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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Book review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The text for Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is in the public domain, which means people can pick it up, put in a storyline about zombies, and totally revamp one of my favourite classics. And I love it! It is a truth universally acknowledged that a

Memphis training

Drove down on Sunday for four days of training. Nice hotel, but a pitifully small conference room. Halfway through Monday's session, we were moved to the Forest Ballroom of the Peabody Hotel. Marble floors. Chandeliers. Coffee in silver pots. Live ducks parading around the fountain in the lobby.

Everyday Carry

Abby blogged about her Everyday Carry, the pocket stuff you carry around with you everywhere. And also the Extended everyday carry, for handbag contents. I am very rarely without either my handbag, or the day bag I take to work, or a laptop bag. If I'm going to

Monthly random

Big Life Drama = blog silence. And as dramas go, this one is a doozy. Have had no spare brainpower to think, let alone write. Good stuff is happening, and the dust will settle in a couple of months. I'll be in Memphis next week for company training. Possibly

Writing by hand

BBC News: The slow death of handwriting. Christmas cards, shopping lists and what else? The occasions in which we write by hand are fewer and fewer, says Neil Hallows. So is the ancient art form of handwriting dying out? A century from now, our handwriting may only be legible to

Birthday

There are few things better than a day off work with nothing planned, and one of them is a birthday off work with nothing planned except dinner with Hubby. He got my engagement ring repaired as a birthday gift. I love my ring. It's a simple diamond solitaire

FO: Third Cousin Gradient socks

Finished a pair of odd socks: Pattern: Mirrored panels of Oblique Openwork from Sensational Knitted Socks Yarn: Fyberspates self striping BFL in Peach, Plum, and Ginger Needles: US0 circular Duration: 1st February to 24th February 2009 The one at the top was done first, I used an Easy Toe, Sherman

Navy cannon of the 1590s

BBC News: 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy. The English navy at around the time of the Armada was evolving revolutionary new tactics, according to new research. Tests on cannon recovered from an Elizabethan warship suggest she carried powerful cast iron guns, of uniform size, firing standard

Spinning FO: En Avril Merino/Silk

This is the first skein completed on my Majacraft wheel: 330 yds of 2 ply 65/35 merino silk, light sport weight En Avril roving from The Sanguine Gryphon Spun and plied on Majacraft Rose wheel 25th December 2008 to 19 February 2009 It's not entirely even because

Knitting preserves memory

BBC News: Knitting 'can delay' memory loss. Engaging in a hobby like reading a book, making a patchwork quilt or even playing computer games can delay the onset of dementia, a US study suggests. Watching TV however does not count - and indeed spending significant periods of time

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