fourth edition

Life itself has caught up with me, so I am running behind on important things such as answering emails, sorting paperwork and, well, doing the dishes. This weekend I have allowed myself some time off and will be cooped up in bed with books, hot tea and a warm duvet. I have finally accepted this [...]

Just a link to another weblog today, but it is a link I encourage you to click. A fellow knitter-in-Scotland, Kate, suffered a stroke some time ago and this is how she is experiencing the recovery process.
Without going into too many details, I can relate to her words and her post made me think quite [...]

We live in a typical Glasgow tenement building (red sandstone; built prior to 1919; quite similar to this photo). Most of the time I love living here: the buildings are delightfully late Victorian, we have a bay window which lets in an enormous amount of light, the rooms are huge, the fireplaces are Art Deco [...]

Health update: I think I’ll be okay as long as I a) do not talk, b) do not laugh and c) keep drinking rum toddies. It is a slightly flawed plan, so I have stocked up on Halls Soothers. We are also on our third day of curly kale soup – it is my first [...]

A brief link today pilfered from elsewhere: Hey, Oscar Wilde!.  It is “a personal art collection of various artists interpreting their favourite literary figure/author/character”. I really like this Winnie the Pooh.
Health update: I managed to get dressed and head outside today. Okay, I went across the road to the local supermarket and I went straight [...]

Being ill has its benefits. Last time I was stuck in bed for more than two days in a row, I ploughed through Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell which I had previously failed to get into (the plot starts unfolding one-third through the novel). This time around I am knitting whilst listening to podcasts on [...]

Yesterday’s protest made the BBC’s news frontpage. Of course the laughing knitters are not mentioned, but we are there between the lines. I can tell we are.
I have spent the day in bed with a hot water bottle and podcasts (currently these) with an occasional nap thrown in for good measure. I have been knackered [...]

This is another week where I’m going “How can it only be Tuesday? It must be Friday! Thursday, late Thursday, then!” and then my Filofax pulls me aside and gently points out it is only Tuesday.
Oh my. Send me energy, adrenaline shots, copious amounts of coffee and a great deal of fortitude.
PS. Students are back. [...]

“My understanding of zombie biology is that if you manage to decapitate a zombie then it’s dead forever. So perhaps they are being a little over-pessimistic when they conclude that zombies might take over a city in three or four days” – Professor Neil Ferguson, Imperial College London
Science ponders “Zombie attacks” (BBC). It sounds wacky [...]

A few weeks ago my partner, David, came down with the flu and I succumbed a day later. I suspect it was the dreaded H1N1 flu, although we cannot be sure. I was cooped up in bed for a few days which obviously led to me devouring one book after another. That is, one Georgette [...]