Monthly Archives: February 2018

Austen Fest 2018

Rumor has it there’s a pretty important football game today. Instead of watching that, we held Austen Fest. We held our first Austen Fest in 2010, for reasons I explained on the blog (see An Alternative to the Superbowl—Austen Fest). … Continue reading

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Hygge NOT

Yesterday, February 1st, I flipped my calendar page to reveal a lovely work of art by Kathleen Edwards. The scratch board rendering of a wood fired cook stove, with its border of cozy emblems, including steaming mugs of coffee and … Continue reading

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