Monthly Archives: April 2009

Love Letters

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Karie

Don’t you just love waking up to little hand-written notes left by your Other Half? The computer was acting funny this morning – I couldn’t get as far as logging in – it said there was a CPU overheat. Nothing … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Day

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Karie

It’s going to be a beautiful day so the bluebirds sing. I have booked myself a short, but much-needed flight home to Denmark in May. I need to spend time with the Danish part of myself, I have decided. Going … Continue reading →

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R.I.P.

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Karie

R.I.P., Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. It is difficult to calculate the impact of Sedgwick’s scholarship, in part because its legacy is still in the making, but also because she worked at a skew to so many fields of inquiry. Feminism, queer … Continue reading →

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The Song is Who?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Karie

“Based on the books in your collection,” the Facebook notification read, ” we thought you might like the New York Times best-selling author, Arthur Phillips’, new book The Song is You.” A quick google-search came up with a book which … Continue reading →

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Bibliophilia

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Karie

Do you think reality TV beckons me? I’m thinking of entering one of those “Britain’s Got Talent!” shows with my uncanny ability to acquire a massive amount of books without spending much money. This week’s haul is pictured to the … Continue reading →

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The Right Direction

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Karie

Congratulations are long, long overdue to Francis and his husband. On a related note, this makes me very, very happy and hopeful for the US (via): The times, they are a-changing.

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Welcome to Pig Island

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Karie

Radiant Copenhagen (via) is both most most fascinating and disturbing thing I have seen in a long time. Global warming has flooded the tunnels of the Christianshavn part of the Copenhagen metro network. Now the metro is occupied by whales … Continue reading →

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The Good Life

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Karie

Sunday afternoons. Don’t you just love them? Depending upon our mood and energy level, we either curl up with books or head out to explore our neighbourhood on foot. Yesterday we donned our coats and went for a walk along … Continue reading →

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There And Back Again

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Karie

Today we saw .. .. our new nephew (three weeks old!).. .. the “Eye of Grampian” ferris wheel.. .. and Aberdeen beach where I found lava rocks. (Thank you so much for your helpful and insightful comments. I’ll reply to … Continue reading →

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Help Me Out

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Karie

I have no idea what this will become although I’m thinking “strange necklace” or “very strange necklace”. I just liked the colour combination of the turquoise waxed cotton and the matte red beads. I have some big opaque white beads … Continue reading →

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