Claire's blog

I love to read, and can’t remember a time when I wasn’t able to.  One of the first things I do on moving to a new place is to find and join the local library, and I have to keep a strict rein on myself in bookshops (especially slightly labyrinthine second-hand book shops like Charlie […]

I spent the weekend in Nottingham, where Dad kindly spent some time counselling my computer, so that it now no longer feels the need to shut down if I ignore it for too long (although I had to compromise and remove my screensaver).  I was also able to pick up my post, including my brand […]

I’ve had my computer back from the clinic, where it’s been brainwashed and is now happily convinced of the existence of both the DVD drive and the CD-W drive.  Unfortunately it’s developed the new habit of crashing whenever I’ve not paid attention to it for a little while (including halfway through any radio programmes I […]

My laptop has been getting ever dottier, censoring what CDs I’m allowed to look at, and it finally reached the point where it refused to even acknowledge that I have a CD drive.  I’ve tried plugging in my external CD-W drive, but apparently that doesn’t exist either.  So I’ve given in and dropped the poor […]

I got a parcel from home today!  I love getting parcels (even ones packed in old chinese shoe boxes, and wrapped with enough sellotape to double the weight)!  And this one was great, it contained: A calico bear I’d asked Mum to make (it’s for my boss – she had a beautiful bouncing baby boy yesterday, […]

One of my Christmas presents was ‘Little Bead Boxes’ by Julia Pretl, and I’ve just finished one of the patterns from the book (with a bit of a colour change).

I’ve started going to life class again, but this time I’ve signed up for a course of painting.  I usually draw with pencil, and the idea of trying to work in brushes and paint scared me, so I figured I had to give it a go.  I had the second session yesterday and I’m really […]