Welcome back!
(WingedNike, if you’re reading this, it’s officially Wednesday and you haven’t missed the post!)
Life is life-ing. However, I’m grateful for reconnecting with friends lately. Lots of social activities on my calendar, and though I may grumble and gripe about having to leave the house, I haven’t regretted it yet.
We did a Costco run last weekend, and I love finding new things to try. I get so excited to stock my fridge! Anyone else a Costco fangirl?
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From Georgina: A retirement/care center in New Zealand was renamed the Essie Summers Retirement Village in honor of Summers, who was the NZ queen of romance.
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If you love collecting pretty book editions, this Kickstarter for special Jane Austen editions has about a week left.
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Led by Adriana Herrera and Ali Hazelwood, a collection of dystopian romance novellas is set to launch soon on Kickstarter. The plots sound really interesting and the collection has a great group of authors.
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This article is from a year ago, but I don’t remember hearing about it or posting about it. In fairness, a lot has happened in a year. Not sure if there have been any updates since, but Lyla Sage’s Rebel Blue Ranch series has been picked up for a possible adaptation.
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Ooo! The dystopian romance novella Kickstarter is now on my calendar.
A whale that mimicked human speech: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOC_(whale) (there is a recording on the page, which ranges from “doesn’t sound human” to “kinda eerie”).
(I heard about it via mention in another Wikipedia article, which cited this article from 2012: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9625687/Whale-learns-to-mimic-human-speech.html which confusingly presents the long-past events as if they were recent (but also says the years), which sent me searching for other sources.)
I am definitely a Costco fan. I go to the big city (Albuquerque) once a month to stock up. A friend just told me he found freeze dried Ramen vegetables, so if you like Ramen but want more veggies, you can add them. I’ll look for that next time. The Detroit style pizza is a favorite too. And their Spiced Rum is my favorite, as well as being an excellent deal.
Aww, thanks for the shoutout. My mind is still muddled and I went through today thinking it was Thursday. I’m thankful for daily and weekly routines that keep me on track. Also for my digital watch that displays the day, date, and time.
Those Austen books are gorgeous.
The problem with replies not appearing seems to have reappeared in this post, yesterday’s Books on Sale post, and possibly others.
Interestingly, now that I’ve posted a comment I can see replies in this post but still can’t see them on the Books on Sale post.
@Michael I: Yeah it’s a weird caching issue that I’m trying to solve. Thank you for that info – that helps considerably.
Those Jane Austen books are lovely, but I told myself to stop buying Jane Austen books.
Also a Costco fangirl.