It’s starting to get pretty cold here. It’s nice – I prefer cold weather to the scary, baking temperatures I suffered through in Lyon this summer – but I really must get a coat soon, you know. It’s all very well having a scarf and a Silly Hat, but light summer jackets just aren’t going [...]
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I’m not one to throw myself passionately into politics, as you may or may not be aware. Quite frankly, a lot of it bores me. Switching the TV on to a scene of a lot of old farts in stuffy suits, attempting to argue whilst holding marbles in their mouths and prefixing every remark with [...]
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The Silly Hat is complete. Hurrah! I’m thinking of making loads and starting a Silly Hats shop online. You know you want one. And as an aside, I love how nobody gave me a strange look when I walked through town wearing it today…
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The search for fluffy winterwear has been ongoing since I last blogged about it. I think it’s become an obsession, actually, but at least it’s an entertaining obsession. I can’t walk down the street without looking interestedly at everyone I pass, taking in their hats, scarves, gloves, fluffy-hooded coats and so on; traditional Estonian knitwear [...]
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I first experimented with cooking when I was a student, which is actually when I first experimented with, erm, most things. Having survived most of first year on a fairly predictable diet of instant Pasta ‘n’ Sauce meals from the student village shop, cider, baked beans on toast, vodka, kebabs, and various insane alcoholic shots, [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
