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- What’s New for the 30th of August:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: puppeteers, and their puppets
- 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
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It must be Summer, because I crave chilequiles
So you’ve been turning over the compost heap with a garden fork? Celebrating Summer rather heartily with friends? Just feeling a little crappy but a lot hopeful, as if, with a good meal, the world might become a better place … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink
Tagged chorizo, greasy, limes
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For Glorious Fourth food joy, roast a whole pig
Nothing says “Fourth of July” like a fress-fest in the open air, and nothing is fancier for an open-air pure-Murcan holiday than a whole roast pig! I have heard tell of people who bring a picnic to the Lake Michigan beach so … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink
Tagged homemade pig roaster, pig roast, smoker
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Daniel Pinkwater’s Crazy in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie has its share of magic, and Daniel Pinkwater will be the best to know, and is also the city’s most famous advocate. We’ve heard plenty about the marvels of Poughkeepsie in his Adventures of a Dwergish Girl, Adventures of a … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Circus, Dwerg, Dwergish Girl, ghost flute, graffiti, guru, whale
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What’s New for the 22nd of August: some Grateful Dead, Lady Astronauts, Swedish and American jazz, a Tenth Doctor tale, and much more
In the middle of this poor life, we are surrounded by mystery, and the pity of it is that we would rather just be poor. No real tolerance for mystery at all. — Jennifer Stevenson’s Trash, Sex, Magic Come in… Let me … Continue reading
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Smoke in your whiskey?
Smoke actually in your drink is not for everybody. First I ever heard of this notion, it was some years ago in a review in a Chicago periodical, where they go on about ingredient sourcing and hand-cut ice cubes and that. … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink
Tagged Detroit, Johnny Smoking Gun, Two James
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Rich’s favorite tump chili
I believe in easy cooking. If it takes longer than fifteen minutes to assemble, it’s too hard. This is not because I lack the patience to cook more elaborately. It is because my darling husband’s stomach comes with an alarm … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, chorizo, sloppy joe, tump, white trash
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Better corn bread than ya muthah’s
A few years ago my husband entered a bake-off with the cast and crew of Motown: The Musical when it was showing at what was then the Oriental Theater in Chicago. Bless him, he wanted to enter my corn bread. I said, … Continue reading
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Tagged bake-off, Motown, stagehand, Trash Sex Magic
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Mint julep like a baby sister
Some author, I believe it’s Wodehouse, reports that the mint julep is like a baby sister who steals her little hand in yours, and the next thing you know, the judge is telling you to pay five pounds to the bailiff. … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate mint, Wodehouse
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Two period novels for your delectation: David Liss, and Barbara Monajem
The Peculiarities by David Liss is a strong steampunk story about Victorian magicians, featuring Aleister Crowley and other lights of the era. Thomas Thresher, a formerly well-heeled idler now enslaved in his family’s bank, has a lot of problems. His … Continue reading
What’s New for the 21st of August: Summer Queen SJ ‘Sooj’ Tucker including her performing ‘Ravens in the Library’, Swedish folk music, Matt Wagner’s Grendel and a wee bit more.
One flies in to case the joint, boldly struts around. Two fly in to make it three, laugh a while and knock each other down. Four flies in with a frowning walk gains a laugh from out a squawk but … Continue reading →