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Monthly Archives: January 2015
A Wallander first
A heavy blanket of snow muffles any sign of life coming from the Swedish farmstead. A frozen sliver of a moon casts purplish shadows across the track leading to the stable, smudging away the killer’s footprints until he is swallowed … Continue reading
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Tagged books, crime, food, Mankell, murder, reading, Sweden, Wallander
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Playing with knives at the king’s table
The knife slices through the puff pastry, piling up almond paste along the blade. A tense hush, knuckles white on jugs sloshing with cider ale, nostrils flaring with frankincense and clove, pupils hard and wide as if witnessing heads rolling … Continue reading
Posted in Historical fiction
Tagged Anne Boleyn, books, Cromwell, England, food, Henry VIII, Hillary Mantell, history, king, queen, reading, royalty, Tudors, Twelfth Night
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The Big Freeze
Hundreds line up along English Bay for the annual Polar Bear Swim, skin smarting from the cold. Ice floes are breaking up along the shore and fat drops of freezing rain crust over the seams of swimsuits and swim caps. … Continue reading
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