I am tired this afternoon, as almost every afternoon. I know the problem is that I am not getting quite enough sleep. However, the trouble isn't so much that I don't go to bed at a reasonable time, but that I have a hard time going to sleep. It takes me a good couple of hours, and I refuse to go to bed at 7:30 just so I have enough time to settle ( Read more... )

Today over lunch I went to the Covered Market to get some Armenian sausages (can those be chopped up prior to cooking?) and I also went to a Charity Shop to get a cheap, cheesy novel. I walked out with a semi-serious book on India and 10 balls of Edina Ronay Rowan yarn in a rather bright fuschia which cost me £2.00. It is a lovely soft silk and ( Read more... )

I had an answer from the Sisters and it is ok for to come in November for the retreat and to stay a bit longer. I have booked my flight and am very excited about it all.

It has been a while, I am mainly doing well. I survived M's wedding which had very good food and featured far too many lawyers ( Read more... )

I have just edited a book with the title "Wriggles the worm and his wriggly friends", and no, it was not to do with religious education. Can you tell that I work in an academic librar?

Your Power Bird is a Swan
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Where else would I come across a publication entitled: Happy rhymes of the air raid shelter

I haven't hear from the convent yet. I know, I only e-mailed them yesterday and it might take some time before they get back to me, also, the place is in the states, so there is the time-difference to remember, but now I panic that I mistyped my address or something like that. I am not even sure I explained things properly, it was rather a spur of ( Read more... )

So, I went to the Tuesday knitting group in the jam factory yesterday. It was quite nice, though I wonder whether every knitting group has a member who favours the colour green? The people all seem to know each other fairly well, which doesn't make getting to know them easy, but I might go again.

After having failed to get out of bed on time this morning, I had an all right day in the end. I also send a note to a convent, wether I can come and visit them later in the year......