It's the end of the week, and I feel very much as if my brain is "argle blargle wargle." You see, I haven't had much sleep, and there's been a few reasons for this. They include the weather, joint pain, my cat deciding to be a LOUD conversationalist at silly o'clock in the morning, and finally, my Nano novel ( Read more... )

I'm playing catch-up here. I've been SO BUSY, and finally I have a bit of time to update on things ( Read more... )

If you're like me at all, you'll like old, rare and/or antiquarian books. This big book of Stephenson's Quotations has been in my family (mother's side) since the 1950s. I love it. It has so many weird and wonderful quotes, and so I've taken some photos to share it with you. As ever, click on the thumbnail images to see the full size photo ( Read more... )

This is where I out myself as a costumer and historical reenactor. Although neither of those are really secret. It's been a goodly number of years since I've done anything like this, for several reasons, most having to do with health issues. (And yes, I miss it a LOT). Anyhoodle, before I got involved in historical reenacting (not the SCA), I was ( Read more... )

I just borrowed from mum, her box of books called "Gordon Classic Library." A bit of digging around the internet tells me these books were published in the 1930s, and were for the Australian and New Zealand book buying market. Mum tells me she used some of these books when she was studying English Literature at high school ( Read more... )

So day before yesterday we went to lunch at Seoul Korean restaurant and it was delish. Mum wasn't convinced she'd like it, as she's becoming a picky eater in her old age, but she loved it. I? I am still daydreaming of those lightly fried dumplings, the kimchi pancake and the garlic grilled chicken. Nomomom. I fully intend to go back again soon ( Read more... )

It's still Thursday somewhere, right? ;)

So this is thirteen places I've visited that I love, for various reasons, and I hope you enjoy this entry. It's a little late because I have a cold (again! Argh!), so yeah. Onward!

13 of my fave places

1. Shaniko, Oregon.
Good article about it. The only photos of inside the hotel ( Read more... )

Shamelessly stealing the idea from the lovely xakara - Thursday Thirteen is thirteen things on a Thursday that fit a theme pulled out of my head. And my theme for this Thursday is purely shallow. I have the flu and a kidney infection and looking at pretty things/people/places makes me happy. So this one, first of my Thursday Thirteens, is: Thirteen ( Read more... )