Dystopia is not my preferred genre of choice. Sci-fi, not so much in books, though I do enjoy Star Trek. It seems to work better on screen, for me. But, having read Kamila Shamsie’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, and then two translations of Antigone (Seamus Heaney’s and Anne Carson’s), it seemed only fitting to find… Continue reading 2024.20: Reading Antigone
2024.19: Charity Shop Finds
It is a sad fact that becoming a crafter is often an expensive sort of hobby. It doesn’t seem to matter whether you only do one craft or several, each one has its own expenses, its own lures to part you from your money. It’s often joked about between crafters: there’s one I’ve seen of… Continue reading 2024.19: Charity Shop Finds
2024.18: Tyntesfield House
It’s raining while I type. Normally, this would be depressing. By the beginning of May, there should be more consistent sunshine. But my topic for today is a visit to the National Trust property Tyntesfield, near Bristol, which we visited back at Easter, when the weather was worse. The rain today is helping jog memories.… Continue reading 2024.18: Tyntesfield House
2024.17: The Percy Pig Cake
When I replaced my cake tins back in February, it was in part inspired by a birthday cake request. Because I like to plan things, when I have an upcoming birthday, I like to get cake suggestions in early. So I have time to plan, to make a special cake. Investigate recipes. Two months is,… Continue reading 2024.17: The Percy Pig Cake
2024.16: Vorfreude
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the language which has a word for “joy at others’ misfortunes” also has a word for something along the lines of “joy in anticipating”. Of course German has such a word: Vorfreude. Admittedly, for it not to be a surprise, you’d have to have considered it, which I… Continue reading 2024.16: Vorfreude
2024.15: Manor Wildlife Park
The problem with taking babies on days out is that they very often fall asleep half way through the day. Fortunately, you don’t often have to pay for them to enter whichever attraction you’ve decided to visit, so at least you aren’t paying for them to nap! Even better, when we visited Manor Wildlife Park,… Continue reading 2024.15: Manor Wildlife Park
2024.14: On Creating Images
I was never much good at art at school. I could copy pictures all right, but I could never imagine an original of my own. And if I did have an idea, I could never get it to come out right on paper. Turns out, I have what I call a visually-impaired mind’s eye, and… Continue reading 2024.14: On Creating Images
2024.13: Making Easter Eggs
When I was a child, the fun thing about Easter eggs was cracking them open for the treats inside. I can’t remember when this stopped being common practice, but I’m pleased to see that at least Cadbury’s, with their little “gesture” eggs, seem to be starting it back up again. And Aldi’s pinata egg. It… Continue reading 2024.13: Making Easter Eggs
2024.12: Books and Studies
Somehow - I’m not sure how, really - I seem to be over six months through the first year of my MA. Which equates to being nearly done with this half: I’ve got about two months left of classes and reading, and one essay to write. And I haven’t been writing about books nearly as… Continue reading 2024.12: Books and Studies
2024.11: Delia’s Grated Chocolate and Almond Cake
For the first time in a long time, I have topics, at least, planned for about the next month. It’s a comforting sort of feeling, knowing what to write about each week. I may even begin drafts ahead of time again. Get myself properly organised. Only, this week, I was supposed to be writing about… Continue reading 2024.11: Delia’s Grated Chocolate and Almond Cake
Life Ever Crafting 