As Emily wrote, we are having additional things for you to do, to help you get into the spirit of things with Coraline ! Here is a nice, simple, not scary thing for you to do -- color in this picture of nice, normal Coraline. B) https://i.postimg.cc/rsv9LBh9/April-2024-Coraline-coloring-page-5.png D...

Emily is allowing Sky and me join in with this Spring Read Along featuring Coraline . \o/ I won the paper, rock, scissors game and get to post for Chapters 1 and 2. Please refresh your memory of how we are doing this Read Along with Emily's post here in Book Club . Also, for these chapters, and subs...

Happy Birthday, Rose!

I hope your birthday is magical and joyous.

Starting with

"You've no right to walk into people's castles and… "

Adding ...

"... take a closer look at these elephants."
from Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock

Ending up with
You've no right to walk into people's castles and take a closer look at these elephants.

(Per discussion with Olivia, I am posting this for Olivia Thorneblood.) (Unable to post in forum at this time) Hello Everyone! That includes our Professor and my fellow students! My name is Olivia Thorneblood and I was sorted into Ravenclaw House upon my entrance to Hogwarts in the year of 2007. Ye...

Starting with

"It doesn’t matter if you’re a Never, Ever, or whatever…"

Adding -
"I'm so . . . pleased to meet you at last."
from Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

Ending up with

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Never, Ever, or whatever ... I'm so . . . pleased to meet you at last.

Here's the answer to the 'Scamander' Sudoku:

Again, thank you for joining us in our March, The Whole Nine Yards , activity. The weeks of The Whole Nine Yards and people who participated in them: Week 1 - Scamander Discussion Maverick Bradshaw Janne Halla River Fenwick Dibyarup James Potter Hiya Debnath Adeline Morior Collage Maverick Bradshaw ...

Here's the answer to the 'Steinbeck' Sudoku puzzle:

Here's the answer to the 'Pratchett' Sudoku puzzle -

Here's the answer to the 'Stevenson' Sudoku puzzle --

Thank you, all, for participating in the Book Club's ' The Whole Nine Yards ' activity! I see a flurry of Sudoku answers sent into my PM box, before the March 31st deadline. Yay! I will go check them ... hopefully tomorrow night as I'm now, after a long extended weekend, currently going to sleep abo...

Beans have been sent. :o Our last offering for March is this: "Normally we would not recommend..." from The Southeast Native Plant Primer -- 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden by Larry Mellichamp and Paula Gross Adding "... selling free and unlimited power." from Waldo by Robert Heinlein Resul...

Remember that everything is due by the end of March.

PS - Everyone is invited to join the party -- even now!

https://i.imgur.com/1fXP3HT.png I chose The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Taking up most of the pale pink cover is a close-up of a red rose done in a water colour style (with some parts darker than others). The title runs over two lines and sits above the illustration in a large dark red font th...

Beans are sent!

Next up we have this:

"Well," he answered calmly,..."
from The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein

Adding
"I must go."
from The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle


Ending up with:
"Well, he answered calmly, "I must go."

Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure! Drama! Fantasy! Romance! No, we are not talking of William Goldman and his The Princess Bride ; we write of Robert Louis Stevenson! Treasure Island , Kidnapped and Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are but a few of the works of this Scottish gentleman. You ...

Hi Charming students! A couple of things ... I have closed the link to join Charms on the 'Classes' page in the front hall. If you are wanting to join the class, please send an email to the class email site, saying you would like to join the class. Be sure to include in your email, in the subject li...

Beans have been sent. :ph34r: March's next creative opportunity starts with: "A light from the window showed ..." from This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart Adding "a primitive Bourbon [*] climbing over a stone wall." from In Search of Lost Roses by Thomas Christopher Ending up with: A light from the win...

Who hasn't heard of John Steinbeck? If nothing else, some of his works are in the list of 'Banned Books', which means that he was writing about something which the establishment (whatever it might be at the time) deemed too dangerous for people to read. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 and the Nobl...