Protesting with yarn, down through history

Nisseluer against Nazis

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Episode 105: Victorian Christmas: A Strange Christmas Game

In which Carla celebrates the season by once again celebrating a Victorian horror author, as the Victorians would wish us to do in this season of darkness and cheer. Sources and References: Books by Charlotte Riddell available from Project Gutenberg  Books by Mrs. J. H. Riddell available from archive.org

Victorian Christmas: A Strange Christmas Game

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Episode 104: Hauntology

In which Carla reenters the…why is it a house of leaves? Sources and references: The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify Starling House by Alix E. Harrow House of Windows by

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Episode 103: I Contain Multitudes

Listen to "I Contain Multitudes: 103" on Spreaker. In which Carla shares her nonfiction five star reads of the past year, and celebrates Banned Books Week. bannedbooksweek.org Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission.  How to Support Cupcakes:  Subscribe

I Contain Multitudes: 103

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Little Free Library is coming together

Isn't it pretty? The charter and dedication plaques for the Little Free Library have arrived! Eat Hamner, Jr. was the real John Boy Walton from right here in Nelson County; Margaret Hufstedler was my mother-in-law, and she wrote music and taught adults to read in Nelson County for

Assistance with seeking out that next satisfying read

Gnooks - Discover new Books uses an AI engine called Gnod, referring to the search engine as Gnod's World of Literature. It asks you for three of your favorite authors. I tried it out, giving it Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver, and Toni Morrison. Based upon these, Gnod suggested

Five Star Fall: 102

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Episode 102: Five Star Fall

In which Carla shares her five star reads of the past year, and talks about where she's been. Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission.  How to Support Cupcakes:  Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted

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Website update and Intentional Ink

Cool website things and five-star reads I've created a front door for the website, of sorts, thanks to a service with the cute name of omg.lol. It serves as both a front door and a digital business card. You can find it at carlapettigrew.com. You can

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"To make a long story short..."

"--Too late!" It's all happening, folks. Tim Curry has written his autobiography. I know. Available for pre-order now, releasing October 14, 2025. You know what to do with yourselves. Go forth. I'm sorry. I am out of words. Still catching my breath.

Dracula

Dracula's appearance, second time's the charm

Whoops. Republishing again with photographs this time. Sorry about that. Synced my Apple Books notes to my Second Brain (using Obsidian for that, see: the Core Insights for Obsidian Beginners thread on Reddit for more info if you are interested in this mode of future-proof note taking), and took this

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Episode 101: To the Teeth

Show Notes: In which Carla shares one of Poe's more controversial and violent stories with you. Sources: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Tales - Berenice Berenice – The Poe Museum Berenice (short story) - Wikipedia Southern Literary Messenger - Wikipedia A Historical Guide to Edgar

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New Guest Spot: Again on Bye, Pumkin

I have once again had a blast on Bye, Pumkin with my friend Princess. 2 hours worth. This time, it was about the chaos known as The Valley. Mercy. To Princess' chagrin, I give Jax grace. I can't help it, being a former therapist. This week, Princess

Mark Z. Danielewski

It is mine and it is here and I welcome my new overlord

I won a Goodreads Giveaway. I have been absent from Goodreads, because I have been deGoogling, but I missed my friends, so I compromised. I detached it from Amazon. And, of course, I'm off all social media except Bluesky, so it's now a weird floating island.

Little Free Library

Starting a Little Free Library

I have been wanting to start a Little Free Library for the podcast, to give back to my rural community, for some time. I have been galvanized by my mother-in-law's books to finally do so, and I plan to do this the right way, serving the community properly

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I would like to share my mother-in-law with you.

Margaret Ellen Wilson Hufstedler, of the Little Piney River area of Virginia, died Thursday, July 24, 2025 at home at the age of 93 after a short battle with kidney disease. Born in Spur, Texas April 13, 1932 to Walter Douglas Wilson and Haseltine Hickman Wilson, Margaret, an excellent student

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How to hide the Sims 4 plumbob for more immersive play, plus books!

📚 Book content following the Sims info... This is a cheat, which means cheats have to be enabled first, which is an easy fix. * On the Mac, press Shift-Control-C. * On PC, press Shift-Command-C, * On a console, hold down all four trigger buttons. The cheat window will appear. In it, type testingcheats

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Rabbit Hole/Reference for Fellow Writers and History Buffs and Genealogists

Foundation of American with Major Epidemics

Sylvia Plath

Books and Intentional Ink

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