Look what just arrived

The dreaded jury duty this week… actually, I wasn’t really dreading it, although it’s one of those things you’re supposed to moan about. I was kind of looking forward to it, actually. The whole process of how justice works interests me, and I’d love to see the jury process from the inside, but this is…

Only a few more days until the Outlaws arrive. They rang last night to say they were just about to set off on the first leg of their journey, the drive to London (they live in Wales). They’ll be in London by now, where they’re staying overnight and catching the plane in the morning. They’ve…

That’s 100 bookstrings done (well, apart from sealing the knots and trimming the ends), and I’m almost out of string again. I think I’m starting to run out of inspiration, too – the last couple of strings looked a bit boring. Probably a sign that I should stop there, and channel my creative energy into…

Monday 25 October 2010, 9 am I woke up this morning with the beginnings of a cough and a sore throat. Not surprising, really, after yesterday’s adventures. The rain continued in fits and starts of drizzle all day, with an occasional downpour to break the monotony. It was still reasonably warm though (on land, at…

We actually had a whole day without an aftershock yesterday! According to geonet here was a 3.4 at 10.32 on Saturday night, then nothing significant until 12.30 this morning, when we had a 4.6 (which actually woke me up – normally I’ve been sleeping through everything less than a 5, but it was quite shallow…

I sat down to register some books this morning, and my camera was sitting next to the computer, so I thought I’d try a little photographic demonstration of how I get my books ready to go out in the big wide world: So, here’s our book about to be dressed – it’s one of the…