December 2010

Depressed? Must be a writer.

The Guardian‘s Benedicte Page reports that “Writers ‘at greater risk of depression’, survey finds“: Irregular pay and isolation contribute to the propensity for writers to succumb to depression, says the site, with nearly 7% of male artists and writers likely to suffer a major episode of the illness. Though Gwyneth Lewis disagrees that suffering for one’s art […]

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Recipe for Riz Aleister Crowley

Crowley calls this recipe a “Poem of Spring,” and I decided to have a go at it for our Winter Solstice Feast. This picture was taken with cold leftovers afterwards, which, while delicious, didn’t photograph particularly well. Sorry. The recipe was posted on Coilhouse, where guest blogger S. Elizabeth dug up found and shared it, I’ve included

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Working from home with a kitten

Pictured left is my kitten, Lydia, patiently waiting for me to throw her mousie for the kazillionth time. And by patiently, I mean she will wait a few seconds before resulting to the tactics outlined by The Oatmeal in Cat vs Internet. He gets it. Perfectly. Cats will try anything – anything – to get your attention. 

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Review notes for Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic

My workspace: this is it. With the sun behind me, my desk looked so pretty. (And cluttered, but then, it’s always cluttered.) So, I snapped a quick picture with my shiny new BlackBerry Torch. (I love it.) The book is Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock, by Vere Chappell (Weiser, 2010). These are my notes

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