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Winter Wonderland
The view from the living room is usually quite nice. We have no neighbours living opposite us – just a patch of woodland – and we live on a quiet street. Today has been even more quiet than usual. A … Continue reading
Wordy
A linguist friend once told me about a second language acquisition theory: different people store languages in different ways. Some brains work like a giant filing cabinet: words, phrases, idioms and syntax are all neatly filed away so the brain … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Language, Personal
Tagged boo-hiss, Denmark, language usage, personal stuff, reading, self, wtf
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Crossing the Line – Redux
Reblogging a post I wrote in 2008: Yesterday someone I knew roughly fifteen years ago wrote to me via Facebook. She asked me if I were dying because she had noticed my status updates on Facebook (and quite possibly this … Continue reading
Attack of the .. WHAT?
Last night I discovered that my wonderful father-in-common-law (aka D’s Dad) will be starring in a low-budget spatter film set in Aberdeenshire. Ah, The Geekiness It Runneth in The Family. I uncovered a few videos and found this one to … Continue reading
Sufjan Is Just Like You & Me
After his experiences of recent years, I’m almost afraid to ask what’s next. Well, bizarrely, and quite endearingly, [Sufjan] Stevens likes to spend his downtime knitting.“Yes, I still knit,” he says, laughing. “I’m part of a knitting group of mostly … Continue reading
Journeys
Yesterday my colleague and good friend LH took me to the wonderful The Royal Edinburgh Repository and Self Aid Society on Castle Street. Kate Davies has written a whole post on it (and weaves in a bit of Jane Austen … Continue reading
Green
Aberdeen is known as “the Flower of Scotland”, I’m told. I know it better as “Granite City” because such a huge part of Aberdeen is built from granite. Whilst Aberdeen’s Duthie Park is understandably a turist attraction, most visitors will … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Scotland
Tagged Architecture, Blogging, Crafty, personal stuff, Scotland, wtf
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Confession
I bought 6 inches of a printed silk fabric today and I’m going to attempt a hand-stitched rolled hem for the first time in fifteen years. I can hear you all groan now. Is this a slippery slope or not?
Books 2010: Scarlett Thomas – Our Tragic Universe
I am reading a lot at the moment. Scarlett Thomas’ latest novel fell into my lap at the local library and I was happy to take it home with me. I am equally happy to take it back not having … Continue reading





