Lifescapes

Bookery 101: The publishing calendar

The other day (on Valentine’s Day, actually), a reader wrote to me. Mary is someone I hear from often enough to recognize her name and appreciate her comments. She writes: “I’m so sorry to learn there won’t be a 2020 China Bayles. Is there anything we, China’s readers, can do to persuade a 2020 book?” READ MORE

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Ugly Lovelies

Some things in nature aren’t beautiful. They just are as they are, like ball moss growing on a branch: a plant that is not a parasite (as people often think) but an epiphyte, getting a living by perching on a convenient limb, minding its own business and making its own food. Its roots only cling . . . READ MORE

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All About Thyme for February 2020

Hey, there! The February issue of my monthly eletter, “All About Thyme,” is waiting for you. There's a thymely February calendar, some savory suggestions for seasonal projects, this month’s special feature, and (of course!) book news. Read it on my website.

And while you're there, look around--there's lots to like. You might also want to subscribe to my email list, so you don't miss a single one of these unique eletters and other goodies, now and then.

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