Tag Archives: News

Fundraiser for Japan

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Karie

Just a quick update today but what an update. The amazing, AMAZING Tokyo Subway Quilt is being given away by Oh! Fransson as a Japan fundraising effort. Crafters care.

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22:02

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Karie

I’m currently reading Zadie Smith’s On Beauty. The book is marred by a faint (if constant) whiff of hysteria which I’m finding rather unappealing despite the novel’s veneer of congenial humour and sly take on family and academia. I am … Continue reading →

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Pause

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Karie

“So sudden loss causes us to look backward – but it also forces us to look forward, to reflect on the present and the future, on the manner in which we live our lives and nurture our relationships with those … Continue reading →

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“Just Call Me Junior”

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Karie

‘With all the unrest going on in the world, one should not have a yacht that sleeps more than 12′ Tony Curtis passed away today. Rest in peace, Josephine.

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The Skies, Now Undisturbed

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Karie

The wise elders would explain that inside the aircraft, passengers, who had only paid the price of a few books for the privilege, would impatiently and ungratefully shut their window blinds to the views, would sit in silence next to … Continue reading →

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Going Places

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Karie

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, a book on how to make geometric models using needlepoint, has won a prize given to oddly-titled books. Written by Latvian mathematician Daina Taimina, it was adjudged the winner of the annual Diagram Prize after … Continue reading →

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Shall I Compare Thee to the Great Pele?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Karie

After the years of Andrew Motion being poet laureate, him whining about it and his “official” poems going “Better stand back / Here’s an age attack, / But the second in line / Is dealing with it fine”, it is … Continue reading →

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Something of Beauty

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Karie

“..there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it” – Alexander McQueen British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen committed suicide today. He was only forty years old. McQueen was … Continue reading →

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The Catcher in the Rye

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Karie

J.D. Salinger has died. I wonder what unpublished works he has left behind?

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Still Waters

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Karie

Yes, it continues to be cold. The novelty of snow has long worn off. My sole source of weather-related amusement is the media who insist 60,000 people will die in the Big Freeze, the British Army is being set in … Continue reading →

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