Category Archives: Books

. . . hidden waters run to far green pastures.”

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

“For there is hope for a tree,    When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,And its shoots will not fail.   Though its roots grow old in the groundAnd its stump dies in the dry soil,   At the scent of water it … Continue reading →

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“Below the deserts…

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Think of this as a research paper minus the paper, with just the quotes. I started putting this together ages ago, when I first read the book which bookends this collection, but never quite put the finishing touches to it … Continue reading →

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In Which I eat soup and ramble

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

“In Which Sophia goes to the bank!” a friend proclaimed at work the other day. “You never know, something might happen on the way there,” I said. It didn’t, that time, but I do seem to be establishing a reputation … Continue reading →

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In Which We Lose Track Of Time

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(In Which I Forget, part IV. Read parts I, II, and III first, please. Otherwise this will make even less sense than it otherwise would.) Saturday morning Olivia had an eight o’clock final, and she went to it and returned … Continue reading →

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In Which I Forget the Books

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(In Which I Forget, part II. Read part I here. You do not want to jump into the middle of this story.)   Friday In spite of Olivia’s hopes, we left my place after eight the next morning. We had … Continue reading →

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My Hobbit Hole

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

A very picture-heavy post follows. You have been warned. Kitchen: Dining room: Living room: Spare Oom: Bonus two fuzzy pictures of me showing off the Black Wasp work-in-progress, functionally a sideless gown, and currently hanging over the back of the … Continue reading →

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More recent reading, and other things

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

We have now moved my sister to her college, five hours away, which meant a lot of things, among them lots of time for reading in the car (and elsewhere). The Dream Peddler, Martine Fournier Watson. The parts of it … Continue reading →

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Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Originally posted on Of Dreams and Swords:
This is going to be a long post. This “artist’s statement” was supposed to be a lot shorter, but you know how that goes. I even tried to abridge it and then found…

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Recent reading (II)

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

In spite of working forty hours a week with at least an hour a day spent driving, and STOML waving its tentacles in the air and doing other odd things, I’ve actually gotten quite a bit of leisure reading done … Continue reading →

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General update

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Christus surrexit! (I keep forgetting to put this in my posts, though I’d like to.) A lot seems to have happened in the last few days. On Saturday, I finished the Two-Legged League, and yesterday I finished a small nonfiction … Continue reading →

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