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Festive Tasks: Door 3, Task 3 – Bonn leuchtet / Bonn Shines
Festive Tasks Master Update Post HERE Task 3: Is your community known for any light displays in particular? Are there any displays (anywhere in the world) that you would really like to see in person? Tell us about them. I’ve shared images of this before — one of my favorite local events recurring annually is “Bonn […]
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An Alphabet of My Likes and Dislikes: “Y”
This is a post belonging to a new blogging project — the title is pretty much self-explanatory, I think; the project’s introductory post can be found HERE. Credit for the idea: BeetleyPete. As always, the only thing linking the two items mentioned in this post in my mind is that they both start with the […]
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An Alphabet of My Likes and Dislikes: “N”
This is a post belonging to a new blogging project — the title is pretty much self-explanatory, I think; the project’s introductory post can be found HERE. Credit for the idea: BeetleyPete. As always, the only thing linking the two items mentioned in this post in my mind is that they both start with the […]
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An Alphabet of My Likes and Dislikes: “L”
This is a post belonging to a new blogging project — the title is pretty much self-explanatory, I think; the project’s introductory post can be found HERE. Credit for the idea: BeetleyPete. As always, the only thing linking the two items mentioned in this post in my mind is that they both start with the […]
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St. Martin’s Day Procession: Germany’s November Bonfire Tradition
24 Festive Tasks: Door 2 – Guy Fawkes Night, Bonus Task #1: Post pictures of past or present bonfires, fireworks (IF THEY’RE LEGAL) or sparklers. As a kid, one of my favorite holiday traditions used to be the St. Martin’s Day processions: The holiday celebrates St. Martin of Tours (France), a 4th century Roman military […]
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Reading by Flashlight … with Feline Accompaniment
24 Festive Tasks: Door 19 – Hanukkah, Task 2: Read by flashlight or candlelight. Post a picture. Reading by flashlight was the plan for last night — but I had barely gotten comfortable with Paul Doherty’s first Friar Athelstan mystery … … when Charlie showed up, sat down on my book and made it clear […]
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Halloween Bingo 2019: Tracking Post — Blackout! (And bingos Nos. 12 and 13.)
Many thanks to Moonlight Reader and Obsidian Blue for hosting this game for the fourth year in a row, bigger and better than ever before! Witih today’s call, I’ve blacked out my card, in addition to collecting my final bingos (nos. 12 and 13). Somewhat to my surprise, after completing my books for my […]
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Halloween Bingo 2019: Tracking Post — Bingo No. 3 and Reading Blackout
* Triple Bingo Happy Dance * Well, that went by much faster than I had anticipated … Many thanks to Moonlight Reader and Obsidian Blue for hosting this game for the fourth year in a row, bigger and better than ever before! I’ll continue tracking my bingos of course — and since we now have […]
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Bingo Call: 9/20/2019 – Read by Flashlight or Candlelight
Reblogged from: Obsidian Blue Read by Flashlight or Candlelight: Back by popular request! Any mystery, suspense, supernatural or horror book – the trick here is to spend an hour or so reading by flashlight or candlelight. Take a picture and share it with us, if you want to! Non-genre-specific square. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1955182/bingo-call-9-20-2019
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So I had to go to the bookstore today …
… because I needed a “design your own” blank-page calendar to create a birthday present for my mom, and one of the large local bookstores happens to be my go-to place to get such a thing. (I create a calendar as a BD present for my mom every year.) Obviously, this being a bookstore, it […]
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Nine Candles
24 Festive Tasks: Door 14 – Hanukkah, Task 2: Light 9 candles each representing something you’re thankful for (share a picture with us; sharing anything else is optional). Some of the things for which I am grateful this holiday season: My mom and the fact that, at age 80 (just this year) she is […]
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A Crown of Light Made from Book Covers
24 Festive Tasks: Door 17 – St. Lucia’s Day, Task 3: Create a “crown of light” from book covers prominently featuring a lighted candle. My feeble attempt at creating the approximation of a circular St. Lucia’s crown: Inspiration for the book covers: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3734.Lamps_torches_candelabras_on_the_cover https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/33553.Candles_and_Lamps (These don’t have to be books from your own shelves!) […]
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Bonn leuchtet — Bonn Shines
24 Festive Tasks: Door 4 – Diwali, Task 1: Share a picture of your favorite light display. “Bonn leuchtet” — “Bonn Shines” — is the name of an annual event in early November during which some of Bonn’s public buildings (and city streets and trees) are colorfully illuminated at night. Here are a few impressions […]
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… they do, they really do. This one just feels so perfect — to me, right now, anyway, and not only in light of yesterday’s election results, either. And no, it’s not my photo — though I dearly wish it were. It’s a pro’s, and visitors of their blog are not only encouraged […]
Read MoreREBLOG: Light for our darkest hour…
Reblogged from my BookLikes friend Grimlock ♥ Vision It’s a wonderfully expressed sentiment; the most heartfelt, honest and uplifting one I’ve come across in the hours since the official election results were published. So, thanks very much, Grim, for letting me share it here (in addition to reblogging on BookLikes). If anything is going keep […]
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