Diane Duane's Blog: Out of Ambit, page 8
December 4, 2019
Death in the Afternoon
When you live in the deep countryside in Ireland, you get used to coexisting with the wildlife. This coexistence can take many strange forms: bats in the bedroom, sheep in…
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November 25, 2019
Ludwig Bemelmans’ NY Oyster Bar Shellfish Pan Roast Recipe
I love Ludwig Bemelmans for many reasons that usually have more to do with writing and his challenging career arc than with food (more details here). But this post’s about…
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September 30, 2019
A Little Collection of Digital Mapmaking Resources
If you follow me on Twitter, you probably know that for the past couple of months I’ve been working (on and off) on the business of updating old legacy pen-and-ink…
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August 2, 2019
DD’s Dublin 2019 / Worldcon Schedule
So here it is, for everybody interested! Please note that what you see here are only those public events where I’m either part of the program item proper, or expected…
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July 6, 2019
Two Recipes for Chicken With Lots Of Cloves Of Garlic
I had an ask-box message from AislinnSiofra on my Tumblr a while back pointing out that both Peter and I have sometimes mentioned making these dishes on our blogs, but…
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July 2, 2019
The Transcendent Pig on Air Guitar
(This comes to you via the as yet incomplete Young Wizards 30-Day OTP collection. The song in question came up in our local pub’s playlist just now, and I couldn’t…
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June 19, 2019
CrossingsCon 2019: it’s this weekend, and I’ll be there!
It’s here at last! The weekend of CrossingsCon 2019. I’m so excited! (Or as excited as you can be while you’re packing.) The pleasure’s compounded by the fact that this…
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May 12, 2019
From the (theoretically) forthcoming CUISINES AND FOODS OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOMS: Whitefruit
(Since in the wake of TOTF2: The Landlady people have already started noodging at me for a MK cookbook, I guess I’m going to have to start making notes. Might…
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March 21, 2019
The Lament of the Cartoon Cats
I was cleaning out my Gmail account a bit earlier today (because stuff does get piled up in there over time) and came across something… unusual. Long long ago, before…
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February 26, 2019
Writing and C. S. Lewis’s “Law of Undulations”: some thoughts
(This material is imported from my Tumblr, where the questions first came up) Lately this concept keeps putting its head up over the parapet in one context or another, so…
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