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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Bells of St Lawrence

BBC News: Oldest ring of bells played again. For the first time in almost 25 years, Ipswich is waking up to a unique medieval sound. The Suffolk town's St Lawrence Church houses the oldest circle of church bells in the world. The five bells have been silent since

999 Emergency!

Had to be done. I am still English after all. It's 999 day! This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 9:09 am People are flocking to get married in China and at Gretna Green today.

More chives and no-one gets hurt

My house is near the best spice shop I've ever met, Penzeys. They have every herb, spice, seasoning, and blend you could imagine, all in jars for you to smell, plus an amazing hot chocolate mix. The Network Guy at work also loves Penzeys, and we have an

Tweets for the week of September 4th

* Going to Krispy Kreme tomorrow for some "evil little lard-pods of joy". Must do penance in the gym afterwards. * Installed Snow Leopard and got 11.78Gb of disk space back. Painless install, took one hour and one reboot. So far so good. * Spinning lesson #1: not all fibre

FO: Handspun Halfdome #2

Got to my doctor's appointment crazy early the other week. Lunchtime traffic was less than I expected, the doctor was late, and, well... RIMMER: There: some kind of writing on the floor. P-S-I-R-E-N-S. Psirens? KRYTEN: The poor devil scrawled it in his death throes, using a combination of

Spinning frog hair

I wanted to spin something thin. I was planning to spin a 3-ply Targhee yarn, but the roving wants to be spun too thick. Tried a cabled yarn with Gale's Art black BFL, but the roving feels a bit felted and it didn't inspire me. The

Healthcare comparisons

UK NHS healthcare has been in the news a lot recently: potential new computer-based insomnia treatment, a horrible lack of domiciliary care and patient horror stories in response, online therapy for depression, and the use of continuous deep sedation as a possible alternative to illegal euthanasia. The insomnia article and

Tweets for the week of August 28th

* Google Chrome does the "rip a tab off into a new window" feature I wanted, but I'm not sure I want it having my Google account info. * Survived the Friday karate class mostly intact. "See you next week or else" from the instructor. Should

UFO: Summer Pillar Socks

One down, one to go, Pillar socks in Crystal Palace's Panda Soy. The yarn is made up of four strands, which contain three more strands, and all twelve are loosely plied. It splits and unwinds itself but the fabric is so soft and I think it'll

Tweets for the week of August 21st

<li>Playing fetch with cat, ratty little favourite ball dropped at my feet, 14lb cat thundering over new hardwood floor and skidding to a stop. <a href="http://twitter.com/QuantumTea/statuses/3327553420" class="aktt_tweet_time">#</a></li&

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