Just a quick update . . . I finished my Pi-are-Square shawl last night! Woo-hoo!

There won’t be any more pictures until I get her blocked, which may be tonight, or may wait until the weekend when I have time to really fiddle with getting her laid out correctly.

Tonight, I’ll either start (finally!) my Peacock Feathers shawl, or start making whatever I’m going to make with that blue-green handspun of mine. Yes, I could theoretically do both, but I really don’t like having too many projects going at a time. Chances are, I’ll start the Peacock. I’ll be using “Shimmer” yarn from KnitPicks, in the color “Turquoise Splendor.” I think the variegated blue/green will be lovely for a peacock, don’t you? You’ll note that the sample swatch on their page is in that color–I like the idea of those changing colors in a Peacock-inspired shawl. I just wish there was some purple in there, too…

Meantime, I’ve been reading everything I can about my KR Secret Pal–namely, her posts on the Knitter’s Review board and her old blog entries. I want to be a good pal!

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Because of the winter storm blowing through the area, my office closed at 2:30 today–that’s an extra hour and a half at home with Chappy. How’s that for a nice, unexpected bonus? PLUS I got an extra hour’s worth of knitting on my shawl, so all else going well, I should finish it tonight (yay!) . . . assuming the slight, eye-strain headache doesn’t get any worse. It was even a good hair day.

It’s really cold and windy out there. Last time I checked, it was about 23 degrees Farenheit and blowing a lot. According to the weather channel, the center of this storm system has the same air pressure as the center of a hurricane–hence the massive amounts of wind. And the traffic reports are reporting as many as 100 accidents on Rt 80 in about a 12-mile stretch right near us. I don’t think we got much snow at all–maybe an inch or so–but it’s more or less impossible to tell since not a single flake has stayed in one place since falling. And, of course, all the moisture that HAS fallen has turned to ice with the sudden cold and wind (gusts up to 35 mph). It is very Brrrr out there. A good afternoon to sit inside with a warm dog and a good book and some good knitting.

On the downside, I found a tear in my Birch shawl–this is the second one. I like the Kidsilk Haze better than I thought I would (I’m not usually a fan of fuzzy yarns), but it’s obviously fragile and I wear this shawl a lot–practically every night, in fact, over my pjs. The tear is right on the outside edge, so luckily, it will be easy to fix. That, to me, is the worst thing about knitting lace–it’s not the difficulty of the pattern or the strain of having to occasionally tear back to fix a mistake. It’s trying to mend an actual hole. I have a hard enough time just darning together a stockinette-stitch hole. (I have mentioned my lack of skill and mending, haven’t I?) Trying to fix a torn stitch PLUS recreate a lace pattern?? Really not easy! Right now, my Birch has a safety pin marking the damaged place and I’ll dig out the spare yarn later, or this weekend, or something.

I wonder if the Icelandic lace-weight I’m making my Pi shawl will be sturdier??

Alison wrote, about my re-zippered green jacket: “Great job on the zippered jacket! That zipper looks much better. And congrats on such a successful February! I barely managed one of my February tasks and you did three!” Thank you! It’s not, of course, like you were busy doing anything else, huh?? The Sockapalooza thing and coordinating, what was it, two knit-alongs, plus chasing after kids and all that? At least every one in my household is an adult! (Well, Chappy is 3 1/2, anyway, and not nearly the amount of work he was when he was a puppy.) (grin)

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I’m getting closer, but I’m still not quite there! Here’s an update on my shawl. I’ve got about 85% of the edging done, but I think that’s at least two more nights’ worth of knitting. You can see that I haven’t gotten to the second “square” section yet. I’m just about done with the lace part of the rounded back section but still have the entire straight section on the other, matching front. It’s looking nice, though! I really can’t wait until the whole thing is done and blocked and I can get a really good look at how the lace actually looks. Even now, laid flat, it’s hard to really see the pattern in the lace.

Here’s a look, though, at the vine pattern at the outside. (Click to enlarge, same as above.)

In other news . . . I got my KR Secret Pal today. Yay! I read all about her and already have a couple ideas . . .

I got about 45 minutes of spinning done tonight, which is a good thing because I got another shipment from Blue Goose Glen today. That’s white Shetland wool, wool in a beautiful warm “Rosewood” brown, and a merino/silk blend in one of my favorite shades of green. Yum! I’ve gotten a number of rovings from their Ebay store and have been very happy with the quality and the colors. Very nice!

I also got this adorable little “Spindolyn” spindle. It’s got a base that’s meant to be held in your lap as you spin the top–sort of a cross between a drop spindle and a support spindle. I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks very interesting, don’t you think? From base to top, it’s about a foot tall. You can’t see, but there’s a hook at the top and I’m looking forward to trying it.

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My Pi-are-square shawl is almost done, but not quite . . . that’s a lot of stitches to knit edging to! I think two more nights should do it, maybe three. I’m at the stage, though, where I want to be DONE! I haven’t even touched my socks in the last couple of days, so that I can (theoretically) get this finished that much faster.

I’m sorry, I always get impatient in the last percent or so of a project–it’s so close, I just want to see it, feel it, touch it, smell it as a completed work, not just a pile of yarn loops in my lap!

My Sunday was otherwise domestic today. I baked two beautiful loaves of whole grain bread (using the “Harvest Blend” whole-grain combination from King Arthur flour). Very yummy. I also made a lemon quick-bread, though it’s really lemon-lime since I didn’t have enough lemons for the juice needed–but since I’m a big lime fan, that was just fine with me.

I finished my second bobbin of purple merino singles, and started a third. There’s not enough roving for a fourth (or, I think, enough to fill the third). So now I’m wondering–when I ply this, how am I going to make things come out even?? I haven’t been at this very long, and have not been able (yet) to manage to splice singles together when plying.

Oh, and I got an email–the wool combs I ordered last week are back-ordered (sigh). And the dog brushes I’d ordered the week before still haven’t come (nor have Chappy’s vitamins!). So the bags of Gotland wool that I half-cleaned/half felted last weekend are still sitting on the guest room floor, waiting for me to come do something with them. Maybe it’s a sign that I should just stick with Roving??

And, lastly, I saw a link to this site on an AOL book board–I haven’t gone to church in years, and you all know I’m more of a dog person than a cat person, but my . . . this woman has a talent and a vision for Legos! Very impressive!

http://www.amyhughes.org/lego/church/index.html

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I don’t really have much to blog about tonight; it’s been a quiet day. Mom and I went to a local coffee shop this morning–she with her puzzle book, me with my knitting. I got a fair amount of edging on my Pi done while we were there. I said it would have been neat to have finished it, since I actually started it there in January, but you can’t have everything! I’m going to try to finish it tomorrow, but I’m a skeptical. I don’t think I’ll manage it, but I’m getting close!

We tried watching “De-Lovely” tonight and we both decided to turn it off–beautifully filmed, great costumes, wonderful music, but oh, what a dull beginning! We gave it 45 minutes and were both bored! We ended up watching old Gilmore Girls episodes on ABC Family, instead.

That’s about it! Chappy saw a neighbor-dog-friend that he hasn’t seen for months while we were on our walk this afternoon. I bought a new pair of jeans at Ann Taylor Loft. My parents had a lovely dinner out tonight, but got stood-up by the friends who were supposed to meet them there. (At least the food was good! This is the problem when people don’t write dates on their calendars.) I’m reading “The Dogs of Bedlam Farm” by Jon Katz and enjoying it–Border Collies, sheep, talk about dogs . . . what’s not to like? (Though “A Dog Year” is still my favorite of his books.) ‘Night, all!

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Not much knitting content, but I had fun . . .

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I got this quiz from Cate:English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 77% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don’t. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you’re not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

Hey! If you liked my test, send the link to your friends. They don’t need to be OkCupid members to take it. The Commonly Confused Words Test http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=14457200288064322170

The only thing, now, is that I’m wondering . . . what did I get wrong?? (grin)

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Here’s another bookish Meme that I thought looked fun: From Shelly (the originator–check out her Book-Blog!)Series this time.

* Name 3 of your favorite series.

(I’m going to cheat a little and do more than one for my favorite genres… because I love series and some are just too hard to cut out!)

• Lymond/Niccolo (historical fiction) by Dorothy Dunnett
• Pern series (science-fiction) by Anne McCaffrey
• Samaria series (science-fiction/romance) by Sharon Shinn
• The Keltiad (science-fiction) by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
• Liaden series (science-fiction) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
• Harry Potter (YA/fantasy) by JK Rowling
• Lord of the Rings (Fantasy) by JRR Tolkien
• Belgariad (fantasy) by David Eddings
• Thursday Next (who knows what genre this is? It’s wacky!) by Jasper Ffordes
• Amelia Peabody (mystery) by Elizabeth Peters

* Name 3 series you think went on too long.

• Xanth (fantasy) by Piers Anthony
• Amelia Peabody (mystery) by Elizabeth Peters (though I’m still buying them anyway)
• Nancy Drew!

* Name 3 books you wish had been series.

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Heart of Gold by Sharon Shinn
• Silverlock by John Myers Myers (though, honestly, I don’t see how it really could have been!)

Please join in!

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Then, from the Winter Garden, “What Novel Are You?”You’re Watership Down!

by Richard Adams

Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you’re actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You’d be recognized as such if you weren’t always talking about talking rabbits.

Take the Book Quiz

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All the comments from the “March Forth!” post were highly entertaining. We really are an erudite bunch!Meanwhile, I keep reading about other KR people who’ve gotten their secret pals, and I’m kind of bummed that I haven’t yet. The survey I sent in in January got lost and so, apparently, I wasn’t paired up in the first “wave” of pals . . . which happens, of course, and I’m not underestimating the amount of work involved in pairing people up, or complaining in any way (honest!) . . . but I was so excited for this group, I admit I’m just a smidge disappointed! I’m trying to sit very nicely, toes together, hands folded, working hard at being patient. (grin)

And finally, a couple cool and icy photos. The snow that was snow-blowed in front of our house has melted/refrozen in remarkably geometric shapes, with soft angles and corners–not the usual curves–and at lunch today, with the sun at a angle, it just looked really . . . cool! I like how the dogwood tree’s branches are silhouetted across the snow, too . . . You can click for a bigger view, if you like!

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You realize, of course, that today’s date is actually a complete sentence? A command, to be precise. "March Forth!" (My sister calls it "Parade Day.") It still amazes me that I lived for over 25 years before I had this realization–that this date was actually grammatically correct–the only one of the year. I used to call it "Sentence Day," but people always looked at me funny, so I stopped saying that. But still, every year on this date, I smile quietly to myself (and with you), secure in the knowledge that this is, at least, something special.

(To my knowledge, the only other date that even comes close is May 1st, which could, if you stretched it , be a rather formal request for permission: "May one?" But in my opinion, that’s really stretching…)

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  I haven’t shown an update of my Pi shawl in a while. I’m working my way around the edge, knitting on a small, pointed edging. Seen here is the front, “squared” end, the diagonal line between the front and the rounded, circular back, and then part of the back. The rest of the shawl is still clustered together on my needle. It’s taken me three nights to get this far around the edge, so I’ve still got a way to go, but I’m thrilled to finally be getting a chance to SEE what the shawl actually looks like.

Here’s another look, from above. (It will, of course, be easier to see the lace once it’s (1) blocked and (2) not on a patterned rug.) I had thought about doing the same edging along the front, straight edge, but I’m not sure that I need it. I knitted a lace panel along the front edge, and I don’t really think it need the same, pointed edging that’s going all the way around the edge . . . I’ll make up my mind when I’ve got the rest of it done. So far, I think it looks pretty nice just the way it is.

And finally, here’s the progress on my socks. The colors are kind of washed out in this picture, mind you, but you get the idea! I’ve got about 2″ of ribbing on the cuff, and basically just have to knit until I’m ready to stop! I really am loving the yarn.

And speaking of updating, we had a salesman at the house tonight, picking out colors, counters, and cabinets for our kitchen- and bathroom-refacing, coming up in the next few months. (The house is almost 30 years old–definitely time for an update!) He was here for over three hours, from 4:00 to 7:15. Yikes! Chappy was not happy about that–way too much time closed in the laundry room. I brought him out around 6:00 and of course, he barked. And barked. Even after he’d settled down . . . every time Don would move in his chair or stand up . . . Chappy would bark! You know, he’s really a very friendly dog, and adores having guests, but when he doesn’t get to greet people properly at the door (i.e., jumping with tail a-wag), he never quite seems to trust them. He never would have barked at a friend like that, whenever they moved, and yet we were all chatting and laughing and having a pleasant time . . . although of course, by then, Chappy was tired (and so was I). It’s much harder to be friendly and sociable when you’re exhausted . . . especially if your dinner is two hours late!

Oh–and, Erica! Thank you for the RAOK card and magnet–they arrived on the same day as my Visa bill, so . . . excellent timing!

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I borrowed this from Jackie since it seemed right up my alley . . .

1. What was the last book you read or are reading?

Just finished “Banishing Verona” by Margot Livesey last night.

I am currently reading “1812: The War that Forged a Nation” by Walter R. Borneman, “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” by Richard Feynman, “History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History” by Dana Lindeman, and “Essentials of Yarn Design for Handspinners” by Mabel Ross.

2. Where did it come from (library, bookstore, gift, etc.)?

A bookstore, mostly likely Amazon.com. Almost everything I read is from my own “personal” library. I read and re-read my books so often, it actually makes economic sense to just purchase them up front!

3. How many books do you read per year?

A lot. Last year, the count was 320. (Yes, three hundred twenty.) It had gone down when Chappy was a baby puppy and I spent so much time chasing after his little toddler-self, and of course, the knitting and the spinning make a difference in my free time (as well as that pesky full-time job!), but reading is my first love, so . . . what can I say? I’m a Biblioholic. (Gotta check out this book: http://tinyurl.com/6hesz.)

4. What is your favorite genre?

I’ll read almost anything. History, science, fantasy, science-fiction, literature/classics, grammar books, dog-training, historical-fiction, mystery, young adult, biographies, travel books, time-travel . . . I have a wide-ranging variety in my library! About the only thing I won’t read is horror, since I do not like to be kept up nights with nightmares (grin). Westerns, true-crime, and romance aren’t exactly favorites. Or sports. And technical manuals don’t usually keep me up into the wee-small hours, either! But even in these categories (barring horror), if it’s recommended highly enough by someone whose taste I trust, I’ll give almost anything a try.

5. Who will you tag now?

(quoting Jackie’s answer, since it’s perfect) Not gonna tag – but if you’d like to share what you are reading, I’d love to hear about it!

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Chappy had about the best possible day where I still have to go to work. First, there was snow–about 6-8″ of fresh, fluffy snow. Then, I had a two-hour delay before I had to head to work, and yet I was up at the usual time. (I’m the one who changes the phone-message to alert all the employees.) So, we had plenty of time to play in the backyard, once I’d cleaned off my car–snowball chasing is one of his favorite games. We also played with his favorite squeaky toy, and he even got his Grandpa to play–Chappy would bring the toy to me, I’d toss it to Dad, he’d throw it for Chappy, who would bring it back to me, and so on. He did, of course, look disappointed when I left for work an hour and a half later than usual, but I came home at lunch as usual, AND got to leave half an hour early since I hadn’t waited for the whole 2-hour delay this morning. (That’s the first time that’s ever happened!)

When I got home, Mom, Chappy and I went out for a walk, and halfway around the block, we met up with two neighbors who are two of Chappy’s favorite people. They not only said hello, but they joined us and he was SO happy about that! He pranced along the street, smiling up at the two of them, just bursting with joy at getting, not only to see them, but to walk with them, too!

Oh yes, the other thing I did this morning was rolling my two skeins of blue/green handspun into balls. (I must say, now that we’ve gotten to know each other, I love my ball winder.) The next thing is to decide what to DO with it. I really have no idea, mostly because I’m not sure what the yardage is (270 yards, maybe? I lost count on the niddy-noddy, but I think each was about 90 rotations, and I seem to remember that my n-n is 1.5 yards around). I want to do SOMETHING with it, though. Not a scarf, but something like a wrap, but I don’t know how far the yarn will go, so it’s kind of hard to make plans . . . I’m sure I’ll think of something . . .

In yesterday’s comments, I was reading Alden Amos’ Big Book of Handspinning and he actually mentions historical texts that talk about textile related history and said that the authors are rarely actual spinners and thus you have to read these authors as though they are onlookers, not participants in the history they write about.“

It’s true, of course–but if you think about it, almost all history is written that way. No historian can actually live what he or she is writing about–you can have an idea of how things like spinning or wars or house-building are done now, and you may have sources explaining how they were done then, but you can never entirely know what it was really like. Kind of like anthropologists studying distant, native tribes–they can study them all they want, but they’ll never have the mindset or the intimate knowledge that their subjects have, even with their being right in front of them!

Interesting, though, don’t you think?? (Well, I did, anyway…)

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I started knitting the edging onto my shawl tonight. I just barely finished the one, squared-off corner-edge . . . there’s still about 87% to go . . . it could take a while!

 

Knitting, spinning, working, and playing with Chappy aren’t the only things I do. My first recreational love will always be reading, and here’s my list of the books I read in February–34 books, a total of 9,897 pages. A lot of sci-fi this month, too…

 

1. YEAR OF THE LUCY by Anne McCaffrey (311 pages). Set in the fifties (?), Mirelle is a mother of three who is also a sculptress, trying to find time for her art in amidst a series of crises.
2. SCARLET PIMPERNEL by Baroness de Orczy (248 p). Swords and secret identities and the French Revolution. Rather too breathlessly excited about the events it describes, it was fun to read. And, I had no idea there were sequels!
3. NINE PRINCES OF AMBER
4. GUNS OF AVALON
5. SIGN OF THE UNICORN
6. HAND OF OBERON
7. COURTS OF CHAOS by Roger Zelazny (771 p). The “original” Amber series—sci-fi with a medieval/fantasy flavored twist. A powerful ruling family who can travel the “shadows” between worlds—including our own. It starts when Corwin wakens in a hospital with amnesia . . .
8. TRUMPS OF DOOM
9. BLOOD OF AMBER
10. SIGN OF CHAOS
11. KNIGHT OF SHADOWS
12. PRINCE OF CHAOS by Roger Zelazny (1025 p). The “second” Amber series, with Merlin, son of Corwin, as the main character this time, wondering if anyone is going to try to kill him this year—the same day, every year . . .
13. SIMPLE SOCKS PLAIN AND FANCY by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts (108 p). A great and very simple sock book. Not filled with snazzy, high-fashion patterns; just with a good dose of common sense.
14. SWORD OF WINTER by Marta Randall (240 p.). A fantasy book I’ve had in my library for almost 20 years, but which has been hiding in the back of the closet. A search for an heir, in the middle of winter. Decent book if not great.
15. PRINCESS OF FLAMES by Ru Emerson (326 p). Another old fantasy book in my collection. Elfrid is a bastard daughter of the King, with a penchant for swords, banished when her half-brother stages a coup . . .
16. BOOK OF JOE by Jonathan Trooper (338 p). This book had such a great premise—a man, expecting never to go back to his hometown, writes a best-selling tell-all book under the guise of a novel . . . Then, his father gets sick and he has to go home and face all the bitter, angry, outraged people he offended. It would have been good except for the language and obsession with sex of the Joe—made it completely unpalatable to me.
17. DRAGON’S BLOOD by Todd McCaffrey (438 p). The first Pern novel written entirely by Anne McCaffrey’s son. Luckily, it was much better than their joint effort (Dragon’s Kin) which I thought was just dismal. It wasn’t as good as A.M.in her prime, but still, a decent extension of one of my favorite sci-fi universes.
18. METAL ANGEL by Nancy Springer (316 p). Another book with too much obsession with sex, but at least this had an excuse—Volos is a fallen angel . . . literally . . . cast down on Earth (with wings), he becomes a rock star with an unearthly appeal.
19. CHASING HEPBURN by Gus Lee (532 p). Really good book. It tells the true story of the author’s parents, growing up in China in the early 20^th century, emigrating to the U.S. after WWII in the pursuit of the American Dream and Katherine Hepburn. Nicely written, beautifully imaged—I learned a lot about Chinese culture I hadn’t known before and thoroughly enjoyed it.
20. SKIES OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey (427 p). It seemed a shame to just read one Pern book, so . . . I pulled this one off the shelf, too. The last one written solely by the original author, not one of the best, but it’s a stand-alone and I didn’t want to get swept into the story of F’lar, Lessa, Jaxom and the others, any more than I had to!
21. CREATING ORIGINAL HAND-KNITTED LACE by Margaret Stove (178 p). A thorough, technical approach on how to design your own lace pattern. It would probably have been more helpful if I’d actually knitted the sample swatches in each chapter, but since that would have been hard to do while reading in bed . . . glad I read it, even if I didn’t bring as much away as I could have (my own fault).
22. AGE OF HOMESPUN by Laurel Thacher Ulrich (418 p). An interesting approach for a history book—instead of simply talking about life in Colonial America, the author starts with specific items—a sampler, an indian basket, a spinning wheel—all items in museums. She traces not only their original owners, but examines their uses—whether practical or cultural—and how society affected their creation, what history was doing at the time . . . all of that. (I couldn’t help but chuckle sometimes when she’d refer to things like Niddy-Noddies in the past tense. “These were used to . . .” Darn it, I HAVE one of those!)
23. POWER OF ONE by Bryce Courteney (513 p). Recommended by one of the women reading my blog—a South African story about a young boy, Peekay, who is determined to grow up to be the Welterweight champion of the world, and on the way, learns to play classical piano, becomes a student of botany, learns boxing while visiting the Professor in prison . . . very, very good book. I’ve since learned that there is a movie based on it. . . . hmmm!
24. JOURNEY
25. DANGEROUS GAMES by Marta Randall (781 p). A pair of sci-fi books about a family who bring 200 refugees home to their planet (yes, a whole planet owned by one small family). I liked the first one better than the second, and basically, think they were just about average—not horrible, not wonderful—just sort of in the middle.
26. CONFLICT OF HONORS
27. AGENT OF CHANGE
28. CARPE DIEM
29. PLAN B
30. I DARE by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (1642 p). A series of 5 Liaden books—after the not-so-wonderful space-opera-ish pair by Marta Randall, I wanted to read GOOD space opera kind of books, and there are none better than the Liaden series. They’re just . . . fun!
31. AMERICAN JEZEBEL by Eve LaPlante (370 p). Biography of Anne Hutchinson, exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy, helped settle Rhode Island and establish its policy for freedom of religion and ended up being scalped by indians on Long Island . . . now that part, I didn’t know! (Explains part of why the Hutchinson River Parkway got its name, though—I never knew.)
32. DECISION ON DOONA
33. CRISIS ON DOONA
34. TREATY AT DOONA by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye (915 p). After reading the Liaden books, I was thinking that the Clutch Turtles reminded me vaguely of the Gringg/Bears that appear in the third book of this mostly-just-okay trilogy, so . . . I couldn’t skip to the last one, so read all three. Sci-fi, again, that starts with a colony (of 11 men, all on their own! A whole year before the women-folk and children arrived . . . but 11 families to start a colony for an entire planet? That’s just genetically irresponsible! Sorry . . . where was I?) Oh yes, a small human colony finds, to its shock and surprise, that there is a village of cat-like creatures just over the river . . . while waiting instructions from the official agencies back home, they make friends . . . but are the simple Hrubbans as simple as they appear?

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