Dublin Comic Con https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-creators-recreate-what-dublin-comic-con-would-have-looked-like/
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Environmemtalism
Ethical Consumer Magazine https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-consumer-magazine
House ideas
Glass blocks http://www.glassblockco.ie/glass-block-range.html
Mortgage switching https://doddl.ie/step-1/
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Forteana and other unusual stuff
Fortean Times Blog (If you're in Ireland and a library member you can borrow it on RB Digital)
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Book Websites
Publishers
Avon publish some SF/Fantasy and Paranormal Romance along with regular romance etc.Baen's Free Library is quite interesting and they publish a mix of SF/Fantasy
Del Rey - fantasy & SF
Author Sites
Fan Pages
Book burners series https://www.serialbox.com/serials/bookburners?season=1
Chalet school story reviews https://didyoueverstoptothink.com/2013/03/20/the-chalet-school-in-exile-elinor-m-brent-dyer/
13 squads in ya https://www.thenovl.com/blog/2019/8/9/13-squads-in-ya-definitively-ranked?rq=friends&utm_source=Hachette+Book+Group+Newsletters&utm_campaign=9ff36ff6f1-email-hbg-2020-07-29-familyreads&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_661af284bc-9ff36ff6f1-65200525
Alternate history with Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2019/09/12/alternate-histories-with-mary-robinette-kowal/
Oxford history of the Irish Book https://books.google.ie/books?id=ff4f3gdkxMwC&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=dublin+library+and+athenaeum&source=bl&ots=RtlfI26hz6&sig=ACfU3U0ZyVoLynIUN2eH_UVT5wiqduQ5fg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv16OF7NbmAhUyrHEKHcUrCEA4ChDoATAAegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=dublin%20library%20and%20athenaeum&f=false
Naturally Orla https://naturallyorla.com/about-the-witch/
Needlecraft
Black Swan Design - fantasy cross stitch
Dragon Dreams - cutest dragons
Fabric/Sewing
Fabric Care Cheat sheet
Dragon and other mythical stuff - Jewelry and ornaments
Alchemy Gothic - I'm not so much into the skulls and some of the uber gothic stuff but Dragons and some of the other stuff really appeals
Design Toscano - formerly Dancing Dragons and I'd love to ornament the house with most of it
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
calligraphy and handwriting
Searching for Left Handed Cursive handwriting
Left-handed Writing equipment I've bought from these
I'm left handed (like my mum and younger brother) and I'm an underwriter so less issues than many others. I do tend to twist my paper though.
My art teacher declared left handers couldn't do calligraphy. I did it to my leaving cert.
I have a fountain pen and ink issue. I catalogue them on Fountain Pen Companion
Simply Lettering magazine - I have had a subscription
Irish Bog Oak and Brass Pen - kinda tempting
Irish History and Archaeology
Museums
Viking Ireland interactive exhibit
Bronze age Irish Gold I was looking for Dress Fasteners.
Texts
Irish Places
Irish related stuffage
Time line of the British army https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_British_Army_1800%E2%80%931899
Irish woman who married a NAZI https://www.rte.ie/archives/2020/0623/1149133-maisie-wards-story/
Galway shawl print https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ciaraioch/the-galway-shawl/
Worldcon and the Hugos
So I read a chunk of the Hugos, despite not finding out that I could have read some Kiwi fiction. And voted for it, dammit.
I got sucked in by a few books and stories and later when I'm not on my phone I'll talk about a few and my choices.
I watched the edited version of the Hugos cause when I woke up Sunday I saw how Twitter exploded over it. There were reactions
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