Tag Archives: Scotland

This Bit of Glasgow

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Karie

It has been a very long month. While January is seldom a cheerful month, this month has been a never-ending stream of tight deadlines, late night working, and battling post-flu malaise. Today I sent off one pattern submission that may … Continue reading →

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Well Still Pretty Good Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Karie

First task of the year: sort out the wardrobe. I should probably not use the word ‘wardrobe’ as that word implies system, thoughtfulness, and coherence. Most of my clothes stem from the frantic days of arriving in the UK with … Continue reading →

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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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Arboretum

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Karie

Visual poetry: a poetry form in which the shape of the poem is as important as the words themselves. The Scottish poet and gardener Ian Hamilton Smith combined gardening, sculptures and poetry to great effect. The woods around Bennachie yield … Continue reading →

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The Traveller’s Lament

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Karie

I visited London yesterday for a work-related event. I had to get up at 4am to make it to my 10am meeting and I wasn’t home until 11pm. It was a very long day – not made any easier by … Continue reading →

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Ghost World

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Karie

With great joy comes great heartache, so my great-grandmother always said. One of the hardest things about being an expat is that I am far away from people who matter very, very much. My dearest and best friend and her … Continue reading →

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Survival of the Knitter

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Karie

We went on a much-needed mini-break this week. (And by ‘much-needed’ I really mean ‘if I don’t get out of this place for more than one day, I will start shouting at strangers on the street and actually bitchslap them … Continue reading →

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Weather With You

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Karie

Hello. Excuse me while I pretend I constantly hang about grey wooden panels wearing a red woollen dress and a gawjus mossy green scarf/shawl. Okay, so I actually do that quite a bit but I rarely wear matching lipstick and … Continue reading →

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There & Back Again

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Karie

Mornings are less rough when you wake up to this view. The north-east coast of Scotland is gorgeous: expansive light, dramatic cliffs, and teeming with wildlife. During my days in Aberdeenshire, I spotted seals, puffins, deer, and more buzzards than … Continue reading →

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Sunshine on Leith

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Karie

Certain times of the year are always more fun than others. I’m entering a really, really busy and really, really fun part of the working year for me – which may mean I won’t be able to blog as much … Continue reading →

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