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miscellany
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One
thing to be said for Lent: the fortnightly job of putting out the empties for
recycling is easier than at other times of the year.
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Don’t
fail to watch the video
Anonymous sent us yesterday. It is of a plane landing at Sumburgh Airport
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We
enjoyed watching the proclamation of our stout new Pope yesterday. His white
cassock fitted as if tailor-made for him: a great credit to the guys backstage.
I read somewhere recently that the Pope’s white cassock is of wool. It must be
of a splendid fineness, if so.
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Meg
Warren, one of the contributing designers, sent me the ebook of “What Would
Madame Defarge Knit" yesterday. I have by no means finished exploring it yet,
but am full of excitement. It’s not all French Revolution, for one thing. It is
a collection of designs inspired by classic literature. Mme Defarge wouldn't have
read much of it (especially if she lacked a good reading knowledge of English)
and is likely to have been knitting something else entirely (i.e., she is just one of the classic characters who inspire the designs). I am taken with
the idea of knitting Archie the socks based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of
Cthulhu”. Archie introduced me to Lovecraft recently. He read me a chilling
story on one of our drives to the airport.
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The
new VK turned up yesterday, in a plain brown envelope. I don’t think there’s
much there for me, but it’s always exciting when one arrives. And what about the
Lotus yarns from China
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We’re
making some progress with the Surface. My husband likes it. I wonder if
Microsoft Word 2010 for Dummies would help? Is that what we’ve got? It is very
different from the Microsoft Word I use every day back here in Windows XP, but
2010 sounds rather a long time ago.
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Virgin
Media made a preliminary visit yesterday, and our very cable is now curled up
outside the door. Really exciting.
Knitting
I was going
to show you a picture of the Relax but I’ve used up all my blogging time
link-chasing. Tomorrow. I think I’m
pretty well on target, size-wise.
Skein Queen (dot co dot uk) sells the lotus yak if you are interested.
ReplyDeleteAre you coming to the Edinburgh Yarn Festival on Saturday? It's in the Old Drill Hall, Leith. It has its own website. Skein Queen will be there so you could fondle the yak if you are keen!
I'll do some serious thinking on this subject today. I feel so old and tired lately -- I'm sure the Festival would reinvigorate, but that still leaves the problem of my husband's lunch.
DeleteYou could just pop out for the afternoon? I am sure there will still be some yarn left after lunch! :)
DeleteSurface has Office 2013. I'm a big fan of "the Missing Manual" instruction books.
ReplyDeleteI'm very glad your husband is enjoying his Surface
I am sorry that my Jesuit-educated father isn't alive to see the new pope.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they keep white cassocks of all necessary sizes in stock, in case the cardinals vote for a giant colleague?:) and I bet the shoemaker and those, who do all the vestments are doing overtime just now, to finish all the necessary garments for the easter mass!
ReplyDeleteCall me cynical, but I suspect that every candidate has robes ready, just in case, just as every politician has an acceptance speech ready.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the Sumburgh landing video! Our trip to Shetland on the ferry was even more exciting - heavy seas tossed that ship around like it was nothing. My husband will never forget feeling weightless.
ReplyDeleteI saw in one of the papers that the Vatican gets three sets of robes ready when the cardinals go into conclave - small, medium, and large. The tailors must know how big a range of sizes they are likley to be catering for, and there is plenty of scope for safety pins underneath that wide brocade belt.
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