A Little Sweet...

Alpaca Spinners WPI Gauge

Great little handspinner's tool by GirlOntheRocks.

Mermaid Tail Blanket

Popular on Ravelry: Mermaid tail blankets for children and adults.

Angora single plied with merino single handspun yarn

Not much knitting for Leslie, but she has been spinning angora and plying it with merino.

A Little Tart...

Black Book Detective Magazine

A discussion of pulp magazines from the early 1900s, including the writers and the wide range of subjects covered by the cheap and popular issues. About John C. Campbell and his influence on the development of science fiction and on young authors that became the giants of the genre.

A disturbing and critically acclaimed short story that was published in Astonishing in 1954 and later found by Leslie as a teenager, "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin.

Fate Magazine, 1952Fate magazine table of contents

Changes in the magazine industry leading to a different format and rising costs of production of the pulp magazines.

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September, 1958A great website about pulp magazines, The Pulp Magazine Project.

A Little Unexpected...
Leslie's favorite pulp magazine author, Arthur C. Clarke.
Quotes:
"Any path to knowledge is a path to God—or Reality, whichever word one prefers to use." - Arthur C. Clarke
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." - Arthur C. Clarke
"I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers," - Arthur C. Clarke

Music Attribution

Reverie (small theme)

by _ghost

featuring Pitx

ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389

CC Attribution (3.0)

Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn