Posts by Laurie King
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Laurie’s Pinterest boards are a novel in themselves. See what Russell sees as she walks through the Fez medina, buys a meal, drinks mint tea…
Read MoreWrap-up
Thanks to everyone who sent in a comment over the last ten days—and congratulations to the winners (although Betsy Chamberlin and Elizabeth Copley, you might want to check your email if you’d like an ARC because we haven’t heard from you yet!) And actually, I apologize for inflicting the task of a daily comment on…
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…the photos were left out of the previous post on Volubilis. Should be there now. Techno-whiz, that’s me. Laurie
Read MoreRome in Africa
Leave a comment on today’s Mutterings for a chance at winning a copy of the Garment of Shadows ARC. Among other oddities of this extraordinary country, Morocco was part of the Roman empire. As Hadrian’s Wall, between England and Scotland, marked the northern point of Rome’s West, the city of Volubilis occupied its south-western fringes.…
Read MoreThe city gates
Leave a comment on today’s Mutterings for a chance at winning a copy of the Garment of Shadows ARC. Fez remains a walled city, as it was in 1924 when Russell and Holmes walked its streets, as it was for the centuries before that. Cars are kept out by the high adobe bricks, the population…
Read MoreA very local economy
Leave a comment on today’s Mutterings, and you have a chance at winning a copy of the Garment of Shadows ARC. One of the fascinating things about Fez is the way the crafts of everyday life are created where they are used: need a shirt, a chair, a bowl? They’re still made down the street,…
Read MoreTransportation in Fez
Leave a comment on today’s Mutterings post, and you have a chance at winning a copy of the Garment of Shadows ARC. When a town’s streets are about as far apart as a tall man’s spread fingertips, there’s not much scope for wheeled traffic. Bits of Fez are open enough for cars, but for most…
Read MoreLyautey’s Fez
Leave a comment on today’s Mutterings, and you have a chance at winning a copy of the Garment of Shadows ARC. In 1924, Morocco was a protectorate, under the administration of France to the south and Spain to the north. The Spanish portion was, simply speaking, a disaster, with years of oppression that erupted into…
Read MoreThe rooftops of Fez
Leave a comment on today’s Mutterings post, and you have a chance at winning a copy of the Garment of Shadows ARC. Russell’s first view of her larger surroundings comes when she climbs to the rooftop terrace, to see: All around lay a tight jumble of buildings, their rooftops—squared, domed, and crenellated; brick and stone…
Read MoreWinners and…
Congratulations to Jessica W. and Crystal F, our ARC winners of day 1 and day 3! Your ARCs will reach you next week. As for day 2, we’ve been trying to reach the Laura K. who does hand analysis, but our email bounces back at us. Laura, if you’d like to get in touch with…
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