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Webs We Weave

How badly do I want this uppercase scarf? Pretty badly, I tell you. The scarf led me on a typographic journey of the net which yielded new interesting sites: the & Blog, Bembo’s Zoo which is seriously cool, FontStruct which lets you design your own (very basic) typefaces, and, er, The Swedish Furniture Name Generator.
Hey, […]

¶ Posted 28 June 2008 † Karie § Art § Craft § Literature ‡ Comments (2)

Fantabulous Faber

Faber and Faber is sending me a proof copy of Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel, The Story of a Marriage. Greer’s The Confessions of Max Tivoli was excellent and I’m looking forward to see how his new novel compares.
Thank you, F&F. I hope this is the start of a beautiful friendship between TS Eliot’s […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2008 † Karie § Bibliophilia ‡ Comments (2)

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)

Novy Odense

The pilot gingerly untangled his fingers from the rope he’d been holding on to, worked out which way up he was, shifted the tool box off his legs, wiped the oily water out of his eyes, and hauled himself upright.
“Well, Hester, looks like we’re getting the hang of this,” he said.
His dæmon, who looked like […]

¶ Posted 23 March 2008 † Karie § Literature ‡ Comments (0)

No Electricity, But Much Excitement

We went to the hospital today for a long-awaited appointment. I have been undergoing epilepsy tests but they came out negative. No abnormal electrical currents or any abnormal brain structures - I’m relieved that I’m not dying of a brain tumour and I’m frustrated that I could not get a clear, concise answer to wtf […]