Every year, at least once a year, I read the The Hobbit and Tolkien's trilogy. I've been doing this for about ten years now and still get something new out of them when I'm reading. Sometimes it's a general realisation of patterns and concepts, but often I simply read more thoroughly or with greater attention…
Category: books
Another Book Completed. Phew.
I spent this morning putting the finishing touches on the most recent book… Primary construction is cotton fabrics and assorted threads. The pages are stabilised with Pellon heavy-weight stabiliser (not super heavy weight, just plaint heavy) and the covers are stabilised additionally with the pages from an old kids' board book. I found the cover…
Nearing completion
I'm getting close to done on this book. I did put it aside for a while and worked on a few other things, mainly because my brain needed a rest from the mental juggling that is involved in planning and preparing a book of this sort. The first book wasn't so tricky. I did up…
Monday morning web wandering
It's Monday, I have a tonne and a half of work to do and less time in which to do it than I ought (working with a child around is more like juggling than anything else), so here are a few quick and interesting links. First, the D*I*Y Planner by Doug Johnston of A Million…
Review: “Living the Artist’s Life” by Paul Dorrell
On March 6th, my sister-in-law Heather sent me an email about a book called "Living the Artist's Life" by Paul Dorrell. Specifically, she sent me an email telling me that they were giving away FREE copies to bloggers and had just extended the offer to locations outside of the continental United States. A sentence containing…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 