Zia @ZiaMacPine@awoo.space
Just a pine marten who likes to bake, art by billcatter
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Joined Jun 2017
I can see why Agatha Christie was so frustrated with the book at the end it really does feel like two projects smashed together. A Westmacott and a really clever mystery concept but the two dont fit together tonally and Poirot feels perfunctory.
Well finished the Hollow and it certainly was an ending
@nighteyes anyway Alaska pays big government grants for rhubarb research because it grows so well there.
@nighteyes Anyway garlic is an antiseptic we all know that but the fascinating thing about Rhubrb is that is from Mongolia and became popular as a medicine so it traveled on the silk road to Europe where it grows well and is a solid crop for humans and animals (animals eat the leaves humans the stalks) so Ben Franklin imported to the USA as a cheap cash crop for human settlers to avoid starvation the downside is overconsumption causes kidney stones.
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@nighteyes oh sweetie no that is knowledge from my love of going to botanical gardens reading the little placards. The internet is where i avoid the weird stuff
@nighteyes pineapple are many small fruits that swell and grow together into one big unit. You are eating fruit that got compacted by space as it ripened and squeezed together their flesh merging
I am so annoyed i trust KOAT as a news source for local services but they are the one I turn to for local news
@nighteyes sea arachnids!
Thursdays are my day off and I am genuinely excited for this oncoming winter storm and overcast day. Cause I like those.
@TaylorFox hooray! we aren't forgotten!
20% done the rug I started last week pleased with it but I want to focus on it more tomorrow as I read Valley of Fear by Doyle
@nighteyes I happen to DESPISE crab but hey more crab for others (decent in a bisque when mixed with other arachnids like lobster)
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writing award nomination
Thank you to everyone who nominated 'Scars of the Golden Dancer' for an Ursa Major Award in the Best Novel category! I'm so excited it got nominated.
Voting for the awards is now open, so if you'd like to vote for it, you can do that here. https://ursamajorawards.org/Voting.htm
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writing award nomination
Finally, the anthology I helped push to see get created, 'When the World was Young' got nominated for Best General Literary Work. If you enjoyed that book, don't forget to vote for it also.
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book sale
To celebrate, I'm offering a 20% discount in my store for copies on Scars and my other book, 'Knotty Works.' Just use the coupon code URSAMAJOR.
The discount runs through the March 7th, where I have to pack up my books and then head to Fur the 'More.
https://dancing-jackal-books.square.site
In addition, I'm now offering media mail shipping, which is a lot cheaper than priority mail. It just takes a good bit longer to get there.
@nighteyes just as long as Indont have to eat the crab quiche I make
@nighteyes *takes notes* okay that could mean we need to find a fish market, a shack for crabs, or make a crab quiche and a shellfish bisque
@nighteyes okay so you have one of the clues for the quest. Keep it in your inventory we might need it later to secure the magnificent mcguffin of malodorous malfeasance
Just a pine marten who likes to bake, art by billcatter
he/him
Lawful Neutral
Joined Jun 2017
