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Sectarianism

Yesterday I wore my bright green woollen coat to celebrate that spring was in the air. A man approached me: “I don’t like green.” I blinked a couple of times and then sighed.
Ever heard of Sectarianism? It is: “..bigotry, discrimination, intolerance or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a [...]

Posted 23 April 2008 † Karie § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (1)

Twitching

Following Friday’s unfortunate stroll, I decided I should probably take things easy. What brought it home? It was possibly the fact that when I passed out on Friday, I narrowly escaped having my forehead cut open thanks to broken glass lying on the ground. This time I was lucky and as for next time .. [...]

Posted 06 April 2008 † Karie § Craft § Fandom § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (0)

On Parcels Expected And Unexpected

Isn’t that just pretty?
My Canadian friend, Fearthainn, wrote to me asking for my snail mail when she realised that a) I had rediscovering crocheting and knitting and b) I had fallen ill.
And she has just sent me the most beautiful handspun yarn I have ever seen in my life. Yes, she is a [...]

Posted 03 April 2008 † Karie § Craft § Literature § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (1)

Saving Our Botanics

The Glasgow Botanic Garden is a treasure grove of abandoned Victorian buildings, rose gardens, playing grounds, medicinal plant beds, squirrels chasing squirrels and big glasshouses filled to the brim with exotic plants.
For some unfathomable reason, a property developer has decided that it would be a really fantastic idea to put a nightclub in [...]

Posted 30 March 2008 † Karie § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (1)

Tweedle-Dee

I am still home from work waiting for the Scottish NHS to discover what’s up with me. Ms 4thEd (formerly known as Ms Bookish) is getting sick and tired of being, well, tired and sick, I tell you.
In the meantime I am reading editorials on the US not-quite-but-almost election. I am reading books. I am [...]

Posted 08 January 2008 † Karie § Blogging § Personal ‡ Comments (0)