Monthly Archives: February 2009

Still So Young To Travel So Far; Old Enough To Know Who You Are

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Karie

I have always wanted to cut a Virginia Woolf-esque figure. Tall and graceful with a certain Bloomsbury bookish air. Sadly I am much too silly, disorganised and plump to ever fool anyone. Except my boyfriend seems to totally buy into … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Karie

All photos by Other Half who gleefully went out to play in the snow take photographs before he had had breakfast.

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For This I Am Thankful

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Karie

“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their latter end, upon all the living and the dead.” It is snowing outside (again!) and I am reminded … Continue reading →

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Oh! You Pretty Thing!

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Karie

The weather was very kind to me today. Everything turned out to be super-photogenic. Who needs an expensive DSLR camera when you have neigh-perfect light and location? Okay, so the frilly bit is a tiny bit out of focus.. But … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Five

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Karie

20. I’m allergic to pistachio nuts if I eat more than a pound in less than 30 minutes. That fact and twenty-four other exciting and essential factoids about your bloggerista (i.e. me) can be found here. I was tagged to … Continue reading →

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Aye Write ’09

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Karie

The Aye Write literary festival lineup is pretty good – and for the first time since I moved to “Glasga”, I can actually go! I have booked tickets to see Jonathan Coe and Andrew Crumey in conversations with Rodge Glass … Continue reading →

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Into the Woods

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Karie

Yes, I know I said stuff about knitting with grey wool. The phrases “never again”, “not in the winter months” and “I need colour!!!!!” may have passed my lips. But I’ve changed my mind. The pattern is Norwegian Woods by … Continue reading →

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In Her Soft Wind I Will Whisper

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Karie

Lady on the left? My great-grandmother. She would have been ninety-three today. The photo was taken in the early 1950s outside her cottage and she is with two of her sons, K and T. I have several photos of her; … Continue reading →

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