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A couple of non-convention catches
Phew! I’ve finally finished writing up the events of the last week (well, apart from the fact that I’ve just remembered I promised Bookczuk that I’d write an article for the newsletter…), so now I can get on with other things. But first, a couple of exciting catches overlooked in the excitement of the convention:…
Why do we do this?
A few days ago I was with a group of people and conversation turned to blogs/online journals, and a non-blogger asked what the attraction is. Someone said he liked to write to get things off his chest, and the non-blogger very reasonably responded “But why would you want to do that in public?” At the…
The unblurred versions
I wasn’t totally happy with the lettering – I didn’t have time to properly graph out my own lettering, so I just copied an alphabet from a book – it didn’t look too bad on paper, but didn’t look great once I’d sewn it. Unfortunately, by the time I realised that, it was too late…
Nor'wester
Summer has truly arrived, because the nor’westers have started. Today’s was worse than usual (I thought we were going to lose part of the fence at one stage), so going outside to do anything was pretty much out of the question, and inside the house it was hot and muggy – and stuffy, because we…
It must be Cup Day
On one of the cold and miserable days last week, I overheard someone say “At least it’s sure to be hot next Tuesday, it’s Cup Day.” Normally I would have dismissed that as pure superstition, but it’s true – no matter how bad the weather has been, the second Tuesday in November is always a…
Boxing Day in the rain – time to read some books!
Well, Christmas is over for another year. We had a pleasant Christmas – not a lot of presents (well, apart from the major present of a new computer which we bought ourselves, but we’ve had that for a few weeks now, so the novelty is wearing off), but we had a lovely day mostly just…