Matters of Great Import

…a trip to a cemetary, secret societies and a book code - along with lectures from a British codebreaker (very Bletchley Park.) … More to come

Austin Irregular

…. that is all.

Deciphering code… I got asked to help an Austin Irregular (who shall remain nameless) to find material on the web about a certain character.  We found an interesting picture and ‘That’s IT!’ was shouted.  Copying and pasting of a deciphering script onto a page led to hurried decoding.  With some assists from me here and there the message read…

“Truth cannot be held because untrue hearts govern untrue hands only love may conquer or divide”

The Austin Irregular is having an absolute ball!

To call this juvenile literature, or kids books isn’t fair.  Our daughter is 10 and we still make a habit of regularly reading to her (and her almost 5 year old brother) every evening.  When we were reading the Kiki Strike books, my wife and I fussed at eachother about who was going to read to Emily each night and we asked Em not to read ahead… which was very tough for her (she loves reading).

This week - Emily’s off at Book People’s daycamp based on the books.

You’re in kid! What do you get when you mix history, mystical organizations, a criminal syndicate, science and the art of sneaking? Join the Irregulars of Austin, our own band of genius girls-scout drop-outs, and find out. Help protect one of the most closely guarded secrets in the city’s history. Learn the tricks of the trade and showcase your crazy talents while dodging a shadowy criminal syndicate seeking to learn the secrets you’ll be protecting. Before you can do your job properly you’ll have to follow the trail of Texas’s first Irregular Dharva Israel. She’s a slippery character, but she’s left clues that you Irregulars can follow if you think you’re up to it. read more …

The author posted this on her own blog…
Ananka’s Diary: Good Luck to the Austin Irregulars

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My next summer project-  I hope to rope Em into doing some of these with me…