Still not snowing, a challenge, and more

[kinzel]

Still not snowing ... is anyone getting snow out of this mess? Sharon is reporting a flock of robins at the college campus ...I guess they fled the snowfields of Pennsylvania and Maryland for more comfortable weather in Maine.

Yesterday I found this: who can name the source? No, it does not belong to one of Maine's well-loved Great Striped Northern Ravens.

The length is approx 15.5 inches/ 39 cm.

Meanwhile, I noted earlier in a tweet ( if you twitter, you can follow bechimo ) that at 6 AM this morning ...
6 AM -- Lee & Miller do Space Opera! Amazon says: Space Opera: Mouse and Dragon #29;Fledgling #43: Saltation #89: Dragon Variation #99   ... this deserves a bit of discussion. For one thing three of these books are yet unpublished -- so you can join in if you haven't ordered or pre-ordered, or please, go to your local indie bookstore and make sure they'll have them on publication date.  For another, Amazon has chosen to muddy waters by throwing kindle books among the paper ones, and more, I think among the books those books are some of their special offer (i.e. FREE) kindle books.  And then ...

Really, would you call Rachel Caine's Weather Warden books space opera? Earth Abides? Brave new World? John Birmingham's alternate history thrillers? No? me too -- but they've snuck into Space Opera at Amazon ... sigh. Databases are useful. Accurate databases are *more useful* ...

Have to get the trash out, catch you later!

Comments

Pheasant? (wild guess, hur, hur) + No snow here

[(Anonymous)]

Baltimore seems to have ducked the snow issue and all beginnings for tonight keep getting pushed back. It may well be too warm.

That - kinda - looks like a pheasant feather to me but I'm not a birder.

We may ACTUALLY get to hold our book club meeting tonight - first February event not impacted by snow! We're reading Food Rules - short, sassy and common sensical. Yay!
Lauretta@Constellation Books

PS Someone at Amazon definitely needs an education on Space Opera! Rachel Caine's stuff is definitely urban fantasy.