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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 1d

#todayinhistory

We came this close 🤏 to all-out nuclear war.
But cooler heads prevailed.

Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 1d

Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt

I wasn't sure about it at first; it's rather melancholy and no one is really happy. Became invested in the story about halfway through and stayed up way past my usual bedtime for a satisfying ending.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 4d

Inserted some leftover blue and gray chrysanthemum fabrics to keep it from being too monotonous and I'm not sure how it worked but "it is what it is and I meant to do that."

Maybe it needs one more border? ...but I guess I don't have to decide today.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 5d

Mr. Mercedes
Audiobook by Stephen King, read by Will Patton

Discovered Chirp audiobooks and found a great deal on the Bill Hodges trilogy so of course I had to treat myself! It's okay that I've already read the books several times.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 6d

Machine piecing half square triangles: check out the perfect points!!!!

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 11d

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
by Matthew Sullivan

Wasn't sure what to expect, and can't remember who recommended the book; some graphic violence, a lot of sadness, but twists and turns kept me turning pages past my bedtime.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 12d

'Salem's Lot
by Stephen King

Father Callahan, who gets the heck out of the Lot on a Greyhound bus bound for New York, finds his way into the Dark Tower universe. So now do I want to follow him there (again)?

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 12d

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 15d

Blackpool Rock Bloodshed
Albert Smith's Culinary Capers #10
by Steve Higgs

Moved on from Paterson, New Jersey and Andy Carpenter, to Blackpool, England and further adventures with Albert Smith and his trusty German Shepard sidekick Rex Harrison.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17d

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 16d

Dog Day Afternoon
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #29)
by David Rosenfelt

Stayed up past my bedtime yet again to find out who-dun-it and why. I'm gonna miss hanging out with Andy and the gang.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 18d

'Twas the Bite Before Christmas
(An Andy Carpenter mystery #28)

Continuing my comfort bingeing with Andy and the gang. I don't know what I'm going to do when I finish the series.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 20d

Flop Dead Gorgeous
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #27)
by David Rosenfelt

I had my suspicions about a certain character kind of early in the book. Stayed up way past my usual bedtime to find out that I was right!

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 23d

Santa's Little Yelpers
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #26)
by David Rosenfelt

The book was published in 2022 but still no mention of Covid or the lockdown. Must be an alternate universe. But I can live with that.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 24d

Carrie, on Audible audiobook, by Stephen King, read by Sissy Spacek.

Going back to our roots: I had no idea in 1974 that we'd be together this long. Happy birthday, Steve!

"Fun" fact:
Carrie White
(September 21, 1963 - May 28, 1979)

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 25d

I think it might be called a basket weave or lattice? I used google sheets (or graph paper would work) and "drafted" my own pattern, just to keep from getting mixed up.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 26d

Holy Chow
(Andy Carpenter Mystery #25)
by David Rosenfelt

What I've learned reading this series: Paterson, New Jersey is a hotbed of nefarious international conspiracies!

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 27d

Thread basting takes longer but works well. Look for Japanese basting thread!

Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 27d

I got my safety pins from Amazon.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 27d

Quilt #44: machine pieced (February) & hand quilted (August-September).

Mistakes were made and there's always something that I don't like about every quilt but I can live with it.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 29d

Best in Snow (Andy Carpenter #24) by David Rosenfelt

I have the next five books in the series in my library, plus there are three more recently published that I've yet to acquire. It's all about comfort of familiarity these days and I'll worry about "what's next?" later.

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · 29d

Bookends.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Sep 16

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 12

Dog Eat Dog
(Andy Carpenter #23)
by David Rosenfelt

This one I kind-sorta figured out early that a certain scene had more significance than the author was letting on. Can't fool me all of the time!

#70 in 2025

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Mary (Margie) Mac @iwannabemary.bsky.social · Sep 11

AMERICA IS A GUN