A Word A Day

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All You Need For Any Sort of Stay-At-Home Day

(the book is AFTER, a collection of apocalyptic short stories)

An Uncommon Accessory

A Downton Demise

I have just finished watching the last episode of season three of Downton Abbey, and am writing this in tears. I am planning, also, how to murder Julian Fellows (the writer) and make it look like an accident.
Not to worry, my dears, I'm only joking. But if I do ever meet the creator of Downton, he will not come away unscathed.

Relatively Recent

Places to go:
A bookstore
A thrift store
A grocery
A CVS or Walgreens
A church
A home

Songs listened to:
"Better" by Regina Spektor
"Realtor" by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson
"Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley

Movies watched:
"Breakfast at Tiffany's"
"I.Q."

Books re-read:
"Beautiful Days" by Anna Godberson
"Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Books read:
"Perfect Scoundrels" by Ally Carter

Books out of these that I would recommend to any audience:
"Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

What My Camera Sees in the Dark

What one can do with a ballpoint pen!

A Song a Second

The song currently playing over and over again in my head is You & I by Ingrid Michaelson. Please enjoy!
With ever so much love, the eclectic authoress herself.

I Apologize

I'm very sorry for the disturbance, bit I must speak again on Downton Abbey. In Mary's words to Edith, paraphrased:
"The only person who always thought the two of us were nice is gone."
Why? Why do they do this to us, us who are emotionally invested?

A Television Misery

I have just watched episode five of season three in that favourite Downton Abbey, and find myself most distressed.
With ever so much love, the eclectic authoress herself.
(I must admit, I cried.)

A Bussed Return

I have, dear readers, returned from my trip to a very chilly state. It did not, I believe, cease snowing from the moment we arrived. How glad I am to be back in temperate weathers!
Please, my dears, forgive the lapse in posts and the brevity of this. I am, regrettably, quite exhausted, and will soon be retiring to my room with many blankets, a new book, and a cup of tea.

The Age of the Morning

Tonight, the eclectic authoress will find herself on a bus trip that might last until two in the morning. She understands that her dear readers might find themselves in a similar situation one day, and has decided to grant advice.
1. Bring music
This may be your only way to sleep. If you are unable to decide which music to bring, please visit my post "A Recommendation". It has quite a large range.
2. Sleep
Bring a sleep mask, and a music device. And, possibly, a blanket.
3. Watch movies.
If your bus is the type to have televisions, do bring a film or two. I suggest classics like "Finding Nemo", "Toy Story", and "The Princess Diaries". While possibly unacceptable for any other setting, they are most definitely bus trip movies.
4. Read
I'd suggest either something huge that people will be too scared to ask you about, like Jane Eyre, or something fluffy that you can half concentrate on and still talk with those around you.
5. Play cards
Perhaps KEMPS? That's a very good road trip game.
With ever so much love, the eclectic authoress herself.

Febuary Fourteenth

Happy Valentine's Day, my lovelies. May all go as you have planned, or else perfectly unpredicted.

The Question of the Hour

Why must research papers, particularly those concerning science, be so difficult and so dull?

A Collection

On antique cameras, there is much I can share.

A Paleolithic Find?

While visiting my library, as I do often on Saturdays, I came across a book by Robert Mash entitled How to Keep Dinosaurs. It details, quite faux-seriously, the ways in which all sorts of dinosaurs could be kept as house pets. I have decided on a pterodactylus elegans for myself. It is a gliding dinosaur about the size of a cat, and, according to the book, can be found in Germany.
I apologize for the low quality picture. That is quite out of character, I assure you.
With ever so much love,
The eclectic authoress

A Recommendation

Quality Music: A List
The A Team
Kiss Me
Little Bird
Be Like You
....and....
Small Bump
-By Ed Sheeran
Paper Aeroplane
Big Jet Plane
Just a Boy
...and...
Hush
-By Angus and Julia Stone
VCR
...and...
Shelter
-By the Xx
Falling
-By Florence and the Machine
Fall for You
-By Secondhand Serenade
The Great Escape
-By Boys Like Girls
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
-By Fall Out Boy
Eet
Folding Chair
...and....
Samson
-By Regina Spektor

Here are a few suggestions for my dear readers who feel that they are in desperate need of new music- please enjoy!

Why Couldn't it Be Butterflies?

Another lovely to make the Harry Potter fans happy:
Please do not wander off into a forbidden forest "following spiders" unless you are sure there is a wild Ford Angela hidden there as well.