Out of Ambit https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/ Diane Duane's weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:13:26 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-DD_Avatar_Optional_Armband_400x400px-2-150x150.png Out of Ambit https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/ 32 32 The Adventure of the Sinister Lobe https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2026/01/06/the-adventure-of-the-sinister-lobe/ https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2026/01/06/the-adventure-of-the-sinister-lobe/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:03:37 +0000 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/?p=7968 …I was so pissed off, ten years ago now, when it wasn’t my left eye that was acting up. But (after the fact) that turned out okay, and (this time) has…

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]]> https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2026/01/06/the-adventure-of-the-sinister-lobe/feed/ 1 At Signed Books Direct: not what I had planned, but… https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2025/08/26/at-signed-books-direct-not-what-i-had-planned-but/ https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2025/08/26/at-signed-books-direct-not-what-i-had-planned-but/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:28:31 +0000 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/?p=7923 With intense regret and annoyance, Signed Books Direct will be going “Sold Out / No Inventory Available”, and therefore unable to complete any sales, for the immediate future. The (apparent)…

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]]> https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2025/08/26/at-signed-books-direct-not-what-i-had-planned-but/feed/ 2 Moving our food posts to a new home https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2025/01/12/moving-our-food-posts-to-a-new-home/ https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2025/01/12/moving-our-food-posts-to-a-new-home/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:46:06 +0000 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/?p=7864 Bringing order out of chaos, one recipe at a time: all our online household recipes are moving to a new home

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]]> https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2025/01/12/moving-our-food-posts-to-a-new-home/feed/ 2 On Inventing a Romulan Language https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/06/25/on-inventing-a-romulan-language/ https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/06/25/on-inventing-a-romulan-language/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:50:27 +0000 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/?p=7703 A quick note about this entry: The material below initially appeared in my very first blog (hand-coded, every page of it…), “Homeward”, at our old owlsprings.com site. That domain—originally sited…

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]]> https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/06/25/on-inventing-a-romulan-language/feed/ 3 Bloomsday again https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/06/16/bloomsday-again/ https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/06/16/bloomsday-again/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:25:38 +0000 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/?p=7689 …that most meta of Irish holidays, and certainly the most Dublinesque. So on this special day only (June 16, 2024), the urban fantasy novella Herself is naturally free to download!…

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]]> https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/06/16/bloomsday-again/feed/ 2 That flammkuchen recipe https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2024/04/10/that-flammkuchen-recipe/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:45:55 +0000 https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/?p=7658 Via Peter’s Tumblr: he kindly translated the original from the Betty Bossi Swiss baking cookbook for me. Alsatian tarte flambée This delicious speciality from Alsace is also ideal for an…

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