Monthly Archives: January 2009

St. Teresa

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Karie

See the colour of my skin? I was standing on top of a windy hill in Scotland in January wearing just a long-sleeved tee, jeans and my finally-finished grey jumper. Don’t tell me that I don’t suffer for my blog. … Continue reading →

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Snapshot

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Karie

I’m baking a chocolate and beetroot cake; David’s reading an advance copy of Mr Toppit. Later I will rip out the neckline of my now finished-but-unfinished grey jumper (the wool is tickling the upper part of my neck/chin). I feel … Continue reading →

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Books 2009: Julian Barnes – Flaubert’s Parrot

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Karie

Perhaps the real question is not why you read, but how you read. This observation was brought to you from me having finished Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot just an hour ago. I was certain I had read the book before … Continue reading →

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Monday Linkage

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Karie

Bow down to the master: How to Read 462 Books in One Year. I feel like such an underachiever. The Book Cover Archive. Exactly what it says on the tin. Reason #1 why I’m happy being a crafter: “An evening … Continue reading →

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The Hidden Cameras – Boys of Melody

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Karie

This is one of my favourite songs of this past decade and this live performance tugs at my heartstrings. Enjoy.

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On the Town

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Karie

Oh, my Glasgow. She is pretty even if we do not see the sun all that often and it rains a great deal. She is pretty. We went into town today, to the Lighthouse (not as in Virginia Woolf, but … Continue reading →

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A Knitting Confession

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Karie

Hand on heart: I am so tired of knitting my grey jumper. My problem is two-fold. Firstly, I need a colour injection in this dreich weather. Secondly, I made half a cardigan using the same wool before realising I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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No Sense of Direction

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Karie

Having recently looked through one of those “book you must read” lists, I have chartered my own reading throughout the years. I am particularly well-versed in contemporary British fiction, can find my way around the contemporary American literary landscape but … Continue reading →

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“We encounter each other in words..”

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Karie

Unsurprisingly the poetry reading was one of my favourite parts of the Obama inauguration ceremony (another being Aretha Franklin’s awesome hat). You can read the entire poem by Elizabeth Alexander on the New York Times website right here. Some live … Continue reading →

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Hope in my Hands

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Karie

Image by Shepard Fairey. It seems to me that today contains multitudes (to misquote the great American poet, Walt Whitman). Today marks History in different ways. To some, it is about George W. Bush leaving office after what I would … Continue reading →

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