#elizabeth mcallister

[the-french-belphegor]

Elizabeth, Jon and Tommy on a lazy morning, (half-)asleep and drowsing and making each other laugh. Figured some softness would be a nice way to start the year - especially since I started 2020, 2021 and 2022 with soft drawings of my OT3, so why not 2023? (also holy moley, this is my fourth year being ridiculous about these characters!? Wow!)

Here’s to 2023 being the least terrible possible 💜

[laurelindebear]

A few of us on the Mummy Discord decided to do a Secret Santa exchange. I was thrilled to get the brilliant, funny, wonderful @belphegor1982 so I decided to make her fave Jonathan Carnahan in my chibi doll style, and then I added her OCs Tommy and Elizabeth to go with him! Now the whole polycule is together for the holidays. I sent it to her last night and she asked me to post it here for her too.

Merry Christmas!

[tremorsmackenzie]

just letting you know that elizabeth henstridge was in a miniseries called suspicion (2022), where she had a daughter named daisy

Coincidence? I think nooottt

[belphegor1982]

She definitely has a Vibe! If Liz was 20 in the 1940s instead of the 1910s that would be her to a T :D

The Dapper Dahlia

[likeawolfatthemoon]

books read in 2024 📚

💖 > 👍 > ✅ > 👎

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett ✅

The Guest List by Lucy Foley 👎

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 💖

Pageboy by Elliot Page 👍

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 💖

Don't You Dare by C.E. Ricci 👎

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford ✅

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (1/3) 👍

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 💖

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar ✅

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 👍

The Lemon by S.E. Boyd ✅

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears ✅

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister 👍

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson (.5/3) ✅

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 💖

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann ✅

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 💖

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (2/3) ��

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett 👍

The Girls by Emma Cline 👍

Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix 👍

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 💖

As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson (3/3) 👍

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins ✅

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ✅

The Diviners by Libba Bray (1/4) 👍

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 💖

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer ✅

Educated by Tara Westover 👍

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart 👍

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins 👍

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones 👍

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell 💖

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray (2/4) 💖

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 👍

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera ✅

The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden ✅

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood 💖

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 👍

[healerqueen]

I responded to the booklist question! I'm sure I forgot some but whew it still took forever to write.

What about you? What are some of the books youve read the most?

Good question! I finally started keeping a list, so I have something to work from. That way I won't draw a blank.

My top five or six favorite authors and series are: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewis's Narnia books, Rosemary Sutcliff's Dolphin Ring series (beginning with Eagle of the Ninth), Enemy Brothers and The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner, and The Mysterious Benedict Society (original trilogy and prequel) by Trenton Lee Stewart.

There are many other books and authors I love. I listed several of my childhood influences in this post featuring my 50 favorite children's books (focusing on ones I grew up with as a young person).

Here's my list of favorite books I've read the most or ones I think are worth rereading: The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye (a delightful original fairytale about a princess who refuses to stay in her tower)

The Reluctant Godfather by Allison Tebo (romantic comedy fairytale retelling, with an emphasis on the comedy) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (adventure about a mother mouse seeking to save her family) The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall (middle grade fantasy adventure)

Dragon Slippers and Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (original fantasy in the style of fairytales) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (fantasy adventure and coming-of-age story about a group of girls who attend school for the first time)

The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart (urban light fantasy with dystopian elements) The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (middle-grade, post-apocalyptic dystopian) The Arrival by Shaun Tan (a wordless graphic novel that conveys human experiences through surrealism)

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (vintage contemporary about a lively family) Derwood, Inc. by Jeri Massi (modern contemporary mystery about another boisterous family) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (quirky vintage mystery with an interesting cast of characters) Historical Fiction: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham Caddie Woodlawn, Family Grandstand, and other books by Carol Ryrie Brink Rebecca's War by Ann Finlayson Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Knight's Fee by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Lost Baron by Allen French The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman A Single Shard and Seesaw Girl by Linda Sue Park The Bronze Bow and The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell A few books I discovered more recently that are now all-time favorites: Seventh City by Emily Hayse, The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt, Valiant by Sarah McGuire, Out of the Tomb by Ashley Stangl, the Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister, Escape to Vindor by Emily Golus, Chase the Legend by Hannah Kaye, The Key to the Chains by Allison Tebo (sci-fi), Rebel Wave by Tor Thibeaux (undersea dystopian) Historical fiction: Listening for Lions and Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan, Courage in Her Hands by Iris Noble, Victory at Valmy and Word to Caesar by Geoffrey Trease, historical fiction Westerns and mysteries by author Elisabeth Grace Foley

Mystery/suspense: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

[belphegor1982]

Top 5 of your OT3s? 💜

I feel Seen ^^' Voyons ça. I don't actually have this many OT3s!

Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden/Cosmo Brown (Singin' in the Rain)

Miguel/Tulio/Chel (The Road to El Dorado)

Elizabeth McAllister/Tom Ferguson/Jonathan Carnahan (The Mummy (1999), but 12+ years before canon and with two (2) canon characters)

Frodo Baggins/Samwise Gamgee/Rose Cotton (the Lord of the Rings)

And you know what? I'm gonna put Polymachina in there too, even though it's not really an OT3 and I'm really not into twincest or Pike/Grog - that still leaves very fun combinations ^^

Merci Alex 💜

[lovedbz1]

Every Song That Made Me Cry Uncontrollably While Thinking Of MH Jam

Don’t you Dare (make me fall in love with you) by Kaden MacKay - https://youtu.be/CRllw_LSesQ Glimpse of Us by Joji - https://youtu.be/FvOpPeKSf_4 Lost on You (cover) by Scott Hoying and Mario Jose - https://youtu.be/_vaI7pOjc0M John My Beloved by Sufjan Stevens - https://youtu.be/SfjkhzNI2DU Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell - https://youtu.be/aQJhhP6PhKY (with the animatic that made me love the song even more)

I Know Those Eyes / This Man Is Dead performed by Thomas Borchert & Brandi Burkhardt - https://youtu.be/NDwxqaICCgA

I Exist I Exist I Exist by Flatsound - https://youtu.be/jrVnwnR4kKc

In The Water by Anadel - https://youtu.be/v3nrNFVUgTg Edit 1: More Songs because I am an emotional mess (A few are just strong emotions about Tim, and in turn Jay, but like, yeah)

death bed by Powfu - https://youtu.be/jJPMnTXl63E

Honeywell by Clem Turner - https://youtu.be/Lt7qWOJLZtY (Thank you shinaa191 for the suggestion)

Blame by Air Traffic Controller - https://youtu.be/y46uRo4-WZI

Slow Dancing in the Dark by Joji (He’s probably gonna pop up a lot in the future) - https://youtu.be/K3Qzzggn--s Die For You by Joji - https://youtu.be/kIEWJ1ljEro

After Dark by Mr. Kitty - https://youtu.be/sVx1mJDeUjY

Happier by Marshmello - https://youtu.be/RE87rQkXdNw I Love You by Billie Eilish - https://youtu.be/WiinVuzh4DA Everything I Wanted by Billie Eilish - https://youtu.be/qCTMq7xvdXU

I Lost a Friend by Finneas - https://youtu.be/3mMVcCMO_Ng

Tales of Dominica by Lil Nas X - https://youtu.be/BHc2E3pNgA0

Cigarettes by JuiceWRLD - https://youtu.be/sGxzXEP9xJk

Diagnosis by Milo McAllister - https://youtu.be/l9fqQ_sO0zw 

Edit 2!:

Training Wheels by Melanie Martinez - https://youtu.be/DpA6DnrYc9c

Older by Ben Platt - https://youtu.be/y_sADbvPmzE

Something About Us by Daft Punk (PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO IT IS VERY SAD AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVEN MORE WHY IT IS ON THIS LIST!! GOD DAMN DAFT PUNK ANIME) - https://youtu.be/sOS9aOIXPEk

Paper Hearts by Jeon Jungkook (Idk why this version specifically made me cry) - https://youtu.be/aoiXvOkOjW0

Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie (I have a version where at the end there’s a gunshot ((left over from Hamilton hyperfixation ough)) so it made it . . . So much worse, I will not share that version tho) - https://youtu.be/pUlX8ltm_JU

So Cold (Remix) by Breaking Benjamin - https://youtu.be/In5yLjvUE0Y

If the World Was Ending by JP Saxe ft Julia Michaels - https://youtu.be/1jO2wSpAoxA

YUKON (Interlude) by Joji - https://youtu.be/2Sd_mvOotaA

Karma by AJR - https://youtu.be/Vy1JwiXHwI4

The Ghost of You by My Chemical Romance - https://youtu.be/JE-I9uXmH_0

The End of the World (live) by Billie Eilish - https://youtu.be/PaxKhR6FQwA

Sorry by Halsey - https://youtu.be/4XlLjnY22sE

1AM FREESTYLE by Joji - https://youtu.be/QTxMAycHnos

Trying Not to Love You by Nickleback (don’t judge me, I’m a sap) - https://youtu.be/lTaIiE3kWms

Lovesick Fool by The Cab - https://youtu.be/K37dNxP24vY

Terrible Things by Mayday Parade - https://youtu.be/bllr63yMszw

Safe & Sound by Taylor Swift - https://youtu.be/YFEDTtKaFzU

(I’ll keep this updated as the list grows and I continue to sob . ALSO PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF YOUR EMOTIONAL JAM SONGS PLS)

BAD NEWS!! I LOST MY JAM PLAYLIST AS SOON AS I WAS GONNA POST THE UPDATE!! I AM VERY DISTRAUGHT ABOUT THIS!! I MIGHT UPDATE THIS LIST ONE DAY BUT IT IS ON LONG HIATUS IF SO OUGH

FINAL UPDATE!!! I MADE A PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE FOR THIS AND MADE IT BETTER AND MORE SAD!!! Check out the post here

[gn349]

DEAR MARTIN

[Cover art for Dear Martin]. (n.d.). Retrieved March 7, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Martin

Dear Martin by Nic Stone tells the story of high school student Justyce McAllister as he navigates certain social issues. While attending a predominately white preparatory high school on a scholarship, and heading towards an ivy league college career, Justyce is attacked and handcuffed by a police officer, which is a triggering event and causes him to question life as a black teenager in current society. After this horrifying experience he begins writing in a journal addressing his entries to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and tries to think of what he would do in these situations.

Dead Martin is an easy and fast read that keeps the reader wanting more. Stone’s writing style and Justyce’s journal entries are a magnificent combination that genuinely makes you feel the pain that is experienced throughout the novel. Dear Martin tells a heart-wrenching story of racial prejudice and racial injustice that is, unfortunately, deeply bred into a society. So many emotions were felt while reading, mostly sadness and anger, but there were also moments of joy and happiness. I genuinely believe teens will enjoy the read and hopefully become enlightened by the story being told. SPOILER ALERT!!!!! Manny’s death really hit home while reading, and the fact that an act so innocent, such as listening to music, can cause an individual to feel threatened and take another person's life. This novel is a 10/10 must-read and I plan on reading Dear Justyce, the sequel to this book.

AWARDS:

2018 Finalist for the William C. Morris Debut YA Award

2018 American Library Association's (ALA) Top Ten Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

2018 ALA's Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

2018 - Starred review from Booklist

2018 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee

2020 South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult

2020 Lincoln Award Nominee

Watch Nic Stone herself discuss the inspiration behind Dear Martin and also provide a quick summary of the novel!

[deeptrashwitch]

Reboot Call of Duty MW1, MW2 and MW3 OC's

First post:

Specters/Team Charlie

Bios:

Cpt. Alicia "Origin" Marchant

Lt. Luke "Harlem" Michaelis

Sgt. Jackson "Doc" Blackwell

Sgt. Edward "Eager" Jackson

Cpl. Noah "Cobalto" García

Cpl. Elijah "Delta" Wilson

AFC. Nicholas "Clover" Fowlett

PFC. Marcus "Poison" Lombardi

PV2. Elliot "Pride" Stevens

PV2. Alexander "Hawk" Christensen (in process)

PV2. Francis "Viper" Scott (in process)

Serie: The Beginning (in process of re-writing)

Part 1 / New Version (not yet)

Part 2 / New Version (not yet)

Part 3 / New Version (not yet)

Part 4 / New Version (not yet)

Part 5 / New Version (not yet)

Part 6 / New Version (not yet)

Part 7 / New Version (not yet)

Part 8 / New Version (not yet)

Part 9 / New Version (not yet)

Part 10 / New Version (not yet)

Part 11 / New Version (not yet)

Part 12 / New Version (not yet)

Serie: The Haunting Past (in process)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

Archives and extras:

Operation Firewall (2016)

Operation Sand Palace (2013) (in process)

Operation Ironfist (2011)

Task Force 267

Wraith

Six Aces

Rejected Names/Soldiers (in process)

How do the team look?

Liù Xiao Chen (A.K.A Golden Empress)

Martínez Family

Random Facts about the Team

Major Oliver "Deepwater" Reyes

Retired Captain William "Artemis" McAllister

Wedding (Luke x Elizabeth)

[globalhint]

Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired judge and former President Trump's sister, dies at 86

Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired judge and former President Trump's sister, dies at 86. Maryanne Trump Barry, the eldest sister of former President Donald Trump and a retired federal judge, passed away at 86 in her New York residence. Barry served as a senior judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a subordinate court to the Supreme Court, until her retirement in 2019. According to the New York Police Department, when authorities arrived at Barry's Manhattan residence shortly before 4:30 a.m., they found an 86-year-old woman dead. It was unclear at first what caused the death. A court official who spoke on the condition of anonymity verified her death because neither the court nor Trump's family had made the announcement in the public eye. Trump's team did not immediately answer a request for the response, but the eldest son of the former president, Donald As he left a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, Trump Jr. said a few words about his aunt and mentioned that it had been a "rough day for myself and my family." After testifying in a civil fraud trial, Trump Jr. told reporters that he learned of the news as soon as he arrived at the courthouse on Monday morning. Her grandson and I have a good relationship. We spend so much time together. It's evidently a difficult day for that, he continued. Ronald Reagan, the former president, nominated Barry to the federal court in New Jersey in 1974, and he went on to become an Assistant U.S. Attorney before becoming a judge. Later on, she was promoted by former President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals. 2019 saw her retire amid an inquiry into the tax practices of her family. Ivana Trump's "beautiful life" is remembered by Donald Trump on the day of her funeral. Ivana Trump's "beautiful life" is remembered by Donald Trump on the day of her funeral. Barry had mostly avoided the spotlight during her brother's presidency, but she made news when her niece, Mary Trump, disclosed that she had videotaped her aunt in secret while promoting a book critical of the outgoing president. Throughout the recordings, Barry was heard disparaging her brother harshly, claiming the former president "has no principles" and is "cruel." Barry stated in a 2006 immigration case that courts had insufficient discretion in determining who should be allowed to stay in the United States due to strict laws that were in place years before her brother was elected president. compelling "knee-jerk" judgments. The case concerned Malachy McAllister, a man from Northern Ireland, who was refused refuge by the panel in the 3rd Circuit, which she sat on. Barry called for federal intervention in this case. I do not think that the old plea, 'Give me your tired, your hungry, your huddled masses longing to breathe free...' is any longer sincere. Barry remarked, "But if it is, shame on us," alleging that McAllister's acts coincided with the Irish's desire to overthrow more than eight centuries of British domination. Former paramilitary Irish National Liberation Army member McAllister was found guilty in the 1981 wounding of a British police officer. Barry's sharp sense of humour was also well-known; this was demonstrated in a 2015 dispute about fan access to NFL game passes. Barry's colleagues quipped that the pope was completely ignoring New Jersey when the NFL equated the allocation policy to Catholic parishes receiving a bountiful amount of tickets to see him in Philadelphia. "We're not used to it," joked Barry. Trump has one surviving sibling, his sister Elizabeth Trump Grau. He was one of five children. Following the death of his younger brother, Robert Trump, at the age of 71 in 2020, the former president hosted a memorial service at the White House. At the age of 42, Fred Trump Jr., his elder brother, passed away from a heart attack, which the family attributed to drunkenness. In 2022, Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump, passed away at the age of 73. SEE ALSO: Trump calls the Imprisoned US. Capitol protesters ‘hostages’ Read the full article

[rosesfromtheheart]

Roses from the Heart bonnet tributes to King Island

Group photo included shows from left to right:

Linda Payne, myself - Christina Henri, Janine Bayne and Lindy McAllister (née Davis).

One of our group, Kate Powell, took this photograph during the Mocktail Party. This was the final event of my Roses from the Heart, Bonnets and Boats Exhibition run in conjunction with Liz Virtue, Glen Derwent; potter Lee Farrell and members of the Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania.

I am indebted to Rob Virtue for the use of his wooden dinghy in which the bonnets acknowledging the women travelling aboard the Neva were placed. I deliberately chose the Glen Derwent verandah for the ‘farewell’ ceremony. Standing on the wooden boards with the sky in sight, the cold air closing in and wind gusts manifesting helped create more of an affinity with the elements.

The group photo enclosed was taken at the completion of Sharon Hutchison reading aloud each name of the women and children aboard the ill-fated Neva. Sharon is one of my Roses from the Heart bonnet making group that meets regularly at Glen Derwent. Throughout the Bonnets and Boats Exhibition Sharon and fellow group member, Ruth Binny, performed a short play that looked at the Neva experience though the eyes of two survivors, Rose Ann Dunn (referred to in the play as ‘Rosie’) and Ann Cullen.

Sharon has a lovely soft accent, perfect for the solemness of the occasion as she read out the women and their children’s names. A Canadian, Sharon hails from the Maritimes Region of Eastern Canada (most specifically Nova Scotia and Newfoundland). Living on Newfoundland, Sharon had a connection by way of place, to the transportation era via the Duke of Leinster voyage that left Dublin in 1789 with 102 convict men and boys and 12 convict women. The captain landed most of the contingent of convicts at Bay Bulls on July 15th and the following day 17 more convicts disembarked at Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. Documentation shows a number of the convicts appeared to have been suffering from typhus.[1]This history deserves being told in detail as a separate story. Amongst the literature on the Duke of Leinsterwell researched articles such as Jerry Barristers’ Convict Transportation and the Colonial State in Newfoundland, 1789[2] were most insightful. In the context of this article I suspect readers would be surprised to learn that on the 24th October 1789, 74 of the men and six of the women were returned to England, sailing out of St John’s harbour, aboard the brig the Elizabeth and Clare. According to Barbara Hall[3] 23 of those [male] convicts were included amongst the consignment of convicts travelling aboard the Queen from Cobh, County Cork, Ireland in 1791, destination New South Wales, Australia.Roses from the Heart bonnet tributes have been created by Canadian women acknowledging the 12 Duke of Leinster women. These bonnets have been displayed in the Colchester Museum, Truro. Since the enclosed group photo was taken the Roses from the Heart bonnets remembering the Neva women and children have arrived safely on King Island, travelling across Bass Strait on the John Duigan. Linda Payne has now collected the bonnets and the two sponsored ‘convict dolls’. A massive thank you to Linda/ King Island Lions Club for taking on the custodianship of these particular bonnet tributes. Also enormous thanks to Kate Powell whose tailoring and embroidery skills shine through in each ‘convict doll’ she creates from pre-loved porcelain dolls.It is a lovely coincidence that two of the Roses from the Heart bonnet makers who are part of my Glen Derwent, New Norfolk group have a relationship to King Island. They have both been keen to be involved in a tangible acknowledgment of the women and children aboard the ill-fated Neva through the sponsorship of a ‘convict doll’. Lindy McAllister counts herself fortunate to have been born on King Island. Her early childhood was spent on the island until the family moved away in the early 1950s, as she describes ‘to the big island’.

That sense of connection to one’s place of birth has an enormous bearing for so many and for Lindy that is no exception.

Following my decision to present two ‘convict dolls’, one to the King Island Lions Club for permanent display at the Reekara Community Centre and one to the Historical Society for permanent exhibiting at the King Island Historical Museum[3] Lindy was very keen to be a sponsor. It is easy to see from the photo that she chose a fine doll from her own collection to be converted into a ‘convict lass’, representing 20 year old Rose Ann Dunn from Cavan. Rose Ann was one of the six convict women to survive the shipwreck.[4]

Since joining the bonnet making get-togethers at Glen Derwent Lindy has been fashioning captivating Roses from the Heart bonnet tributes integrating doillies and tablecloths as embellishment. Excitingly during this time she has become aware she has a female convict ancestor of her very own.

On reading Lindy’s words it is obvious this ‘convict doll’ sponsorship is extremely meaningful to her.

“On leaving the island in the 50’s…. there was always a call for my birthplace. The opportunity arose in being involved with the honouring of these lost lasses by way of a memorial [‘convict doll’].  In having a daughter of my own 34 years ago, I bought several porcelain heritage dolls for her. Now knowing they weren’t exactly play toys I stored them away until now, I thought it would be poignant to donate this particular doll with the same character traits as [Rose Ann Dunn], being  a lasting tribute for Rosanne a survivor of the Neva.

An overwhelming heartfelt feeling of nostalgia in sending her home to my birthplace has taken a part of my heart with her. Safe passage”.

Janine Bayne has a strong relationship with King Island and this bond inspired her to sponsor a ‘convict doll’ acknowledging the life of 64 year old Johanna Galvin from Limerick. Johanna was amongst the 224 that did not survive the Neva catastrophe.

Janine was drawn to Johanna Galvin’s circumstances. A widow and mother of 5 daughters, from 3 Mary Street, Limerick there was no social welfare support to fall back on. Her husband dead and a large family to feed times must surely have been tough. Research shows Johanna obtained money and wearing apparel under false pretences resulting in a sentence of 7 years Transportation to the colonies. Two of Johanna’s daughters, 30 year old Johanna Sweeney and already widowed 28 year old Bridget Hayes along with her infant child were also sentenced to 7 years transportation at the same time. Two weeks later a third daughter, Ellen Galvin, aged 19 received a 7 year sentence. Fortunately for Johanna’s daughter Bridget she was not aboard the Neva. Bridget was transported aboard the Roslin Castle which arrived safely in New South Wales in 1836.

Neither Johanna Galvin nor her daughter Johanna Sweeney survived the wreck of the Neva.  Daughter, Ellen Galvin was amongst the six female convict Neva survivors.

Janine Bayne moved to King Island with her late husband Peter in 1980. In the many years Janine was on the island she embroiled herself within community life. Amongst the list of endeavours she undertook Janine was the King Island Drama and Regional Arts Secretary and thespian. In a lovely link to the site where the Roses from the Heart bonnets remembering the Neva women and children will be exhibited, Janine once worked at the Reekara School as the office lady, teacher aide and library aide.

Over the years Janine and her friend Judy Cooper ran the Penny Wickham Tea Rooms and both ladies also ran a busy cottage business, King Island Naturals, making jumpers and children’s bootees from their very own Moorit bred sheep.

It is significant that the Bayne and Payne families have been friends since the 1980s making Linda Payne’s guardianship of the bonnets and the ‘convict dolls’ on King Island special.

I am so grateful that Linda Payne understood my vision of having Roses from the Heart bonnet tributes to the Neva women and children exhibited permanently both in Cobh at the Cobh Heritage Centre and also on King Island. These token mementos mark the beginning and the end of the Neva’s journey. The symbolic bonnets embody the feelings of the bonnet makers as they stitched and embellished fabric into a tactile offering, recognition that these women and their children’s lives mattered.

Within this particular collection of Roses from the Heart bonnets I am mindful that a mere six convict women lived out of the 159 women travelling on board the Neva in 1835. In this month of March, a month designated to remembering the history of women it seems relevant to reflect on Australia’s second largest maritime disaster and be mindful of those who died. Also understanding that those who survived would have endured consequential trauma throughout their lives.

[1] colloquially referred to as gaol fever

[2] https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/10845/11667[3] Barbara Hall, The Irish Vanguard, The Convicts of the Queen, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1791, Barbara Hall, 2009, p xv

[3] Appreciation to Luke Agati for his interest in exhibiting ‘convict doll’ representing Rose Ann Dunn

[4] In The Wreck of the Neva, Mercier Press, 2013, Cal McCarthy and Kevin Todd allocate an entire chapter, Chpt 13, pps 222-241 to ‘Life after the Neva’. Further information on the 6 surviving convict women is included.

[birdingandreading]

Audiobooks Listened to in 2022

January

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson

February

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

March

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

April

Broken Harbor by Tana French

The Secret Place by Tana French

The Trespasser by Tana French

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Devil House by John Darnielle

May

The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan

June

July

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

August

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks

The Maid by Nita Prose

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

September

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

October

The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Wicked King by Holly Black

November

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

December

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

Across the Lake by Riley Sager

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien (reread)

Key: strikethrough = DNF; bold = loved

Honestly, I couldn't in good conscience recommend the vast majority of these books. I just tend to listen to thriller/suspense novels on audiobook for some reason - maybe because I don't need to fully pay attention.

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50 Favorite Children’s Books

Inspired by Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s list of his earliest literary influences. This list is limited to books I read in childhood or youth. 50 Childhood Favorites

Caddie Woodlawn and sequel by Carol Ryrie Brink

Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink

The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, and sequels by Elizabeth Enright

Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery

The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

Derwood, Inc. by Jeri Massi

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Heidi by Joanna Spyri

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong

All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

Family Grandstand by Carol Ryrie Brink

Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink

Cheaper By the Dozen and sequel by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Rebecca’s War by Ann Finlayson

The Lost Baron by Allen French

Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman

Captive Treasure by Milly Howard

Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady

Silver for General Washington by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft

Emil’s Pranks by Astrid Lindgren

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field

Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois

Freddy the Detective and Freddy the Pig series by Walter R. Brooks

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Robert Lawson

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

The Wombles by Elisabeth Beresford

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

The Bridge and Crown and Jewel by Jeri Massi

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Young Adult:

The Eagle of the Ninth and other books by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

Buffalo Brenda by Jill Pinkwater

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret (a nonfiction memoir)

Picture Books:

Make Way for Ducklings and other books by Robert McCloskey

Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman

Sam and the Firefly by P.D. Eastman

Robert the Rose Horse by Joan Heilbroner

Ice-Cream Larry by Daniel Pinkwater

Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant

Discovered as an Adult: Seesaw Girl by Linda Sue Park

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye

The Armourer’s House by Rosemary Sutcliff

Urchin of the Riding Stars and the Mistmantle Chronicles by M.I. McAllister

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Escape to West Berlin by Maurine F. Dahlberg

Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan

The Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan

Courage in Her Hands by Iris Noble

Knight’s Fee by Rosemary Sutcliff

Victory at Valmy (Thunder of Valmy) by Geoffrey Trease

Word to Caesar (Message to Hadrian) by Geoffrey Trease

The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

The Reluctant Godfather by Allison Tebo

Seventh City by Emily Hayse

Escape to Vindor by Emily Golus

Valiant by Sarah McGuire

The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart

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I just discovered Krita existed and I’ll definitely dig into it more in the future (so many brushes aaaahhh ✨) In the meantime, it’s been a while since I drew Elizabeth (or Oxford OT3 in general), so I picked her for my first try :o)

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ELIZABETH HENSTRIDGE AS TARA MCALLISTER | "Persons of Interest" (Suspicion, 2022).