Possibly the most famous manga of all time is Astro Boy, written by Osamu Tezuka and serialized during the 1950s and 1960s in Japan during its harrowing post-WWII reconstruction period. While it reads today as hopelessly corn-cheesy (unless you grew up with it), at the time Astro Boy was a real shot in the armContinue reading “I Have Notes…for Pluto”
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2024 Christmas Theme: Enchanted Forest
I took the Angela Harding advent calendar as the centerpiece of the theme as well as my Iittala Taika dinnerware (“Taika” means magic forest in Finnish, according to the company). Think lots of owls, deer, greenery, mushrooms, gnomes…. Extra Credit to my friend Nicole for convincing me to use my raven puppet as a treeContinue reading “2024 Christmas Theme: Enchanted Forest”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 25
The strange old man in red with the belled reindeer led the ragtag party, weary and wet and bruised and smarting, deep into the north wood. Night had fallen by then, but so bright was the light shining from the crook of his staff that it chased all the shadows, and the snow sparkled likeContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 25”
And Merry Christmas from ATEEZ
You likely won’t make it all the way through this one unless you have as many sunk costs with these guys as I do, but fast forward to 17 minutes in and watch the adorable sibling energy between Seonghwa and Yeosang
Merry Christmas from Gosha!
Hang out by the fire with him and steal pomegranates…. Then take a snow bath when you need a break!
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 24
If you had been in the air above the north wood outside Stane How in the last light of Christmas Eve, if you had been circling the wood on—let’s just say—a magical flying reindeer, what would have greeted your eyes would not have been a peaceful holiday tableau, with animals snuggling down for their longContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 24”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 23
Before the sun was up, Violet had Clive saddled even though her cold fingers fumbled with the girth strap in the weak lantern light, and snow was blowing into her eyes even under the stable awning. It calmed a bit as the sun came up, and for the first stretch of road, the going wasn’tContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 23”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 22
It was three days before Christmas, and after Violet and Bertie and their mother came back from church, they set to decorating the house for the holiday. Bertie went out to cut some greenery while the women got up into the attic and pulled down the special things. They already had the Advent candles setContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 22”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 21
Elsie had been asleep for a couple of days at that point. This was how it often was in the winter. She never slept straight through; she would drift in and out, waking up if something happened or she got hungry and then falling into dreams again for a few days, or a week orContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 21”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 20
After the conversation with Melinda, Armand decided to include the village perimeter in his nightly hunting rounds. If the foxes tried something, he at least hoped he could rouse the farm animals to alert the people in time. He hooted a deep sigh as he swooped around the sheep fold. It wasn’t that Melinda wasContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 20”
