Happy Friday, and isn’t the internet a wonderful place? Sometimes? Honestly?
I mean — WOW, WOW, WOW, look at this: Talk about tiny houses! Vertical dwellings inside test tubes! I am, as they say across the pond, right gobsmacked!
On the human scale, take a look at these wonderful pictures by Norm Frampton of Thursday Doors link-up fame. This is a one-post lesson on composition that he ought to charge cash money for. It’s the zen of composition.
My friend Brett Sanders is like the most interesting blogger in the world: He doesn’t always post but, when he does, it’s well worth reading. His latest is a meditation on Don Quixote, Cervantes, and Islam. Please note the use of the Oxford comma. I am all about the Oxford comma.
From the sublime to the ridonkulous, the Kitchen Overlord has been busy making Dune food: Sandworm-shaped bread stuffed with spices and Sandworm pear pie. Now, if one spends any amount of time cleaning cat boxes…. ‘Nuff said. Still, these are probably very tasty, and he includes vegan, paleo, and gluten-free versions.
Kitchen Overlord has also graced the world with a recipe for home-made Oreo-type cookies, which one can, apparently, make to resemble the Death Star or Darth Vader’s helmet. And another thing: How cool is it that my spell-check automatically accepts Vader as a word? Way, that’s how!
So have fun, and tell me how you like the recommendations this week.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: What does your main character think of cats?
MA
norm 2.0
December 18, 2015 at 7:51amTwitter: Norman_Frampton
Thanks so much for the shout-out 🙂
norm 2.0 would love to share..Thursday Doors – December 17, 2015
Marian Allen
December 18, 2015 at 8:53amTwitter: MarianAllen
You’re quite welcome, Norm. I LOVE your work!
Marian Allen would love to share..A DEAD GUY AT THE SUMMERHOUSE
Brett Sanders
December 18, 2015 at 1:06pmThanks, Marian, for the kind words. Yes, I am also all about the Oxford comma.
Marian Allen
December 18, 2015 at 1:48pmTwitter: MarianAllen
We should get TEAM OXFORD COMMA t-shirts.
Marian Allen would love to share..SAGE
A.C. Flory
December 18, 2015 at 7:12pmTwitter: acflory
LOVE! those micro houses. 😀 As a dollshouse maker from way back they inspired me to post a pic of one of my own.
Marian Allen
December 19, 2015 at 9:46amTwitter: MarianAllen
What a cool dollhouse, Meeka! I love it!
Marian Allen would love to share..Guest Post #Caturday #Chinchilla
Jane
December 19, 2015 at 10:10amTwitter: hh
Great recommends, as always.
Interesting Don Quixote post. Loved the tiny test tube houses, plus a variety of the links from that post of a number of other strangely seen items.
Thanks.
Marian Allen
December 19, 2015 at 10:22amTwitter: MarianAllen
Brett always has interesting things to say. He thinks before he speaks, which puts him at a disadvantage in most conversations, since seven people will have spoken before Brett has formulated a response. His response is always richly worth waiting for, though.
Marian Allen would love to share..THE KING OF CHEROKEE CREEK