Tag Archives: politics

It’s Getting Cold Now

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Karie

It is premature to write my Reading 2011 entry but I did leave a comment on a newspaper site yesterday about one of my favourite reads so far. I miss keeping a literary blog – but then again my old … Continue reading →

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Addendum

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Karie

I’m going to have nightmares tonight. However. Some things are more important than lace knitting. Way, way, way more important: speak up and speak out.

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The Week That Was

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Karie

Last weekend I took part in a crochet workshop taught by designer and author Carol Meldrum. Carol was running a class called “Love Wool? Love Crochet!” to celebrate Wool Week 2011 and to promote her new book, Love Crochet. I … Continue reading →

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Unwritten

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Karie

I always say that the best blog posts I have ever written are the ones I never post. Recently I had conversations with other long-term bloggers (I’ve been at this for over a decade) about why we continue to blog. … Continue reading →

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The Day Before the Day

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Karie

I’m so excited about tomorrow! The Tramway was heaving with activity today: stitching, story-telling, music , and beautiful people creating beautiful things.

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For the Love of Libraries

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Karie

I love the public library service for what it did for me as a child and as a student and as an adult. I love it because its presence in a town or a city reminds us that there are … Continue reading →

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Idunn

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Karie

Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Scotland and England over the next few days. I have never lived anywhere with a big Catholic community and it is interesting to see how Glasgow is reacting. I do not know if it is … Continue reading →

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Friday Linkage

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Karie

Some linkage for you on a Friday night: Sketch to Screen – The Art of Hollywood Costume Design A knitted calendar – you rip out the days as they pass. Oddly poetic. I’m not a huge fan of television as … Continue reading →

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Don’t Dream It’s Over

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Karie

It has been a day of upheaval here in Britain. Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister and then Britain finally got its new government five days after the election. And Neil Finn sported a moustache on BBC’s Later With Jools … Continue reading →

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The Candle in the Window

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Karie

I put a lit candle on my window-sill tonight. It is a Danish tradition to do on the evening of May 4 in memory of May 4, 1945, the evening the Nazi Occupation of Denmark ended. I lit the candle … Continue reading →

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