Booklust 2

My Independent Bookseller Wishlist
Snow by Orham Pamuk
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Pearls in Vinegar by Heather Mallick
Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
A Natural Curiousity by Margaret Drabble
The Gates of Ivory by Margaret Drabble
Out of the Girls Room and Into the Night by Thisbe Nissen
Osprey Island by Thisbe Nissen
Travelling Mercies by Lorna Goodison
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Whylah Falls by George Elliott Clarke
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend (borrowed)
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (new!)

The Winter Set!

The winter set! I have stayed up very late to finish mitten two, and my eyes seem to reflect that. Yea!

I made a mitten!

I made a mitten. Of course because it was I who made the mitten, it's riddled with numerous imperfections and never mind the fact I have to knit a mate and neglected to write down any of my measurements from this one, but the fact remains that I made a mitten.

Shumi Days

Elephant training is my hobby de jour. Fully intending to save funds to take the ten day course in the spring. I think it's a really useful hobby to have. You never know when you'll need it. Knitting is on the backburner. Mittens don't seem to be my destiny. The first one was too small and this one's enormous. I may venture out to buy a pair now, but that's such an admission of defeat. Haiku is also in focus. I have yet to learn how one makes a book, especially when one has next to no creative skills. Pickling is on hiatus (this is getting to be a rather sad hobby blog entry). However Picklemethis will live on as my publishing company. Once I learn how to make a book that is. Hopefully decorating my Christmas tree will be much more successful than anything else has been. Oui oui.