Planning ahead

I’m going to Wood­ford in a few days and won’t be back till after new year, so here are a few dates for your diaries: Janu­ary 17: I’m fea­tur­ing at The Dan. Come along and hear the poetry from the trip… Janu­ary 22: My birth­day! And the kind people...

Kitten!!!!

Here you go: first look at the cutest ball of fluff ever. I am lean­ing towards Phoenix as a name, but also temp­ted by Ishtar and Jezebel. She is cur­rently curled up on my chest and purring like a mad thing. She was spoil­ded at the dinner party...

Solstice milestones

I bought a kitten this morn­ing. Thank you Mel & Matt for push­ing me… they’ll be taking care of her until I get back from Wood­ford. She’s 8 weeks old, black and fluffy with green eyes. I haven’t figured out a name yet, but there...

Santa’s not my guy

This is why I’m having Cha­nukah dinner on Sunday night after the Sol­stice picnic. Or one of the reas­ons, anyhow. raven_ is coming (jewish back­ground), and thorfinn is going to try to make it after their con­cert (he went to a Jewish high scool, unlikely as...

Litha picnic

To cel­eb­rate the summer sol­stice we are organ­ising a picnic at Edin­burgh Gar­dens, Fitzroy on Sunday, Decem­ber 21 (actu­ally the day before the Sol­stice, but what the hey). Meet­ing place is the circle of trees as always[1], from about 12.30 onwards. It...