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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Stories
A Kinrowan Estate story: Breakfast (A Letter to Ingrid)
Dearest love, Mrs. Ware says that she’s looking forward to you eating properly when you get back here after I meet you so we can take the Transiberian Express as the Estate’s gift to you for your trip for the Library … Continue reading →
A Kinrowan Estate story: Summer Reading Club (A Letter to Anna)
Dear Anna, So, Spring is waning fast, but summer’s not an event that just happens — it sneaks up on us like a barn own gliding past in the night. No, now we’re in the golden eternity, that endless perfect afternoon … Continue reading →
A Kinrowan Estate story: Owls and Hedge Witches (A Letter to Anna)
Warmest greetings Anna, I mentioned some letters back that another hedge witch, Tamsin Sorenson, now occupies the crofter cottage that the Estate traditionally gives to a botanical healer, as The Stewards refer to them. And I believe I noted the … Continue reading →
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Summer, fiddlers, and something wild (A Letter to Justina)
Warmest greetings my friend, Well now, I think spring is finally giving away to an early summer. Or I might just deceiving myself. Yes, it’s summer, I’m thinking. You should have seen this fiddler in here last night playing with … Continue reading →
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This May Day (A Letter to Anna)
Dear Anna, Our traditional May Pole ceremony happens about one year in ten given the typical weather on the first of May. This May Day gave us the usual weather: a cold, driving rain with just enough sleet to make … Continue reading →
A Kinrowan Estate story: Hiding (A Letter to Ekaterina)
Greetings Ekaterina, The fat brown bear that lives down in Oberon’s Wood has been stuffing himself as he’s come out of hibernating; he’s even been snuffling around the back door to the kitchens, hoping for leftovers from some of the … Continue reading →
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Beef (A Memo to The Steward)
To: Ingrid, Estate Steward From: Gus, Estate Head Gardener Subject: Beef for next year As you are well aware, we don’t raise cattle here even though we do raise pigs, sheep, geese, chickens, turkeys, and even ducks. Obviously one of … Continue reading →
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Tam Lin (A Letter to Anna)
Dear Anna, Thank you for the whisky. It was indeed as superb as I thought it would be. I shared it with Iain who said it so good that putting water in it would be a crime against all great … Continue reading →
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Oranges (A Letter to Tessa)
A letter from the journal of Alexandra Margaret Quinn, Head Gardener here in the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India, to her friend who … Continue reading →
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Pumpkins (A Letter to Tessa)
A letter from Lady Alexandra Margaret Quinn, Head Gardener here in the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to Tessa, her botanist friend who was on an extended botanical collecting trip in the Ottoman Empire and elsewhere. Dear Tessa, I loved your … Continue reading →
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