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Wyrt Wizard: Book review: Saving Vegetable Seeds by Fern Marshall Bradley
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An exploration of plant lore and uses from historical and modern times. Sunday, July 6, 2014. Book review: Saving Vegetable Seeds by Fern Marshall Bradley. For anyone who has been interested in saving seeds but has thought that it would be too bothersome. It is available in both paperback and electronic formats from retailers including Amazon. And Barnes and Noble. I received an advanced reading copy from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Wyrt Wizard: Covers, part 1: Changes in book cover design
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An exploration of plant lore and uses from historical and modern times. Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Covers, part 1: Changes in book cover design. The first book cover I’ll discuss in this post is Children of the Night. By Mercedes Lackey. Around the time it was first published (1990), I read a copy of the book with the following cover:. The drawing of the intrepid, leather-clad heroine Diana facing the menacing clawed creature fit very well with the book. 2014, High Flight Arts and Letters. Series, but it is...
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Wyrt Wizard: January 2014
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An exploration of plant lore and uses from historical and modern times. Thursday, January 30, 2014. A leech’s work in the winter. Today is the second-to-last day of January, and by my calculations it is the last day of Æftera Giuli in a reconstructed Anglo-Saxon calendar. Before we start a new month on either calendar, I want to turn attention to what sort of duties would have kept an Anglo-Saxon physician busy in the winter time. Bald’s Leechbook 1. Bald’s Leechbook 2. All quotations are from Cockayne&#...
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Wyrt Wizard: July 2013
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An exploration of plant lore and uses from historical and modern times. Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Lammas Eve: Anglo-Saxon celebrations and wheat. A seed head or ear of einkorn wheat. Photo by Wyrt Wizard. Tonight we celebrate the eve of Lammas, which marks the earliest harvests of the traditional English planting season. The word Lammas. Is derived from the Old English hlafmæsse. Is documented several times in the modern English translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The Red Book of Derby. And more th...
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Wyrt Wizard: June 2014
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An exploration of plant lore and uses from historical and modern times. Saturday, June 21, 2014. Author and guest blogger: Heather Day Gilbert. It is an honor to host author Heather Day Gilbert today for a blog interview. Heather just released her second book yesterday, a mystery novel called Miranda Warning. Her first book, God’s Daughter. Is based on the Icelandic sagas and was released last October. Aly: How did you learn the craft of creative writing? Did you participate in creative writing workshops?
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The Bard's Nest: August 2012
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Historical fiction reviews (and random snippets). Wednesday, 22 August 2012. The Merry Wives of Windsor - Shakespeare's Globe. Opus Arte, 2012, 145 minutes). And as such I reckon Shakespeare would probably let them off. The DVD also contains a gallery of cast photos. You can watch the trailer for the 2010 tour below. The merry wives of windsor. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Carla Nayland Historical Fiction. Clas Merdin: Tales from the Enchanted Island. Esmeralda's Cumbrian History and Folklore.
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The Bard's Nest: June 2012
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Historical fiction reviews (and random snippets). Friday, 29 June 2012. Hawk Quest - Robert Lyndon. Sphere, 2012, 672 Pages). Given that I like to allow time for a wide range of reviews to accumulate, it’s pretty rare for me these days to get hold of a book almost straight after its publication. But when Hawk Quest. Labels: 11th century AD. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Carla Nayland Historical Fiction. Clas Merdin: Tales from the Enchanted Island. Esmeralda's Cumbrian History and Folklore.
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The Bard's Nest: April 2015
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Historical fiction reviews (and random snippets). Tuesday, 28 April 2015. This hearth, nettles conceal it. Well, blog – long time, no see. It’s certainly been a heck of a while since I last posted here. But, the Nest isn’t empty yet! In fact, I’m hoping that there’ll be a new clutch of eggs in it soon, which might actually hatch into blog posts eventually. Read an extract from 'Flight of Ravens'. Again, to those of you who continue to visit – I really appreciate it. Thank you. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Bard's Nest: Interrupted Service
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Historical fiction reviews (and random snippets). Monday, 23 December 2013. And a Happy New Year to you all! 23 December 2013 at 21:49. Good to see you back and good luck with the writing. 1 January 2014 at 14:22. Hello Ed; thank you, and welcome to the Nest! 24 December 2013 at 12:03. Good to hear from you again! Good luck with the MA and your writing. Hope you have a very Happy Christmas, and all the best for the new year. 1 January 2014 at 14:25. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I Need a Publisher!
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