<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[weekend miscellany: honk!&nbsp;festival]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/6eb4e-honk-logo.gif"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/6eb4e-honk-logo.gif?w=234" border="0" /></a>Hanna&#8217;s parents were in town Sunday (<a href="http://annajcook.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-lionel.html">bringing Lionel to stay</a>) and we T-ed out to Porter Square to check out a yarn shop that Hanna&#8217;s mom wanted to visit.  When we stepped off the T in Porter Square, we walked right into the midst of the <a href="http://honkfest.org/">Honk! Festival</a> parade. Bostonist has a <a href="http://bostonist.com/2009/10/11/honk_festival_in_images.php">gallery of photos</a> if you&#8217;re interested in seeing some of the great costumes. It was a beautiful day and all the participants looked like they were having lots of fun.</p>
<p>Hanna and I are both recovering from very bad colds (maybe the dreaded H1N1?!) that had us at half-mast &#8212; and sometimes much less &#8212; for the better part of two weeks . . . so no more substantial posts for the minute. Watch for a report at the Beehive blog over the next couple of days from a brown-bag talk I attended last week, and next week I should have pictures and notes from our weekend in Burlington, attending the New England Historical Association&#8217;s <a href="http://users.wpi.edu/~jphanlan/UVTwebpage.htm">fall conference</a> at the University of Vermont. Until then, it&#8217;s back to the catch-up &#8220;to do&#8221; list . . . </p>
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