Nina tagged me with a few questions! I love getting tagged.
1- What would your perfect day consist of?
There's lots of elements to make a perfect day and they don't all need to be in one place at one time. Fudge, warmth, new experiences, sleeping in, good food, friends (or sometimes just that special one - the hubby), my garden, my pets, Iceland.
2- How would you describe yourself if you were an item of clothing?
Hmmm... have never really thought of myself this way. A big cozy blanket or tunic dress, probably.
3- What hobbies are you currently working on?
It's gardening time!
4- Walking in the woods in Wellies or Barefoot on the beach?
Depends on my mood. :) I'd be totally content in either situation.
5- Have you ever hugged or sang to a tree?
I got married under a tree, and we left the flowers at it's base when we were done. Does that count?
6. Growing your own veggies or nipping to the supermarket.
Growing my own! It's so rewarding to watch the whole cycle of birth to growth to eating. And yummy too!
7. Have you found anyone exciting in your family tree?
I've never explored my family tree.
8. Slap up meal in a posh restaurant or fish ‘n’ chips from the wrapper?
Posh restaurant, man. Hands down. Not because it's 'posh' per se... just because, generally, you really do pay for quality and fresh new experiences.
In Toronto this past weekend, we ate at Colburn Lane and Lee restaurant. These two folks are considered to be Toronto's top two chefs right now.
I wouldn't go back to Colburn Lane because it just wasn't worth it's pricepoint. This is high end molecular gastronomy - something I could never do for myself at home, but there's a whole experience thing, the big picture, that I expect out of a high end experience and Colburn Lane was missing a few parts. I can't complain of the tastes - that was delightful! But the portions were small, the time lag between dishes was annoying, the music was a bit loud and they had fake cheap candles on the tables instead of real tealights.
Orange in Reykjavik,was also high end molecular gastronomy but it was more fun, the portions were bigger, the waitress couldn't crack a smile for the life of her, and a mad scientist mixed up liquid nitrogen smoking meringue bombs at our table. They served their dessert on liquid nitrogen chilled rocks from the Icelandic earth. The appetizers came floating a few inches off the table attached to perfectly filled helium balloons. The restaurant is mere feet away from the dock and the fish tasted like it was caught that morning and died only seconds before cooking. And!! the drink menu wasn't confined to stiltifying perfectly suited wine choices but had wild tasty fun choices instead. I've never met a cocktail menu more alive!
Lee, on the other hand, was fantastic food, served with perfect timing fashion, and larger portions. It was however - crazy busy (which didn't intere with the service!) and the music was a bit loud.
9. Which element do you most resonate with, Earth, Wind, Fire or Water?
Depends on what I'm doing, and what mood I'm in. I'm mostly Fire and Water - all steamy and in conflict, but I've been blown away by Iceland's sheer physical earthly beauty. :)
10. Do you believe in fairies?
I haven't seen one myself, but there's just way way too many stories out there to not have some basis in truth. :)
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Monday, November 24, 2008
Seven things
Nina tagged me with a meme (bless her heart, I did need a kick) - 7 previously unknown things about me.
1. I've never bought a gadget direct from one of those tv infomercials.
2. But I have been tempted, and found at least two of them in a store later and bought them there. The indirectness of finding it in the store later saves my geeky pride.
3. The Perfect Pancake, and the Quick Chop, in case you were wondering. One's been useful and the other a complete flunk.
4. I don't own a Klingon dictionary. ;)
5. But I do own at least two of the Nitpicker's Guides - a) for Deep Space Nine Trekkers and b) for Next Generation Trekkers.
6. I prefer the term "Trekkie".
7. I just started knitting again, after nearly a 25 year hiatus. And I blame the Yarn Harlot. :)
1. I've never bought a gadget direct from one of those tv infomercials.
2. But I have been tempted, and found at least two of them in a store later and bought them there. The indirectness of finding it in the store later saves my geeky pride.
3. The Perfect Pancake, and the Quick Chop, in case you were wondering. One's been useful and the other a complete flunk.
4. I don't own a Klingon dictionary. ;)
5. But I do own at least two of the Nitpicker's Guides - a) for Deep Space Nine Trekkers and b) for Next Generation Trekkers.
6. I prefer the term "Trekkie".
7. I just started knitting again, after nearly a 25 year hiatus. And I blame the Yarn Harlot. :)
Thursday, May 24, 2007
7 Random Things
Cyndy, over at Riverrim, tagged me with this meme. And eeps! I'm a bit behind, again, in posting.
1. Sometimes, I just can't make decisions.
2. I'm a closet clean freak. Not in a disabling mental health disturbing way, but more so then many, I'm coming to suspect.
3. Really, it's just a matter of logic. How else can I find things?
4. I'm more into the philosophy behind some religions then the religion itself. Like Buddhism - have done a lot of reading, dig the philosophy, think the gold statues of buddha are sillier then all get out.
5. Don't even get me started on Christianity.
6. I miss my kitty. Ginger just passed away this week.
7. I have high blood pressure and it worries me. But Lifestyle Change is ....tough, to say the least.
There, 7 relatively random thoughts. Funny, not a one of them about the garden or the fibre (which y'all have got to be believing is just me talking out my hat by now anyway).
Karen
1. Sometimes, I just can't make decisions.
2. I'm a closet clean freak. Not in a disabling mental health disturbing way, but more so then many, I'm coming to suspect.
3. Really, it's just a matter of logic. How else can I find things?
4. I'm more into the philosophy behind some religions then the religion itself. Like Buddhism - have done a lot of reading, dig the philosophy, think the gold statues of buddha are sillier then all get out.
5. Don't even get me started on Christianity.
6. I miss my kitty. Ginger just passed away this week.
7. I have high blood pressure and it worries me. But Lifestyle Change is ....tough, to say the least.
There, 7 relatively random thoughts. Funny, not a one of them about the garden or the fibre (which y'all have got to be believing is just me talking out my hat by now anyway).
Karen
Sunday, September 10, 2006
3 things
In lieu of a real post, for lack of a present brain....I ripped off this meme. Although if I couldn't think of three things in any given question, I deleted the whole question.
Three people who make me laugh
1. my husband
2. Leif the licky
3. Ginger cat
Three things I can do (with varying degrees of talent)
1. spin / weave
2. photography
3. facilitate academic research
Three things I can't do ('though I continue to attempt them now and then)
1. whistle
2. academic research (actually absorb the content)
3. meditate
Three things I'm doing right now
1. drinking coca cola
2. watching the Eureka premiere on Space
3. blogging
Three things I want to do before I die
1. travel Europe
2. do the things I can do many times better
3. do the things I can't do (above)
Three skills I'd like to learn
1. play the guitar
2. play the piano
3. tablet-weaving
Three favourite foods
1. chocolate
2. icing sugar
3. maple nut fudge
Three beverages I drink regularly
1. coca cola
2. water
3. water
Karen
Three people who make me laugh
1. my husband
2. Leif the licky
3. Ginger cat
Three things I can do (with varying degrees of talent)
1. spin / weave
2. photography
3. facilitate academic research
Three things I can't do ('though I continue to attempt them now and then)
1. whistle
2. academic research (actually absorb the content)
3. meditate
Three things I'm doing right now
1. drinking coca cola
2. watching the Eureka premiere on Space
3. blogging
Three things I want to do before I die
1. travel Europe
2. do the things I can do many times better
3. do the things I can't do (above)
Three skills I'd like to learn
1. play the guitar
2. play the piano
3. tablet-weaving
Three favourite foods
1. chocolate
2. icing sugar
3. maple nut fudge
Three beverages I drink regularly
1. coca cola
2. water
3. water
Karen
Thursday, February 23, 2006
book meme
Cyndy at Riverrim tagged me with this meme (my first tag!).
Now, because I work in a library, I've added a bit of information so you can easily find these books. If you choose to go to your library rather then buy, the call number should be very similar there as well because most North American libraries use the Library of Congress call number system these days.
Name Five of your Favourite Books
1. Title: Fugitive information : essays from a feminist hothead
Author: Hagan, Kay Leigh.
Publisher: [San Francisco] : Pandora, c1993.
Subject(s): Feminism, Patriarchy
Call Number: HQ1150.H34 1993
Kay has a deeply poetical and personal way of writing, and I have an affinity with hotheaded feminists. :) One of the interesting things about her writing is that she passes it before a wide net of women, and includes some of their comments on the essays in this book as well. I've also met Kay several times at the Michigan Womyns' Music Festival.
2. Title: When the wind blew /
Author: Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952.
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, [1977],c1937.
Call Number: PZ102.R74W49 1977
This is a children's book - makes me tear up with warmth at the end.
3. Title: S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men) manifesto, with an introduction by Vivian Gornick
Author: Solanas, Valerie.
Publisher: [New York] Olympia Press [c1970]
Subject(s): Women--History.
Call Number: HQ1420 .S64x 1970
This book is... challenging. Valerie Solanas is most famous for shooting Andy Warhol in the 60s and writing this book. I don't know enough about her life yet to set this book in it's proper context, but I'm exploring. The late 60s and early 70s were a time of deeply radical feminism that often resembled misandry, and this book is the most pronounced example of that time. If you can get past the reactionary rhetoric, the point that most of the radical feminists of the time were making is still valid today.
4. Title: Woman and nature : the roaring inside her /
Author: Griffin, Susan.
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, c1978.
Description: 1st ed. -
xvii, 263 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number: PS3557.R48913W6 1978
Susan writes a very moving, and poetic connection between the subjection of women and the environment under patriarchy.
5. The Dragonsword Trilogy
Dragonsword, Duel of Dragons, Dragon Death
and,
The Strands Series
Strands of Starlight, Maze of Moonlight, Shroud of Shadow, Strands of Sunlight, Spires of Spirit
Okay, I'm cheating. These are two series, not just one more book, but they really do bear mentioning. These two series are written by a lady named Gael Baudino, who has since described herself as having lost her faith. I found that revelation quite sad. The series are scifi/fantasy, and on the surface - good stories. But I find both series transformative and moving, about sacrifice and compassion and change. I don't have the words to describe the impact these series have had on my life.
The first four books have a greater library oriented description, because I copy/pasted from the library catalogue. :) The academic library that I work for doesn't tend to collect scifi/fantasy.
What was the last book that you bought?
To Light a Candle, by Mercedes Lackey
This is mind fluff of the most excellent calibre. Intelligent books are all well and good, but I have a secret passion for scifi/fantasy novels. :)
What was the last book that you read?
Title: Baghdad burning : girl blog from Iraq /
Author: Riverbend.
Publisher: New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005.
Subject(s): Iraq War, 2003--Personal narratives, Iraqi. Insurgency--Iraq--Weblogs.
Call Number: DS79.76 .R587 2005
This book publishes the first year of River's blog, called Baghdad Burning, which still continues today. This is just one ordinary voice of a young Iraqi woman living through her country's turmoil.
Five books that have been particularily meaningful to you?
Same as #1. It's because they've had some particular meaning to me that they are my favourites.
Five books that you're dying to read but just haven't gotten to?
I have a rather long list of books that I want to read someday, but I guess these few stand out. Although I can't really describe any of them as something I'm 'dying to read'. I've been rather focused on archaeological textiles for the past few years - more specifically the techniques then the end product.
1. North European Textiles until 1000 AD.
Lise Bender Jorgensen
ISBN: 8772884169
Originally published by the York Archaeological Trust, but now out of print:
2. Textiles, Cordage and Raw Fibre from 16-22 Coppergate
Penelope Walton (1989)
ISBN: 0 906780 79 9
and,
3. Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate
Penelope Walton Rogers (1997)
ISBN: 1 872414 76 1
I think I want these two mostly because they are out of print and completely unfindable anymore, except through InterLibrary Loan, of course.
4. Schrödinger's kittens and the search for reality: solving the quantum mysteries
John Gribbin
I've had this book around for a few years, and just need to get through it. Quantum Physics fascinates me but I'm not really of a scientific enough mind to grasp it easily.
5. Book 7, as yet unnamed and unpublished, by JR Rowling.
Yep, I'm a Harry Potter fan. :)
Whew, that took a bit to figure out. If any of these resonate with you, please feel free to recommend similiar books or authors to me.
Cheers,
Karen
Now, because I work in a library, I've added a bit of information so you can easily find these books. If you choose to go to your library rather then buy, the call number should be very similar there as well because most North American libraries use the Library of Congress call number system these days.
Name Five of your Favourite Books
1. Title: Fugitive information : essays from a feminist hothead
Author: Hagan, Kay Leigh.
Publisher: [San Francisco] : Pandora, c1993.
Subject(s): Feminism, Patriarchy
Call Number: HQ1150.H34 1993
Kay has a deeply poetical and personal way of writing, and I have an affinity with hotheaded feminists. :) One of the interesting things about her writing is that she passes it before a wide net of women, and includes some of their comments on the essays in this book as well. I've also met Kay several times at the Michigan Womyns' Music Festival.
2. Title: When the wind blew /
Author: Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952.
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, [1977],c1937.
Call Number: PZ102.R74W49 1977
This is a children's book - makes me tear up with warmth at the end.
3. Title: S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men) manifesto, with an introduction by Vivian Gornick
Author: Solanas, Valerie.
Publisher: [New York] Olympia Press [c1970]
Subject(s): Women--History.
Call Number: HQ1420 .S64x 1970
This book is... challenging. Valerie Solanas is most famous for shooting Andy Warhol in the 60s and writing this book. I don't know enough about her life yet to set this book in it's proper context, but I'm exploring. The late 60s and early 70s were a time of deeply radical feminism that often resembled misandry, and this book is the most pronounced example of that time. If you can get past the reactionary rhetoric, the point that most of the radical feminists of the time were making is still valid today.
4. Title: Woman and nature : the roaring inside her /
Author: Griffin, Susan.
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, c1978.
Description: 1st ed. -
xvii, 263 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number: PS3557.R48913W6 1978
Susan writes a very moving, and poetic connection between the subjection of women and the environment under patriarchy.
5. The Dragonsword Trilogy
Dragonsword, Duel of Dragons, Dragon Death
and,
The Strands Series
Strands of Starlight, Maze of Moonlight, Shroud of Shadow, Strands of Sunlight, Spires of Spirit
Okay, I'm cheating. These are two series, not just one more book, but they really do bear mentioning. These two series are written by a lady named Gael Baudino, who has since described herself as having lost her faith. I found that revelation quite sad. The series are scifi/fantasy, and on the surface - good stories. But I find both series transformative and moving, about sacrifice and compassion and change. I don't have the words to describe the impact these series have had on my life.
The first four books have a greater library oriented description, because I copy/pasted from the library catalogue. :) The academic library that I work for doesn't tend to collect scifi/fantasy.
What was the last book that you bought?
To Light a Candle, by Mercedes Lackey
This is mind fluff of the most excellent calibre. Intelligent books are all well and good, but I have a secret passion for scifi/fantasy novels. :)
What was the last book that you read?
Title: Baghdad burning : girl blog from Iraq /
Author: Riverbend.
Publisher: New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005.
Subject(s): Iraq War, 2003--Personal narratives, Iraqi. Insurgency--Iraq--Weblogs.
Call Number: DS79.76 .R587 2005
This book publishes the first year of River's blog, called Baghdad Burning, which still continues today. This is just one ordinary voice of a young Iraqi woman living through her country's turmoil.
Five books that have been particularily meaningful to you?
Same as #1. It's because they've had some particular meaning to me that they are my favourites.
Five books that you're dying to read but just haven't gotten to?
I have a rather long list of books that I want to read someday, but I guess these few stand out. Although I can't really describe any of them as something I'm 'dying to read'. I've been rather focused on archaeological textiles for the past few years - more specifically the techniques then the end product.
1. North European Textiles until 1000 AD.
Lise Bender Jorgensen
ISBN: 8772884169
Originally published by the York Archaeological Trust, but now out of print:
2. Textiles, Cordage and Raw Fibre from 16-22 Coppergate
Penelope Walton (1989)
ISBN: 0 906780 79 9
and,
3. Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate
Penelope Walton Rogers (1997)
ISBN: 1 872414 76 1
I think I want these two mostly because they are out of print and completely unfindable anymore, except through InterLibrary Loan, of course.
4. Schrödinger's kittens and the search for reality: solving the quantum mysteries
John Gribbin
I've had this book around for a few years, and just need to get through it. Quantum Physics fascinates me but I'm not really of a scientific enough mind to grasp it easily.
5. Book 7, as yet unnamed and unpublished, by JR Rowling.
Yep, I'm a Harry Potter fan. :)
Whew, that took a bit to figure out. If any of these resonate with you, please feel free to recommend similiar books or authors to me.
Cheers,
Karen
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
20 Random Things
Well, no one's tagged me, but I've seen this meme on a few sites now and I'm interested. My mind works in random ways. I gather I'm supposed to write 20 random things about myself and then tag as many people as it takes in minutes to write.
I'll skip that second part. I probably don't know that many bloggers yet. But here's the 20 random things.
1. I have a dog named Leif the Licky.
2. And a cat named Ginger.
3. And a husband named Neil.
4. Leif came with the husband.
5. I fell in love with the dog first. He is adorable beyond all measure.
6. He's my first dog.
7. I'm allergic to both the dog and cat, but mostly to Ginger, the cat.
8. I'm not allergic to the husband.
9. I've had Ginger for 16 years.
10. I feel guilty when I think about her dying because I need to not have sinus problems anymore, but I won't give her up.
11. I have a degree in Political Science that I don't use much.
12. My favourite non-fiction author, whom I've met once or twice at the Michigan Womyns' Music Festival, wrote me last night to tell me about her newest essay, published here. Her name is Kay (Leigh) Hagan.
13. It's a good thing that I'm not doing the second part of this meme because it's taken me more then 24 hours to come up with this many random things.
14. I find Kay's latest essay very disturbing. I could be her sister... eyes sliding away.
15. I have now baked 4 apple pies - one too dry, one too wet, one damnably boring of taste but otherwise technically perfect, and one just a little bit undercooked but absolutely delicious.
16. And three meat pies, dozens of tarts and two pumpkin pies.
17. There's a big pumpkin out on the front porch waiting to be turned into more pumpkin pies, or rotting, whichever comes first.
18. Real pies - from scratch, from making the pastry and rolling it out and scorning of pre-made shells, and 'just add this' pre-made mixes.
19. I'm actually proud of, and intensely fascinated by, this growing domesticity.
20. And that's weird for a former radical feminist.
21. Now that I've started, I don't want to stop.
22. It's not 'former' as in 'gave it up, changed my mind, suddenly turned into a funny-mentalist' but 'former' as in 'I still believe, but the function of my life has changed'. Just to be clear and all.
Karen
I'll skip that second part. I probably don't know that many bloggers yet. But here's the 20 random things.
1. I have a dog named Leif the Licky.
2. And a cat named Ginger.
3. And a husband named Neil.
4. Leif came with the husband.
5. I fell in love with the dog first. He is adorable beyond all measure.
6. He's my first dog.
7. I'm allergic to both the dog and cat, but mostly to Ginger, the cat.
8. I'm not allergic to the husband.
9. I've had Ginger for 16 years.
10. I feel guilty when I think about her dying because I need to not have sinus problems anymore, but I won't give her up.
11. I have a degree in Political Science that I don't use much.
12. My favourite non-fiction author, whom I've met once or twice at the Michigan Womyns' Music Festival, wrote me last night to tell me about her newest essay, published here. Her name is Kay (Leigh) Hagan.
13. It's a good thing that I'm not doing the second part of this meme because it's taken me more then 24 hours to come up with this many random things.
14. I find Kay's latest essay very disturbing. I could be her sister... eyes sliding away.
15. I have now baked 4 apple pies - one too dry, one too wet, one damnably boring of taste but otherwise technically perfect, and one just a little bit undercooked but absolutely delicious.
16. And three meat pies, dozens of tarts and two pumpkin pies.
17. There's a big pumpkin out on the front porch waiting to be turned into more pumpkin pies, or rotting, whichever comes first.
18. Real pies - from scratch, from making the pastry and rolling it out and scorning of pre-made shells, and 'just add this' pre-made mixes.
19. I'm actually proud of, and intensely fascinated by, this growing domesticity.
20. And that's weird for a former radical feminist.
21. Now that I've started, I don't want to stop.
22. It's not 'former' as in 'gave it up, changed my mind, suddenly turned into a funny-mentalist' but 'former' as in 'I still believe, but the function of my life has changed'. Just to be clear and all.
Karen
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
More on the Top Five!
More of the increasingly-ineptly-named ;) Top Five!
The best places to be on the planet (as yet discovered):
1. My house. :) Picture taken last year in mid-summer last year.
2. My gardens. :) Picture taken in late spring last year.
3. Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Okay, so I'm not a world traveller yet.
Two reasons why Treheima* is such a good place to be.
1. Leif (aka "Leif the Licky")
2. Ginger (that's my warping she's in the middle of playing with)
*Treheima - bastardized old Norse word for "tree home" or "house with lots of trees". It's the name of our house. See our home website (in the links) for more.
Karen
The best places to be on the planet (as yet discovered):
1. My house. :) Picture taken last year in mid-summer last year.
2. My gardens. :) Picture taken in late spring last year.
3. Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Okay, so I'm not a world traveller yet.
Two reasons why Treheima* is such a good place to be.
1. Leif (aka "Leif the Licky")
2. Ginger (that's my warping she's in the middle of playing with)
*Treheima - bastardized old Norse word for "tree home" or "house with lots of trees". It's the name of our house. See our home website (in the links) for more.
Karen
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Top Five
For no particular reason, and in no particular order, I present: The Top Five lists.
Top Five SciFi/Fantasy Authors (all of whom have several books each, most of which I've read):
1. Gael Baudino (before she lost faith)
2. Mercedes Lackey (pure mind-candy)
3. Joan Slonczewski (because she's not mind-candy)
4. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (currently missing in action)
5. Rosemary Edghill (for her faith)
Favourite Feminist Writer by far:
1. Kay Leigh Hagan
There's only one in this category, and she's currrently missing in action as well. Is it that unrealistic of me to expect good writers to keep writing and publishing?
Favourite Relatively Obscure Folk Music:
1. Heather Bishop
2. Ferron
3. Jennifer Berezan
4. Rhiannon
5. Lucie Blue Tremblay
6. Holly Near
7. Sweet Honey in the Rock
8. Chris Williamson
Couldn't stop at five. :)
Favourite Mainstream Rock:
1. Tori Amos
2. Melissa Etheridge
3. Indigo Girls
4. Sarah McLachlan
5. Tegan and Sara
Favourite Relatively Obscure Rock:
1. Dead Kennedys
2. Four Non-Blondes (probably defunct)
3. Concrete Blonde (now defunct)
4. Two Nice Girls (also defunct)
5. Lydia Lunch
More tomorrow.
Karen
Top Five SciFi/Fantasy Authors (all of whom have several books each, most of which I've read):
1. Gael Baudino (before she lost faith)
2. Mercedes Lackey (pure mind-candy)
3. Joan Slonczewski (because she's not mind-candy)
4. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (currently missing in action)
5. Rosemary Edghill (for her faith)
Favourite Feminist Writer by far:
1. Kay Leigh Hagan
There's only one in this category, and she's currrently missing in action as well. Is it that unrealistic of me to expect good writers to keep writing and publishing?
Favourite Relatively Obscure Folk Music:
1. Heather Bishop
2. Ferron
3. Jennifer Berezan
4. Rhiannon
5. Lucie Blue Tremblay
6. Holly Near
7. Sweet Honey in the Rock
8. Chris Williamson
Couldn't stop at five. :)
Favourite Mainstream Rock:
1. Tori Amos
2. Melissa Etheridge
3. Indigo Girls
4. Sarah McLachlan
5. Tegan and Sara
Favourite Relatively Obscure Rock:
1. Dead Kennedys
2. Four Non-Blondes (probably defunct)
3. Concrete Blonde (now defunct)
4. Two Nice Girls (also defunct)
5. Lydia Lunch
More tomorrow.
Karen
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