Today I was planning on sharing with you some sumptuous roving that arrived in the post. Sadly, my photographic skills went missing and I did the fibre no justice at all. I shall attempt the feat again tomorrow. My singles are off the wheel. There would normally be rejoicing at this point but it is …
Nell
This is Nell. She's a Border Collie. Though many folk ask what she is crossed with, she is in fact a pure-bred and has papers. She may not conform to some ideas of what a collie should look like but she's pure collie in temperament and behaviour. A little bit OCD, maybe. Somewhere on the …
The snail stopped by this week
Mail from Deborah in Florida earlier this week. I replied with a long letter written on the ferry on Tuesday. The snail stopped by again today, with letters from Wales and from Texas. Both had good stamps
Stationery
I normally haunt The Writing Desk for my inky supplies but I stumbled across a new-to-me internet supplier recently and they offer even better value. Free postage for orders over £5 makes Bureau Direct an attractive proposition. They stock Herbin inks and also that lovely Ohto fountain pen... The reason that I find it worth …
Something happened to the time-space continuum
It has been quiet around here hasn't it? I don't know what has been happening but I have a belief that somebody has stolen around 8 hours out of my every day. I have to confess that I am all behind and scatter-brained. I have lost track of what is reported and what is not. …
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Spoiling
I was in town yesterday, alongside the passengers of the 3,200 berth Caribbean Princess, the largest cruise liner ever to berth in Kirkwall. It was a monster, a floating town that dwarfed the dock. I cannot begin to imagine how horrible an experience it must be to holiday on one of those things. The main …