Slipstitch.

I enjoy knitting, but I haven’t done it with any seriousness in a while. It’s quite relaxing, easy to get caught up in, and one feels one is being productive in the process.
I have essentially mastered the quadrilateral form: for a while (and still), all I made was scarves. I mean [...]

Gamera is really neat.

I saw Cloverfield this afternoon. I’ll admit I fell victim to the viral marketing campaign, and I even had a go on the “Slusho” website. The teasers and trailers they released were rather ingenious, as essentially they simply strung together a group of the same iteration of clips without bothering much about plot [...]

Round and round.

In lieu of the written word, please to enjoy these pictures of round things.

I had a friend over for dinner last fall, and I made, if I may say so, the best risotto I have made perhaps ever (though the credit for that ultimately lies elsewhere). Sadly, risotto is not round. Neither is [...]

Homesick.

Royle.

This is from a larger thing, a tangled mess that every time I think about it grows larger and more tangled. But I’ve decided that this bit should be the beginning. Progress, at least.
Royle was not accustomed to waiting, and he tapped his fingers impatiently on the weathered wooden arm of the chair [...]