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Monday, April 6, 2009
Pulp Fantasy Library: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I often say that one of the reasons Dungeons & Dragons has been misunderstood by many gamers (and designers) is because they misunderstand its cultural roots. In the late 60s and early 70s, fantasy and science fiction weren't as diverse as they are today. Fans of those genres -- which were generally considered the same genre rather than distinct ones -- all read the same books and authors, creating the common literary culture out of which D&D arose. That's not to say that there wasn't a lot of variation from fan to fan and from place to place, but the underlying foundations for those fandoms showed a high degree of commonality. Thus, allusions to certain characters, situations, and authors were all broadly
understood rather than being opaque or outright impenetrable. The death of that common culture has, in my opinion, led to the distancing of D&D from its roots to the point of unrecognizability.
The story of Baum's novel is another example of a common culture. I suspect most people in the English-speaking world -- certainly in the United States at any rate -- know the story and characters of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. When I was a child, in the benighted days before VCRs and cable television, watching the 1939 Victor Fleming movie was an annual ritual, broadcast each year as a network TV special. People could and still do reference this story with the expectation that just about everyone knows what they mean when they do so. That's what many fantasy and SF stories were like at the dawn of this hobby and it was that kind of ready familiarity that allowed the ideas contained in those three little brown books to catch fire and spread so easily.
There's a catch, of course. When I say that everyone "knows" the story and characters of Baum's novel, that's not entirely truthful. The reality is that the 1939 film changes many elements of the original, just as earlier dramatic productions of the story did, often with Baum's blessing, who regularly wrought his own changes through sequels to the initial book. In Oz fandom -- yes, such a thing does exist -- there are discussions and debates every bit as vociferous as those in this hobby regarding the merits of such changes, not to mention continuations and re-interpretations by later authors. The Oz books are all in the public domain and have been for some time, allowing the original ideas to be picked up and developed further by any author who wishes to do so, leading to a wide variety of non-Baum Oz tales, some of which stray very far from the original intent -- not unlike D&D itself.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is, if nothing else, a powerful example of fantasy world building. The Land of Oz and its inhabitants have no doubt exercised a powerful influence over the imaginations of many a participant in this hobby, including some of its earliest writers. Oz is a "pure" fantasy world -- a dreamland (though not literally so in the novels, where it's clearly a real place) that obeys its own laws and confounds expectations. It's thus about as far from a naturalistic world as you can get and yet it's drawn so colorfully that one forgets its inherent unreality and simply accepts it for what it is. This approach to fantasy was much more common in the hobby's early days, as anyone who reads the 'zines of the period will know. That's probably why you can find lots of references to Oz-inspired adventures, items, and monsters in their pages. A full treatment of the Land of Oz as a D&D campaign setting was, in fact, promised in the pages of Dragon for many years but never saw print so far as I am aware.
I don't think there's any hiding the fact that I miss the days when the hobby had a stronger common culture -- when one could allude to "The Tower of the Elephant" or "Ill Met in Lankhmar" and not be met with blank stares, when we could cite Manly Wade Wellman or Henry Kuttner and people would not only know to whom you referred but had actually read their fiction. To the extent that such a common culture exists anymore, it comes from the ouroboros of D&D itself, a substitute for the books and authors that once formed the Common Tongue by which gamers conversed. I'm not sure such days can ever return -- the hobby is simply too diverse now -- but I long for it just the same.
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Just caught something while reading this, and I am compelled to comment on it before continuing:
The death of that common culture has, in my opinion, led to the distancing of D&D from its roots to the point of unrecognizability.
Yes, but the fact is that the "common culture" as it was was unsustainable; there would have come a point when sf/f would have breached open to a wider audience and any vestige of a "common culture" would have been wiped out by the entry of new works and the diversification of genre.
Which is a good thing, I feel.
Now, back to reading the rest of the article. I suspect you would have addressed this at some point later on. But still, the compulsion to reply got a bit too strong.The Disney movies (particularly Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Sleeping Beauty) are the same way, also the Harryhausen movies (The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts) the classic Universal monster movies of the 30s (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Mummy), and of course King Kong. Including references to any and all of those in D&D was on the assumption that 99% of the audience would understand them.
ReplyDeleteI think what you are highlighting is that the world has changed since the early 70s. The cultural-meme-in-common nows includes things like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters (I mention this because it was on UK television last night and it struck me as one of those films that has embedded itself in such a niche that it's difficult to remember a time before the memes of Ghostbusters were common currency), Terminator, Transformers and that's just the first couple of sci-fi/fantasy things that come to mind this morning.
Roll the clock on another 30/40 years and we can all grumble about some of these "common currency" items having faded from memory.
You're right about the "ouroborus" thing though - D&D now seems to just do D&D fantasy! But for some of us growing up in Britain in the early 80s, this was already second-hand. We played Fighting Fantasy books and painted Citadel Miniatures and then we saw that D&D was similar so for many people my age (35) in Britain these were amongst our source material - that they were the descendant not the ancestor didn't really occur until later.
word verification - Urmst. Very GygaxianI'm not sure such days can ever return -- the hobby is simply too diverse now -- but I long for it just the same.
Personally I'm glad that there is diversity amongst gamers and that common culture has evolved. In order for a culture to be shared amongst a group of like minded people it must be relative. The generations since the inception of the original D&D has developed their own common cultures and it's a pretty amazing thing.
I agree that the classics must be acknowledged, learned from and understood. Classics are classics for a reason but the works that the classics influence I feel have potential to someday become even greater than the works it was derived from."I won't even attempt to argue that L. Frank Baum's 1900 tale, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is a pulp fantasy book..."
So, no love for REH's "Oz" fanfics ("Yellow Brick Road of Death", "Kull, Warrior-King of Oz" or "City of the Winged Monkeys") then? Shame.
@noisms: It scares me that the people who argue "Oz" is a political allegory seem entirely serious.
wv: noster - ours, and treasured as such- AnonymousApril 6, 2009 at 8:10 AM
I'll politely disagree. I think there's too much coincidence with some of the fantastic elements mirroring common political satirical imagery of the time.
But back to your point, I think that D&D has become the ouroboros but with one stop in the loop: World of Warcraft, the "common tongue" of young fantasy enthusiasts. That this isn't a book points to the fact that you'd be hard pressed to name a breakout contemporary fantasy author aside from Rowling right now--someone that everyone read just as everyone read Burroughs or Tolkein twenty years ago. I'm not saying that there isn't good fantasy fiction out there, but it is buried in the shelves and shelves of fantasy paperbacks, many published under a D&D banner.
Instead, you have D&D aping WoW which in turn was built upon D&D. James,
What you've noticed is actually a culture-wide phenomenon. Education in the Western world used to be about great books (including the Bible!). If you hadn't read these books, you weren't educated. Then two things happened — technology and post-modern relativity. Technology made information easily accessible and easy to produce. Relativity took this plethora of information and stated that it was all of equal value. Thus, it didn't matter what you read, as long as you read it. This forced our common culture to shift to TV and movies as source material. Thus, today a D&D rule book or module has as much value as anything written by REH, and the inspiration for todays games are movies and TV.
To attempt to go back to those days of the great books runs the risk of appearing to be elitist and exclusive, unless of course you write a blog every week declaring how cool all of these books are and how important they are to our common culture...I'll second coopdevil's comments as another thirtysomething Brit, and add that Oz, at least in my own experience, didn't have anything like the reach in Britain that it had in the US.*
Of course I take your larger point. I wonder if it's not just a feature of the market expansion of fantasy literature, though: diversity of creators and approaches should follow an increase in buying public, if the market's behaving the way Smith wanted it to. I also wonder what influence Baum's (and Barrie's) success had on Tolkien's decision to write and publish, and how much Tolkien's market penetration caused that radical expansion of the 80s: if Baum, Barrie, Tolkien might form another mass market stream of literature beside REH, CAS and HPL, with D&D standing at the confluence, in which case one could reasonably expect its common culture to dissolve in many directions.
I'd also caution against blaming postmodernism for anything: actual pomo thinking remains a very minor concern, and relativism had currency long, long before the "postmodern moment" (since 1968?); TV was bound to become respectable one day, merely because of its ubiquity (cf. advertising, comics); great books have suffered partly at the hands of the publishing boom after WW2. I don't want anyone to think I agree with economic determinism - I don't - but I agree even less with crediting French theory with real potential to move the world.
*Growing up I could name maybe 3 or 4 characters and I knew there was a yellow brick road. The greatest common currency was probably shared between Tolkien, Monty Python and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (and I don't think the latter two should be entirely ignored as influences on the hobby in Britain, even if that influence didn't often come out directly).richard:
"I'd also caution against blaming postmodernism for anything: actual pomo thinking remains a very minor concern"
Except that journalists and authors go to University, study English, are indoctrinated in PoMo, Frankfurt School Critique & Deconstructionism, then take that with them into the real world.
They may not be able to quote Derrida but they do 'know' that 'everything's relative'.
As an academic, I see how the stuff that starts here in the University eventually affects (infects) the wider culture in profound ways.
On another point, I'm 36, from the UK, and like the others above I was introduced to fantasy at age 11primarily via The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and the other early Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.While I've done no significant reading on Oz as political metaphor, but it is interesting to note that the analysis of it as such seems not to begin until 1964! Are there earlier articles or books on the topic? Were the books reviewed as satire when first published?
Anyhow, James, between you and Scott of World of Thool, I've requested the first three of these from the library -- haven't read them since small times.Relativity took this plethora of information and stated that it was all of equal value. Thus, it didn't matter what you read, as long as you read it. This forced our common culture to shift to TV and movies as source material.
That's sort of a ridiculous connection.
Technology changes communication, it's as simple as that. When the printing press came on the scene, there were parties that decried reading for pleasure as a decadent luxury. Later radio, movies, TV, comic books, recorded music. Now TV is in decline because of online video (and other reasons).
Blaming one of these particular shifts on "relativity" is not supportable. If anything, I'd hypothesize that any causal relation went in the opposite direction (postmodernism as a reaction to the rise of 20th century visual media, TV/movies).Hi S'mon
I don't want to hijack James' comments thread with a discussion about relativism and postmodernism. I'd be happy to carry it on at my lj. James: I hope you don't see this as poaching or anything; I'm trying to figure out a good kind of etiquette. If you object, please just let me know.
Short form: I don't deny that academia has some influence on society. If I did, I probably wouldn't be doing a PhD.The erosion of the common culture is something that's interesting to me as I've watched it steadily over the years. I used to go to science fiction and fantasy conventions of all sorts and I've seen the growth, diffusion, and dillution of the common culture over time. I look at gaming as part of the greater fandom of science fiction and fantasy, which is hugely expansive to me. I include movies, tv, writing, comics, costuming, prop making, larping, etc... just about whatever resides outside of the mundane world of sports and work as a part of Greater Fandom.
It used to be that I could start a conversation with anyone at a con, and have mostly common ground and referances. Not so any more. The focal point of the common culture grows until it becomes so diffuse that it must split off into subfandoms. Then each subfandom begins it's own cycle of expansion, diffusion, and fracturing. We can gain new perspectives by observing what drives the new forms of the common cultures of fandom, but there is a point where they become so removed from the original common culture that no connection can be made anymore. That's the point in time that I fear because if the younger fans no longer have any connection to the older, then the focal point of the common culture moves on and the old point of view dies out.
Of course, everyone says, this is good, progress and all that, blah,blah. But the thing is, cultures die out totally when they ignore or denigrate the foundations of their existance. There was a time before science fiction, fantasy and gaming as we know it, and if we don't maintain the common culture deliberatley and purposefuly, there will be a time AFTER it as well.The common culture is there, I assure you - it's just that WoW, Final Fantasy, Diablo, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and a fair dose of anime are now the foundation that "everyone" knows, at least among the younger set.
Of course, most of the above works can themselves be traced directly back to D&D in some fashion...The common culture is there, I assure you - it's just that WoW, Final Fantasy, Diablo, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and a fair dose of anime are now the foundation that "everyone" knows, at least among the younger set.
Exactly. At the risk of sounding like an asshole(though I'm not trying to offend anyone) I think that those who shared that common culture with you James has just gotten old and out of touch with today's common culture. That common culture that you had still exists but it's amongst your generation.
This generational gap of common cultures could explain the 4e/previous editions wars. New rule sets aren't made to alienate the old crowd but to give the new crowd something relevant. If you don't dig it then sucks to be you. If you live and let live you're better off.
I don't think your culture is dying, it got in a relationship, had some kids, watched those kids grow up, go to school, have some kids, and now it's chillin with the old lady having a cup of copy reminscing about the good old days of the past.
Passing on wisdom and knowledge is important but so is letting the current common cultures grow.
By making games that are relative to the current common culture the hobby thrives. Respecting the past and learning from it is important and at the same time condemning things such as wow, ccgs, anime, etc...(and I know a lot of readers here are guilty, you know who you are) all those things are just as important as the roots of the hobby.By making games that are relative to the current common culture the hobby thrives. Respecting the past and learning from it is important and at the same time condemning things such as wow, ccgs, anime, etc...(and I know a lot of readers here are guilty, you know who you are) all those things are just as important as the roots of the hobby.
The thing is, the common culture wasn't mine when I joined the hobby. I'm younger than the earliest generation of gamers, the youngest of whom were teenagers when I was still in grade school. But I adopted that culture, because that's what it meant to be a gamer. Part of the "initiation" into it was being conversant in the ways of my elders.
Certainly I had -- and have -- a generational culture of my own, which I existed alongside the older one I adopted. I don't see anything wrong with that and agree that it's vital to the growth of the hobby. The problem arises in my opinion when that original culture is forgotten, if not denigrated, which is what it feels like is happening now.Of course, it's worth noting that we're now in a pulp fantasy publishing Renaissance, what with the ongoing attempt to republish everything REH wrote, the continued availability of Leiber's Nehwon stories, the various works Erik Mona is putting out through Lemuria Press, the New Sword and Sorcery (as exemplified by writers like Erikson and Abercrombie), the New Weird of Mieville, and so on. The late 1980s and 1990s were the big drought between the 1970s and early 1980s fantasy explosion (Lin Carter's series of reprints, the Ace Conans, etc.) and now.
ReplyDeleteBut I adopted that culture, because that's what it meant to be a gamer.
Trust me, I feel you on that one. It took me years to even find people to game with and most of what I learned was on the internet. With the release of 4e I've been finally able to find gamers interested in play dnd because the rules system is more familiar. I've played the older editions when I was younger but never DM'ed a successful game until the release of 4e.
The problem arises in my opinion when that original culture is forgotten, if not denigrated, which is what it feels like is happening now.
In my opinion this happens in all cultures. I read lines on this blog as well as many other "old school" blogs denigrating current common cultures all the time.
Sometimes I just filter it but it often gets irritating.
I also read it on 4e blogs saying things like 'random encounters/tables are for idiots' and such and in my opinion it's the same thing as listening to some dumb kid talk like he knows whats up.
When the youth or a newb denigrates a culture it is usually out of sheer ignorance and inexperience. But when I hear vets to the hobby gripe about how things have change and how newer systems are not catering to them or how new rules are stupid and dumbed down for morons I just have to slap my forehead because of the irony.
I'm just glad that I don't have to be forced to choose a single culture and can instead adopt any and all of the common cultures available.
I don't think your adopted culture will ever die because it lives on in new forms.Of course, it's worth noting that we're now in a pulp fantasy publishing Renaissance
I don't know about it being a renaissance. It seems more like publishers are just re-releasing the works for the new generation.
I haven't heard of any new pulp fantasy novels that could be considered classics. Although exposing the harry potter generation to pulp fantasy works could be a sign it's up to today's writers young and old to produce the new classics in order for a renaissance to really begin.There's the releasing of pulp classics, but there is also the emergence of new writers in the pulp vein. Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy is certainly indebted to old-style sword & sorcery, and Steven Erikson's Karsa Orlong is a deliberate homage to/revision of Conan. Then there's China Mieville and the entire New Weird, much of which explicitly looks back to the Weird Tales writers of the 1930s and 1940s for inspiration.
In the late 1980s and 1990s there was really nothing along these lines (with the exception of David Gemmell, whose work I am now belatedly discovering).Ah cool, I have to check those out. Is there any one book you would recommend out of those?
Also I was thinking about it afterwards and would Hellboy be considered pulp? Also there is a new cartoon I watched with my son the other day called the Secret Saturdays and the style seems very much influenced by the pulp genre.@Kaeosdad: If you're interested in China Mieville I think his best book is The Scar, but Iron Council and Perdido Street Station are good too. If you like a heavy dose of politics and steam-age technology with your pulp fantasy, you'll love them.
The doyon of the New Weird is M. John Harrison. He writes fiction that takes the old Weird Tales as inspiration but then goes off in very unusual and high-literary directions. Absolutely unique. He writes some pretty straight hard-SF too, which is different from his 'weird' fiction but worth reading too. (The Centauri Device is his best SF book; the Viriconium stories - beginning with The Pastel City and through Storm of Wings to In Viriconium are his best New Weird ones.)- AnonymousApril 7, 2009 at 11:25 AM
"City of the Winged Monkeys"
My upcoming sandbox campaign has exactly this, and they are ruled by an evil witch.
FWIW, they live in fear of a winged APE creature who has the power to turn people into were-jaguars. He's the last survivor of an ancient race and he jealously guards cursed treasures. That is also borrowed from a classic, but it ain't Oz... Of course, it's noteworthy that we're currently experiencing a Renaissance in pulp fantasy publishing.
I'm not sure if it qualifies as a renaissance. More often than not, it appears that publishers are simply reissuing the works for the younger audience.
There aren't any recent pulp fantasy books that would qualify as classics, as far as I know. It may be a sign to introduce the Harry Potter generation to pulp fantasy books, but for a literary renaissance to truly take off, young and old writers must create the new classics.


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Me encantaria participar en tu nuevo Bom Un blog magnifico ,yo por desgracia no tengo blog . Muchisimas gracias
Hi Jenny. What a wonderful BOM - I really love the way you use Bible verses. I have not got a blog or anything but will send this post to quilty friends to spread the word. Lots of best wishes for this year and the changes you are facing right now,. Thinking of you. Cx
Bonjour, sympathique l'idée de ce tutto pour tous, même s'il faut le traduire,je souhaiterais savoir s'il est possible d'avoir le dessin du contour de la phrase (oiseau et fleurs).j'attends le prochain , à bientôt
I'm not a blogger, but I've emailed my guild sisters about your giveaway.
hi Jenny
first: very happy new year to you and your family.
love this new bom ,I prepare fabrics & threads....
I haven't a blog but just added an article on my facebook page.
please add me in your giveaway.
Thank you so much for sharing your lovely stitcheries with us and for this generous give away. I added your BOM picture to my blog.
Happy New Year to you, Sabine.
Hey Jenny! Happy New Year! :0) Your new block features my second fave Bible verse ... a promise I've held onto in some really tough times! :0) Hope your year holds lots of things to 'prosper' you! Bear Hugs! KRIS
I have no blog either but am entering for the give a way. I love this one. That is one of my favorite scriptures also, it was given to me in a note by a friend many years ago in a time of trial. God is always faithful. Thank you for your hard work and willingness to share your gift of designing with all of us. Blessings. firstname.lastname@example.com
Amei seu BOM.
Não tenho blog mas vou postar no Facebook.
Muito obrigada,
Just added the button to my blog.
Jenny you have done so many beautiful BOM and this is one I aim to finish. I did not pick a resolution this year but I did pick a word and that word is "focus" for myself, my Lord and my family and friends. So this will help me, thank you
Oh I did forget to say that I have added your button to my blog and have sent this email blog addy to my friend Joanne who heads our projects at our church to see if she wanted to do this with our ladies. Have no fear she will have them join the blog if they want to join in...thank yo so much.
I love your new BOM!!! So beautiful. I have emailed my friends to alert them to this...they will be thrilled....
Hello! I loved your blog, your works are beautiful! I will try to participate in the BOM, I've never done a job like this size!
I put the seal on my blog and I'll post there every month.
Thanks for sharing ..
opps I forgot the rest of my email so sorry
Oh, Jenny dear, this is one is PERFECT! I'm headed to Facebook now to spread the word--everyone needs to know about this BOM, because everyone needs to know about these PROMISES!
Hi Jenny! This is so great! I sure hope I can follow along and maybe, just maybe do it. I added your button to my crafting blog.
Thanks for a great giveaway, and a wonderful free BOM. You rock!
b (dot)lines58 (at)gmail.com
Love the new BOB!! and love the goodies for give a way...Linda in NM
Loving your new BOM. I look forward to sitting down and stitching out the verse this month, which is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing your amazing work with us!!
Thanks so much for this BOM...I'm excited about it! Oh, and I blogged about it too...with a link back of course. More folks...more fun!
I just told all of my facebook pals about the BOM! Posted the pic and linked back to you as well. Hope to have more join in the fun!
Hi Jenny and Happy New Year. I am very excited about this BOM! I vow to keep up and I have a very special person to gift it to when it is finished. Thanks so very much! ~karen
Oh, oh oh - you are soooo generous. Lovely block - can't wait to see the rest. And lovely giveaway. I have no blog so I posted on my FB page. And I will see my quilty friends tomorrow & will get them excited too. Thanks sew much.
I keep trying to download the new BOM and all it does is say "download". Help!
polouHappy New Year Jenny! This is wonderful-thank you for a lovely project! I do not have a blog do so I emailed my gal pals to let them know about the BOM!
Hi Jenny love your new BOM I just posted about it on my blog!
Added your BOM on my blog sidebar. Looking forward to doing this one.
Bonjour Jenny,
je suis très intéressée pour participer à ce BOM, je traduirais les versets en Français...
Merci pour cette belle idée !
A bientôt
What a beautiful BOM Jenny. Thankyou for sharing this one with us. This is one that I will do.
Hugs, Sue from Cyprus x x x
I've posted your BOM link to my blog sidebar :)
Okay, I've now written a blog post and posted the link on facebook :) I hope you get lots of people participating in this bom. It looks to be another great one! You are so talented!
Beautiful pattern - thank you for your generosity! I've emailed friends regarding the BOM and your giveaway.
I like it a lot.
I just put your button on my blog.
If we mentioned the BOM on a blog post does that count as a 2nd entry? I don't do facebook.
I just posted your BOM on FB. Thank you for sharing this lovely design and the generous giveaway.
Happy New Year!
Hi Jenny
I just added the buttom to my blog!
Love your blog and creations and I have your blog on my blog roll!
What a great idea! I love your designs. Keep up the good work! Your button is now on my blog.
lovely pattern!
will feature on our blog.
Love the new design. The verse is one of my favorites. I can't wait to get started. The inspiration of the verse is a good way to start the new year. Thanks!
EMAIL IS firstname.lastname@example.com
And I have added a button for your blog to mine.
Just put your pic/button on my blog's side bar w/a link to this post.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter this give-a-way.
Hi again... just posted the BOM & pic on FB.
Thank you!
Hello Jenny, love the new BOM. Have linked from my blog and will be downloading the patterns. Happy New Year xx
I just mentioned this BOM on my FaceBook page.
Facebook posted!
The new BOM looks fabulous Jenny. I placed the button on my blog.
It's so generous to give a free block eacxh month, and that year after year.
I love these Cottage Garden Threads, the colors look so 'rich'.
Have a fantastic 2012.
Oh yes, almost forgot to tell that I wrote about the BOM and give away on Facebook an in my online quilters group.
Dutch hugs
Hey Jenny, this is a wonderful BOM I love it. I do not have a blog but i have e-mailed my friends about this wonderful BOM. Have a blessed New year. Elizabeth
The BOM iis gng to be so nice......block 1 is going to be started tonight. Thank you for sharing your talents.
( I do not have a blog, but wanted you to know I appreciate you sharing with us. )
I added your picture/link on my blog http://loralynnsart.blogspot.com/ Looks like a lovely bom!
I LOVE the new BOM!!!!! I have already posted the link on my sidebar and printed off the instructions & first block. I'm going to start TONIGHT!
Thank you for sharing!!!
I just emailed the link to the BOM to all my friends in my quilting bee. Several are going to participate -- yea!!!
Thank you for the free pattrens. I added the BOM to my sidebar. Trish
thank you for sharing another fabulous BOM
Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
ciao,messo post sul mio blog con la foto e link .il mio blog è www.cuoriestoffe blogspot.com
Love Love Love how you are starting the New Year off and am looking forward to all your peretties! I've just added your button with a link back on my Blog.
I love your new BOM. I think I will have to dust off my embroidery thread and hoop and give it a try. Thanks for making it available. Your January verse is one of my favourites.
Jenny, this is just such a beautiful idea! LOVE...LOVE....LOVE it! You know me and my bird fascination! This BOM is wonderful! You are quite a gifted gal. My love to you, and yours for a wonderful New Year!
Hugs, -Cori
I love your BOM. Really looking forward in taking part. Told all my friends :-)
Hi, adicionei o BOm no meu blog:
Adorei os presentes e o BOM, vai ser lindo
Marlene Carpes from Brasil
Just found your blog and love the BOM! Don't blog or facebook but told friends. Thanks!
What a beautiful BOM. Thanks for this and your lovely giveaway. I have posted your button on my blog.
Happy New Year!
Just placed your sweet button on my blogsite. Thanks for a lovely design, Jenny. I'm anxious to get started and a little scared...this will be only my 2nd quilting attempt.
Oh my! I have been wanting to make a quilt like this for some time now and just haven't got around to designing one now you have saved me all the hard work... Thank you! I am quite excited about it :O)I'm off to add the button to my side bar...
Promises and Blessings looks lovely...thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your new BOM. THis scripture is very apt at the moment for our family, and one I will make for inspiration and encouragement. I am looking forward to what else is in store. Thank you.
Just added you Bom/link to my blog. Can't wait to get started.
Posted to my Facebook
Jenny, I just blogged about your new BOM and posted it to Facebook and Twitter.
Jenny, just wanted to say I LOVE your style and THANK YOU for the BOM. It's wonderful. Don't put me in the giveaway as I haven't had a chance to blog about this but I do love it.
I have printed out the first blog and I have added your button on my post today! I will also add to my sidebar! Thank you it is lovely!
What a beautiful BOM! Can't wait to get started :)
I've added the button to my blog at www.livelaughquiltcraft.blogspot.com.
Thank you Jenny!
I also shared on Facebook.
Blessings :)
What a lovely scripture and design--snd such a generous giveaway. I have one skein of Cottage Threads (dogwood rose) and just love it. One U.S. online shop has a few colors and I ordered one since it has a similar look to Cosmo Seasons.
I don't have a blog or facebook page, but I have a few quilters I am emailing who would love your design (and maybe do each of them).
Delcia Rosenow, Puyallup, WA, USA
I just posted the picture and link on my blog. Love the design and the scripture.
I forwarded your email to my friends because...I love the newest BOM.
I posted your link on 5 Quilt groups I belong to on FB..lots of quilters through out the world.
thank you for the giveaway
first entry: http://enterthegiveaways.blogspot.com/2012/01/win-three-gorgeous-skeins-of-hand-dyed.html
posted on facebook
enterthegiveaways at gmail dot com
I forgot to put in my email address--broke a rule, naughty me!
I forwarded your post to 7 of my friends who stitch/quilt, but also told them about your wonderful blog. I so enjoy your "visits" and pictures of Australia.
I, too have emailed my friends who sew. I don't do facebook or have a blog, thus I must remain Anonymous. Thank you for the beautiful BOM and for allowing those of us without a blog a way to enter too! I am Sara in AL @firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you so much!
Great giveaway, have posted the BOM on facebook
this is great give away. love this bom of month say blocks.
Joanie in W. TN
It will be a lovely BOM as usual. I have just linked your blog to mine.
It´s a new blog. The "opening" will be later today, Brazil time, 12 hours behind you...
You are off to a wonderful start with my favorite verse. Can't wait to see what else you will share with us! Thanks!
I don't have a blog but I love this BOM !!! I have e-mailed every one I know about it! It is so generous of you to go through all this work.I'm Katie and I really want to thank you.
I posted your picture and link in my blog. This is a great BOM and I am happy to post also on facebook. My friends have already gotten emails on it. :)
Pretendo participar deste Projeto.
Espero cumprir as regras.
Já postei em meu Blog.
Compartilhei no Facebook.
Hi Jenny, Oh, I just love the sound of this new BOM, and I would love to do it with you this year. I would like to go in for the prize giveaway too, but I will do all that later, as it is now 4.50am and I MUST go to sleep!! So I will turn off my laptop and get some zzzzz's (hopefully). Hugs n Blessings from Sue xx
Love the new BOM. Thank you for the chance to win this generous giveaway. I do not have a blog but am a follower via email.
Love your new BOM. I have some idea to use the designs in labels for my firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for the wonderful new BOM! Emailed friends to check it out!
I just added an entry on a blog post to share your new BOM.
I have put your button with a link to your blog on my sidebar. I have just finished your free BOM for 2011, and want to continue whit this.
This is my all time favorite verse, I think.. there are so many..
I don't blog, but will put it on Facebook, as someone already has it on the Yahoo chat list...
Dorothy S
Added your pic and link to my blog
Facebooked your BOM with a link to the site.
Well, I'm not on Facebook but I'm headed over to my blog to post the picture and link on it. What a sweet design. Will look forward to stitching this and thank you for sharing it with us. Thank you also for the lovely giveaway. Happy New Design Year!
Just added your BOM link to my blog, and purchased fabric! I have a special person in mind for this BOM. Thank you.
Shared your new BOM with friends. It is going to be lovely.
Thank you for sharing another lovely BOM Jenny. I do not have a blog or use facebook but will spread the word the old fashioned way. Cheers, Janette
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful designs with us! I look forward to seeing what comes next.
Hi Jenny I will like to have this wonmy emalderful bom. Post the Bom in my site. Hugs
I chatted on my facebook status page about your BOM and Giveaway. Put your BOM Button on there too. :)
I'll be following along - I love birds - especially blue birds - :-)
Blue Bird/Byrd of Happiness ! TWEET
Cathy Byrd
I also meant to say - I love the Promises and Borders. Scripture will make a difference in your life, only He knows what is in store - wonderful plans for us - walk on the straight and narrow path :)
Cathy Byrd
The button is now on my blog. Thank you for the BOM and good luck finding your new home.
What a wonderful idea. I am emailing my friends now. I don't have a blog. Thanks so much for the giveaway.
What a wonderful BOM! And those promises are such great to start the new year with. I have added the button and link on my blog.
Hello Jenny, I have added your link to my blog. I love this new BOM. Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you for the pattern for the new BOM. Your stitchery is fantastic.
I'm sharing this fun BOM and giveaway on Facebook! Such a neat idea to have the option of using any quotes, etc that a person chooses, although I think I will stick with yours! :-) And I love the Northcote Range fabrics-- they have become a new favorite of mine!! :-) Thank you for the chance to win! :-)
Hi Jenny!
Just added your BOM picture/link to my blog.
I hope you don't mind if I change the words to portuguese. Please let me know if you have a problem with that.
I have shared your new BOM with friends. It is going to be lovely as always. Great choice of drawing date, January 11 is my special day of the year. Happy relocating.
Hi Jenny.. love your Blog and follow it faithfully from here in Florida, USA.. ( Transplant from Nova Scotia, Canada)
Just added your new BOM picture/link to my FB page The Silver Thimble..http://www.facebook.com/thesilverthimble.
Soo looking forward to working on this ... God Bless
Hi Jenny,
I just posted about your BOM on Facebook. It looks lovely. Hope you find a fab house!
Just posted a link to your blog on facebook. Love your work. Thanks so much for sharing it with us all.
Your BOM button and a quick post about it have been added to my blog. Looking forward to it!
I don't have a blog but I emailed my MIL and several SIL's about it. Thank you so much for the giveaway and the quilt. I think it is going to be beautiful!
lklebs1 at yahoo dot com
Jenny, I don't have a blog, but I did email your new BOM to 3 of my friends. Thanks for sharing.
Linda Jones
Posted your link to my FB page last week. I'm looking forward to this project. Thanks for sharing.
I had just put your button on my blog, and I am looking forward to working on this. Love the title and contents. Thank you
Hi Jenny,
I love your beautiful embroidery and thank you very much for your generosity.
I have written a blog post about your BOM to hopefully inspire others but at this point of time I won't be taking on the task of stitching the blocks however I will be saving them to do at a future date. It is such a lovely and versatile project.
So no need to add me to the draw for the giveaways.
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful project! I have put your button with a link to your blog on my blog.
It took me a few but I mow have a post on Facebook about the BOM
faccio ancora in tempo???
adoro i bom e anche i giveaway!
buon anno!
Just posted link on my blog. Looking forward to this one.
Oh, Jenny! What a wonderful BOM this is going to be! I know just what I'm going to do with it, too -- make a quilt for my mother-in-law. She's been fighting cancer for a couple years and she's a very spiritual soul who would take so much comfort from a quilt like this. I don't have a blog, but I'll share the project with my quilty friends! email is rothfamily98 @ yahoo.com
Hi Jenny
So many people like your stitcheries, I too. I just addede your BOM /picture with link to you on my blogspot. It looks fine there :o)
Thanks for your free patterns. You make some fine things.
I've added your linked badge to my blog. Win or not, I do like this BOM and look forward to doing it. I'm going to get my favorite verses together. I'll decide if I use yours or mine after I see what yours are, but # 1 is also one of mine.
I've also posted a comment and link on my Facebook page.
I also just added your BOM pic/link to my blog, very excited to give this a go.
Hi Jenny i have just added your button to my blog and thankyou for a chance to win such lovely prizes.xx
I love your blog and generosity for sharing your designs. I made last years Give Thanks and have many compliments on it. I look forward to doing this year's Promises. As my husband and I are going through a rough patch financially we are clinging to God's promise. Very timely. Thank you again. Debbie
Hi Jenny, Thank you for the BOM. Jeremiah 29:11 has been one of my favorite verses for a long time. I "found" it at a time when it really had a very special meaning for me---you know, one of those times when you think God has forgotten all about you and then you discover he really does have a plan for your life! Lorna of firstname.lastname@example.com.
What a nice BOM! I'm adding the button to my blog.
Happy New Year Jenny and thankyou for this give away. I have added your button for "Promises and Borders" to my BLOG http://kraftykaylee.blogspot.com.au
I have posted about Promises and Borders on my FB page. Thnakyou again Jenny for a chance in your generous and lovely give away. Cheers Kaylee


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Yes, I thought, white bean puree. Then memory number two flashed by which involved an impossibly light and airy zucchini puree I recalled as an amuse bouche once enjoyed at Aquarelle. I began to imagine a hybrid of the two with some garlic pungency and a little freshness of lemon, and then I turned on the oven. I roasted three bulbs of garlic because having extra roasted garlic always ends up being a good thing. For the last 15 minutes of their roasting time, I put some peeled zucchini in the oven too. Once cool, I chopped the zucchini, squeezed the softened cloves from the garlic heads, and put both in a food processor with two cans of white beans that had been rinsed and drained. That combination was joined by some olive oil, a little lemon zest and juice, salt and pepper, and it was pureed. It seemed just a little flat, so I added some minced fresh garlic and a little more salt.
The zucchini lightens the mixture leaving it fluffier than it is otherwise. The roasted garlic and fresh garlic worked together to intensify the flavor, and the lemon brightened it up as it does. It's delicious on crostini or carrots or spread into a sandwich with lots of lettuce, but none of that matters because its purpose was to be a pillow on which the truffle oil would rest en route to my mouth. And, that, was just delicious.
1 bulb garlic
1 lb. zucchini (I used three small ones, but sizes vary quite a bit, so I'm giving the weight here.)
2 15 oz. cans white beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 t lemon zest
Juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper to taste
Truffle oil
-roast garlic in a 400 degree oven until softened, about 40 minutes depending on the size of the garlic (I prefer to cut off the very top of the bulb, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper before wrapping in parchment and foil and placing in the oven.)
-peel zucchini, place on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper place zucchini in oven for the last 15 minutes of roasting time
-remove garlic and zucchini from oven and allow to cool enough to handle; squeeze garlic cloves from bulb into the bowl of a food processor, cut stem ends from zucchini and chop remaining into large chunks; add chunks to food processor bowl along with remaining ingredients; puree until smooth; taste for salt and adjust as needed
-serve on crostini topped liberally with truffle oil


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Princeton University has chosen the award-winning firm of Beyer
Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP to lead the development of a
long-term plan for its campus.
Working with a team of seven other specialized firms, BBB will take a
fresh look at the 400-acre campus and outline how it might grow in the
future. The project is particularly challenging since Princeton is in
the midst of an ambitious building program.
"Under the leadership of President [Shirley M.] Tilghman, we have
engaged in an intensive series of internal discussions over the past
two years with senior administrators, faculty, architects and other key
stakeholders through which we have developed a set of overarching
principles for campus planning and development," said Mark Burstein,
executive vice president at Princeton. "Now we will work with BBB to
develop a plan for applying these principles to specific decisions we
will need to make not only about where to locate new facilities but
also about parking, transportation, pedestrian access and circulation,
infrastructure support, signage, landscaping and other issues."
A firm of 160 professionals with offices in New York City, Washington,
D.C., and Beijing, China, BBB is well known for urban planning and
creative integration of new design within the historic fabric of
buildings, cities and landscapes. Its projects have included a vision
plan for Washington, D.C., and downtown revitalization plans in
Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The firm also
has prepared long-term campus plans for several other institutions,
including the State University of New York-Stony Brook, Columbia
University and the eight-campus Indiana University system. Other
notable projects for which the firm has been responsible include the
revitalization of historic sites such as Grand Central Terminal and the
Pierpont Morgan Library in New York (in association with Renzo Piano
Building Workshop). In 1995, BBB received the Firm Award from the
American Institute of Architects, the profession's highest honor.
"The culture of our firm is rooted in a sensitivity to the value of
important public places, cultural and historic settings, and landmarks,
while also planning and designing vibrant and exciting new places,"
said Neil Kittredge, associate partner at BBB, who will be the primary
liaison between the firm and the University. "So Princeton's long-term
campus plan is an ideal project for us. While preserving the qualities
that make the historic campus so beloved, we must also ensure that the
campus can grow and have a thriving ongoing life, by integrating the
new with the old in a coherent whole."
BBB has assembled a team of specialists with whom it will work on various aspects of the plan. The other firms are:
- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, landscape architects with offices in New York and Cambridge, Mass.
- Architecture Research Office, an architectural design practice based in New York and founded by two alumni of Princeton's School of Architecture.
- Lynden B. Miller Public Garden Design, a horticulture and garden design firm based in New York.
- Gorove/Slade Associates, specialists in traffic and transportation based in Washington, D.C.
- Chance Management Advisors, a parking and access management firm in Philadelphia.
- Two Twelve Associates, a New York City-based graphic design firm specializing in wayfinding and signage.
- Judith Nitsch Engineering, a civil engineering firm in Boston with particular expertise in the field of sustainability.
"BBB put together a very impressive team as part of its proposal," said
Michael McKay, Princeton's vice president for facilities. "They have
worked together often and have good relationships. That's important
because the team here is really key to this process."
"This project requires a firm that will support a collaborative
approach and coordinate lots of inputs from different sources," added
Jon Hlafter, University architect. "We wanted to have a team that would
hit the ground running."
The process of developing the campus plan is expected to take two
years. According to Burstein, it will offer members of the University
and local communities many opportunities for engagement, including
meetings, surveys and other mechanisms.
Kittredge has some personal interest in the community aspect of the
project. He was born in Princeton, grew up in South Brunswick and
worked as a young architect at a Princeton firm. "My experience at
Princeton is from the perspective of a resident of the town," he said.
"I hope that this background will help with the engagement and
understanding of town-gown issues with the many constituencies
necessary for the success of the campus planning effort."
Guiding principles and campus neighborhoods
The planning process is taking place during a 10-year building boom on
Princeton's campus. Some 1.6 million square feet of space will have
been added to the physical plant through new facilities by 2006,
yielding a total physical plant of more than 9.5 million square feet.
University officials estimate that Princeton will require an additional
1 million square feet of space between 2007 and 2017, the period to be
covered by the plan.
During the earlier internal discussions on campus planning, Princeton
officials decided that, for the foreseeable future, the further
expansion would take place on the main campus, rather than on land the
University owns across Lake Carnegie in West Windsor.
"The decision to promote appropriate density on Princeton's core campus
in lieu of continued dispersion heightened the urgency of identifying
the unique qualities of the main campus and of developing a strategy to
preserve and enhance them," Burstein said.
The internal planning process resulted in five guiding principles for future work:
- maintain a pedestrian-oriented campus.
- preserve the park-like character of the campus.
- maintain campus "neighborhoods" while promoting a sense of community.
- develop in an environmentally responsible manner.
- sustain strong community relations.
Another major factor that will affect the planning process is the
expansion of Princeton's undergraduate student body by 500 students.
The gradual growth has already started with a slight increase in the
size of this year's freshman class. Enrollment is expected to reach
5,200 students in the fall of 2012. To house those students, the
University is constructing Whitman College, its sixth residential
complex. The 255,000-square-foot collegiate gothic structure designed
by Demetri Porphyrios is expected to be ready for occupancy in fall
Several "neighborhood design" projects also are under way. In May, the
University announced the selection of Hopkins Architects of London for
its new chemistry building and surrounding natural sciences
neighborhood. The other projects the University has identified to
address specific needs for growth and enhance the development of
targeted campus neighborhoods are:
- Alexander Street/University Place, where it is exploring options for developing academic space focused on the arts as well as residential, office and retail facilities.
- "E-3," a zoning district in the borough of Princeton on the northeast corner of the main campus that comprises the University's facilities for the applied sciences, social sciences and some natural sciences. The University is examining options for constructing new engineering facilities.
- Housing, an area where University officials want to explore not only better meeting the needs of its undergraduate and graduate students -- most of whom live on campus -- but also faculty and staff.
BBB and its team will be responsible for working with the architects
selected for the neighborhood projects to make sure that their work is
integrated with the campus plan. On the chemistry building and its
neighborhood, for example, the team will be developing a parking plan
that would support University needs while minimizing impact on the
surrounding community and finding ways to improve the environmentally
sensitive wooded stream valley in concert with the construction project.
"The University has adopted an approach of planning complete
neighborhoods, rather than individual buildings, in order to avoid
ending up with a series of projects that are disconnected," Kittredge
said. "This approach will result in a set of unique places that work
together to form the campus, with each neighborhood having its own
character and identity. The planning process will help define what it
means to be a neighborhood, how buildings, open spaces, circulation and
other elements are integrated within each area, and how the various
neighborhoods fit together and relate to the historic campus core."
The BBB team will meet monthly with the University's campus planning
steering committee, which is led by President Tilghman. "In the early
stages, it will be the steering committee providing overall guidance to
the campus planning team," said Hlafter, who will provide day-to-day
supervision along with a new associate University architect. "In the
later stages, it will be the steering committee reacting to
recommendations from the campus planning team."
Developing a campus plan at the same time as the University is
undergoing so much change presents a particular set of challenges for
BBB. But Kittredge finds the prospect stimulating. "We hope to create a
flexible framework that can be more dynamic than a traditional master
plan," he said. "With a static plan, you can become very abstract and
lose sight of the fact that needs change over time. Here, we will have
the opportunity to see right away how the bigger vision is working.
That's an exciting prospect."


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Luckily, I took a moment to read the recipe all the way through the day before I was going to bake these. The batter needs to rest for one hour after it's mixed, so I knew to plan for that. Flour, malted milk powder, cocoa powder, and baking powder were sifted together and set aside. Then, in a stand mixer, eggs, sugar, and salt were whisked until frothy. The dry ingredients were then sifted onto the frothy egg mixture and folded in. The bowl was covered with a towel and left to sit for one hour. The oven was pre-heated, and the batter was given a quick stir before spooning it into the prepared madeleine pans. I'm never sure what three-quarters full should look like in madeleine cups and mine were probably over that level, but it worked out fine. They baked for about twelve minutes and were left to cool. Some additional cocoa powder and malted milk powder were stirred together and then sifted over the madeleines after removing them from the pans.
I have a feeling that from now on, I'll be using a lot more malted milk powder. In any recipe that involves cocoa powder, you can add two or three tablespoons of malted milk powder and reduce the cocoa powder by the same amount. You'll get a slightly softer edge to the cocoa flavor and faint maltiness, and with more malted milk powder sifted on top, your nose will get a hint of what's to come from the malt aroma. I can't wait to find out what tips I'll learn about using all the other favorite ingredients in the book.


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In the early 1990's a man by the name of Brian Whitty approached three local surfers from the Northern Beaches of Sydney with a brainwave; removable surfboard fins.
Removable fins would make traveling easier, allow surfers to change their fin setup to suit varying conditions, and more importantly, give them the opportunity to change the performance of their surfboard simply by using a different fin template.
In order for this brainwave to become a reality there would have to be a way to secure the fins to the board. Over the preceding months the idea was transformed into a reality and FCS was born. This would eventually become a pinnacle moment in surfing history. FCS stands for Fin Control System, and this six plug configuration would change the face of surfing.
FCS fins were introduced to the Australian market in 1992 and released globally in 1994. The first FCS fin plug was patented shortly after the global release and it quickly became the world standard for removable fins. To this day FCS is the strongest, most successful, and also the most widely used surfboard fin system in the world.
Since its global release in 1994, 30 ASP World Titles and countless events have been won riding the FCS fin system. No other system can lay claim to a single ASP World Title in either the men's, women's, junior's, or longboard divisions. The success of FCS is a testament to its advantages over other fin systems, this includes traditional fixed fins as well.


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