"
Marsha from Marsha in the Middle started blogging in 2021 as an exercise in increasing her neuroplasticity. Oh, who are we kidding? Marsha started blogging because she loves clothes, and she loves to talk or, in this case, write!
Melynda from Scratch Made Food! & DIY Homemade Household - The name says it all, we homestead in East Texas, with three generations sharing this land. I cook and bake from scratch, between gardening and running after the chickens, and knitting!
Lisa from Boondock Ramblings shares about the fiction she writes and reads, her faith, homeschooling, photography and more.
Cat from Cat's Wire has what she calls a jumping spider brain. She has many interests and will blog about whatever catches her attention - crafts, books, old movies, collectibles or random things.
Rena from Fine Whatever Blog writes about style, midlife, and the "fine whatever" moments that make life both meaningful and fun. Since 2015, she's been celebrating creativity, confidence, and finding joy in the everyday.
Here are some of my picks from last week's link up.
Gail shows her selection of party dresses and which one she decided to take in the end.
Rena talks about blog comments - bot or not?
Deb shows her first Christmas haul.
Lynne has prepared a lovely Thanksgiving tablescape.
Amy took pictures at the beautiful Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.
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