Bibliophilia

Felting needle Even though it happened 98 years ago; even though I've known the ending of this story most of my life; even though I have...

My new home/studio is really just a single bright, light, room (plus bathroom) that I've divided with a couple of large pieces of furnit...

Reading poems to the big blue folk Waikato Times 13 February 2010 Don't be misled by the headline. Click on the article and it should z...

Two lots of good news to report; but briefly, due to the consequences of my bad news. Please do follow the links to find out more details t...

I'm having a bit of a break from stitching and other creativity while I focus on generating some reliable income to support future art a...

The book comes in a convincing faux-tin slip case, representing the real tin box in which Dreyfus stored his journals to protect them from t...

Hamilton doesn't really have hills, but instead is riven with many gullies, like hills in reverse. One of these is near my present home...

I've started new job this week, a straight (non-arty job) that will eventually be part-time in the evenings but the intensive training i...

Antarctica: slow and steady Ice flows in long deep breaths out of the mountains grinding valleys and canyons into boulders and dust carried,...

French knitted pneumataphores Poor old mangroves are unfairly maligned and horribly threatened , even though they play an essential role in ...

Tracks in the snow I won't say I'm not a hoarder by nature, as I suspect that if there had ever been any geographical stability in m...

Ross Island is mounted now, after some abortive attempts to add rocks. There are many steep slopes that are mostly bare of ice and snow, sh...

The year's turning begins for me at the start of December, with my own birthday that gives me a head start on a new year's retrospec...

Some of my lovely camp girls As if I wasnt already in love with Girls High girls, my Hamilton Girls High School Residency finished with a ...