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My books on LT- The Weapon Makers by A. E. Van Vogt
- The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.e.van vogt
- Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 36, No. 7 (July 2012) by Sheila Williams
- New Avengers Vol. 2: Sentry by Brian Michael Bendis
- Huntress by Malinda Lo
- Enna Burning (Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale
- The House on Durrow Street (The Magicians and Mrs. Quent) by Galen Beckett
- New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout (v. 1) by Brian Michael Bendis
- The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Andrew Marr
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Category Archives: handcraft
On knitting and the Wii Fit Plus. But not doing both at the same time, that would be silly
Right, I promise that today there will be no mention of Doctor Who outside of this sentence. Let’s see how I do, shall we? I had a bit of a knitting crisis at the weekend. For the last couple of … Continue reading
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Knitting progress in 2010
BossBoss has decided that we can all goof off for a couple of hours tomorrow and go to the cinema. Isn’t he a nice boss? It will be partially over our lunch hour (he’s giving us the rest of the … Continue reading
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A post of many things
A few things to catch up on and think about: Thing the first – new knitting project! One of the things that I managed to do while I was in England was raid the John Lewis store for their Rowan … Continue reading
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Some knitting related thoughts
Eeep! It’s snowing! It’s probably going to get washed away by morning, but we’re looking pretty nasty out there right now. Also, teh Interwebz ate my LJ comments, so I got a bit of a surprise when I looked at … Continue reading
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Alternative expressions of creativity
It appears that my current main obsessions are cooking and knitting. It keeps surprising me because a few years ago I’d never have thought that I’d end up loving such domestic, home-making things. I’m not an artist, I never will … Continue reading
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Yarn, Thanksgiving and roast potatoes
I have just enjoyed a Thanksgiving weekend with my sister. It was pure accident. She booked her flights, told me the dates and I squeed as I realised that she’d unwittingly booked to be with me over the long weekend … Continue reading
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Catching up on many things
Knitting I’m making good progress on Brighton Take Too, the cardigan for my sister. I love the pattern, I adore the yarn (Rowan Cashsoft DK) and the combination of the two makes for a really great knitting experience. I did … Continue reading
Posted in canada, doctor who, family, fannish stuff, food, knitting
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About the posts that have suddenly appeared…
As an explanation for why a month’s worth of posts that have suddenly appeared… I run two blogs: this one and a very fannish one. This one has some of the same content, but a lot of the more fannish … Continue reading
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A post of many things
After 3 months of fog, apparently summer has decided to appear. The temps are in the high twenties with humidex taking it to the low thirties at the shore (where my house is). The humidex even two kilometers inland is … Continue reading
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Insert meaningful title here ->
The good news: Mum arrived safely last night and, when I left for work this morning, she was happily planning how to rearrange my kitchen cupboards. The bad: Due to a combination of the heat and stupidly reading Rowan 46 … Continue reading
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