Konradin von Schwaben is one of my favourite historical figures. This regularly gets me into discussions with my father, who sees him as a historical footnote: he was born, he ran about pointlessly in Italy, and then they decapitated him. My affection for him is in my father's words 'typically female'. Um. I probably shouldn't have stormed into the ( Read more... )

I crocheted a vampire for Sina's birthday.

No, really. See?


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