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Daily Grind, Book XVIII, Pages 3 & 4

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Book XVIII is The Raveled Sleeve of Care and Chapter 1, the 103rd storyline overall, is "Sticking Plasters." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      It's Monday evening at this point, and still February 6th, 2006. Let's all set our calendars!

Daily Grind, Book XVIII, Pages 1 & 2

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Book XVIII is The Raveled Sleeve of Care and Chapter 1, the 103rd storyline overall, is "Sticking Plasters." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      How can Howlett say they're done? It's the first two pages of the new book! We're only just getting started!

Terebinth, Page 1,475: Interstitial - Illustrative

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The Terebinth Story Archive      This is my favorite sort of "not a sonnet," I think, 'cause it's got 10 syllables per line even though there's nothing remotely like iambic pentameter going on here. Let's call it instead "dactylic tetrameter brachycatalectic," shall we?

Daily Grind, Week 700: Balancing the Scales

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The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Which ends Book XVII, Spellbound . Next week, we leap right into Book XVIII, The Raveled Sleeve of Care . And yes, I know the original quote uses "sleave" rather than "sleeve," but then "ravel" means both to tangle and to untangle, both to confuse and to make clear. So I'm doing my best to be both as well.

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 419 & 420

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Apparently, the whole "two's company, three's a crowd" bromide applies especially to little blue magical monsters.      And Monday? We leap into Book XVIII, The Raveled Sleeve of Care , with chapter one and our 103rd overall storyline, "Sticking Plasters." Because it never ends around here!

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 417 & 418

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      While Mrs. Teasdale expands the conspiracy, let's check in with the rest of our cast before Book XVII wraps up.

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 415 & 416

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      If I had a nickel for every time I wished I'd had my memory erased, well, it would certainly explain where all these darn nickels keep coming from.

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 413 & 414

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      To Alban's last line there, please add the dialogue tag, "said the spider to the fly." Thank you.

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 411 & 412

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Some people have no sense of adventure.

Terebinth, Page 1,474: Interstitial - Illustrative

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The Terebinth Story Archive      Because, in case no one remembers, this whole thing started for Bert and Wardell with a quest for lunch ...

Daily Grind, Week 699: Balancing the Scales

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The Daily Grind Table of Contents

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 409 & 410

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Now, if I survive the San Diego Comic-Con again this year, we'll have one more week of our current storyline, then it's on into the future and Book XVIII, The Raveled Sleeve of Care . Chapter one of said book, titled "Sticking Plasters," will be our 103rd storyline overall and will begin July 30th. There's always so much going on!

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 407 & 408

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Now, if I survive the San Diego Comic-Con again this year, we'll have one more week of our current storyline, then it's on into the future and Book XVIII, The Raveled Sleeve of Care . Chapter one of said book, titled "Sticking Plasters," will be our 103rd storyline overall and will begin July 30th. There's always so much going on!

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 405 & 406

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 403 & 404

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents

Daily Grind, Book XVII, Pages 401 & 402

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Book XVII is Spellbound and Chapter 6, the 102nd storyline overall, is "Balancing the Scales." The Daily Grind Table of Contents      If anyone would like to review, Eduard did his stupid mortal wizard stuff during our 16th storyline, " Toil and Trouble ," and Juliette did hers mostly during our 42nd storyline, " Burning Down the House ."

Terebinth, Page 1,473: Interstitial - Illustrative

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The Terebinth Story Archive      In case anyone's wondering, that was most definitely not a sonnet. Seems to have been a love song of some sort, though...

Daily Grind, Week 698: Balancing the Scales

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The Daily Grind Table of Contents