Saturday’s Guardian Magazine had a short, but fascinating, article on the joys of silence. The author of the article, Sara Maitland, rented an isolated cottage on the Isle of Skye for six weeks and attempted to live in complete solitude and silence. She had brought enough food to last her six weeks, a few books [...]
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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
— Mortimer J. AdlerKarie Bookish
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Books Read: 2009
Blogroll
- Emmes Bogblog (Denmark)
- The Yarn Harlot (Knitting)
- Strikkefeber (Knitting)
- Palnatoke (friends)
- Sweet Sassafras (Crafty)
This random selection from my daily reads changes each time the page is refreshed.Asides
- Welcome, welcome 2009
January 4, 2009If you like Elliott Smith, you'd like Winterpills. Here's A Benediction.
- Mellow Thursday
October 9, 2008Lovely: Wisely - Through Any Window
- Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Highway
September 19, 2008A gorgeous, gorgeous song. I can't believe I never watched the video before now.
- Patrick Wolf- Danzing
September 7, 2008Patrick Wolf does Eurovision! (the 2007 offering from Ukraine, worryingly enough)
- Bulgakov Goes Glasgow
August 26, 2008Franz Ferdinand - Love & Destroy - inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master & Margarita (which you should absolutely read).
Archive for Asides »
- Welcome, welcome 2009
Twitters
- Ahhhh... paranoia! 12 hours ago
- We have our Xbox 360 back. OH cradled it in his manly arms and smiled. I kid you not. 14 hours ago
- @almostgold: sorry, no. It's the former co-founder of LJ commenting on MeFi. Gah, you're tech-challenged at the mo. Boo. 17 hours ago
- Guh. Spellcheck, Karie, spellcheck. 22 hours ago
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