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Ellid's Profile
I'm a quilt historian cleverly disguised as an office worker in the savage wilds of the Pioneer Valley. I have two cats, one car, a mortgaged house, and way too many books.
Real Name: Lisa Evans
Gender: female
Location: Easthampton, MA
Occupation: quilt historian/office manager/writer
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, DK Quilt Guild
Hobbies: quilting, historic re-enacting, knitting, writing, SF fandom
Diaries published: 497 (5 days since last diary on Sat Nov 10, 2018 at 06:00 PM PST)
Comments posted: 57608 (0 days since last comment on Fri Nov 16, 2018 at 03:01 PM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 12973
Total Comment Ratings: 4058
Most Recommended Diary: I might as well admit it..., 399 comments, 706 recommends
People Following Ellid: 241
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Tonight’s diary is going to be short, sweet, and at least somewhat useful.
That’s because I had a minor but still painful surgical procedure on Thursday and am still recuperating. It’s ...
by Ellid
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on Sat Nov 10, 2018 at 06:00 PM PST
with 19 Recommends
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As I said last week, I’m plugging away at a book review that’s due on the 12th, so here is my second book review rewind of autumn 2018. It’s a diary from 2017 featuring the horribly racist book that inspired Stephen Bannon’s thinking on race and...
by Ellid
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on Sat Nov 03, 2018 at 06:00 PM PDT
with 14 Recommends
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Per my diary earlier this week, this is the first of two book review rewinds so I can finish work on a review for The Sixteenth Century Journal . The review book, a stunning catalogue of the ...
by Ellid
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on Sat Oct 27, 2018 at 06:00 PM PDT
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This is because I’m facing a deadline on a book review, then having a minor medical procedure. I’m not sure exactly what I’ll post, but I promise there will be something. Thanks, everyon! 3 comments
on Tue Oct 23, 2018 at 04:37 AM PDT
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My first experience of something So Bad It Was Good involved UFO’s.
This does not mean that I or anyone else I knew in the early 1970’s had seen a UFO, had a close encounter of the googleplex kind, or otherwise was on a first-name basis with...
by Ellid
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on Sat Oct 20, 2018 at 06:00 PM PDT
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It is not easy owning a Cairn terrier.
It’s not that Cairns are vicious, or stupid, or particularly destructive. They like to dig — they’re terriers, after all — but they don’t chew ...
by Ellid
162 comments
on Sat Oct 13, 2018 at 06:00 PM PDT
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- I know he’s been bad before — unhinged, rambling, ranting, incoherent — but this new interview is… unbelievable. Full Transcript Of Trump’s Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller And this is The fucking Daily Caller! An outfit that couldn’t...586 comments 482 Recs
- In case anyone has forgotten, Nancy Pelosi has been a more effective legislator than the last three GOP House speakers combined. Her crown jewel is having passed a healthcare bill in 2010 that extended insurance coverage to 20-plus million more...621 comments 483 Recs
- The United States has a clear and present danger facing us: white supremacists are on the attack and they are on a murderous rampage that must be stopped. A plot by two D.C.-area brothers to commit mass murder unraveled when 23-year-old Edward William...241 comments 281 Recs
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