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Barbara Barnett

Chicago, Pittsburgh, United States
As seen in: Let's Talk TV (and Politics), JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), Seattle PI, Blogcritics Magazine, BookBub, Machias Valley News Observer, Cast of Wonders
Author of the Bram Stoker-Award nominated The Apothecary's Curse, Alchemy of Glass, and The Quintessential House, M.D. Chasing Zebras.Member HWA, SFWA.
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Interview: Lisa Ha’s New Book ‘Snarky Crochet’ Stitches Humor, Subversion into Every Pattern

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By Barbara Barnett
| Blogcritics Magazine Verified
There are two kinds of crocheters, according to Lisa Ha, author of Snarky Crochet: Irreverent Patterns, Jokes & Puns for Silly Stitchers. Those who learned at someone’s knee—an aunt, a grandmother, a parent—and those who picked up a hook during the long, strange isolation of the pandemic. Right now, she says, those two worlds are colliding—messily, creatively, and very publicly—across social media. Ha belongs to the first camp. She’s been crocheting since she was eight years old.
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GLP-1 Weight-Loss Journey: A Success Story

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By Barbara Barnett
| Blogcritics Magazine Verified
I started GLP-1 drugs in January 2024 at age 70, and two years later, I’ve lost 90 pounds–and more importantly, my arthritic knees are pain-free! (Plus, I’ve gone from a size 3x size 26-28 dress and shirt and jeans size to a small–size 8–shirt and dress size and a size 10 jeans.) Even the loose skin beneath my previously double chin has begun to recede–no miracle potions, just time. When I first posted about starting my GLP-1 journey in January 2024, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would it work?
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TV Review: HBO’s New ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ - Blogcritics

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By Barbara Barnett
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Turn on HBO’s newest Game of Thrones spinoff, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and you might be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled not into Westeros, but into an old-fashioned television Western. Episode one begins with a burial. A very tall young man, the squire Dunk (Peter Claffey), lays his master, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, into the ground by the side of the road. No cathedral. No witnesses. No ceremony beyond what one man with a shovel, a sword, and a sense of obligation can manage.
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