The Goodbye Polaroid Party
In 1999 (good god, ten years ago) I printed a book called 17 Reasons, which features seven polaroid transfers. The book was made in an edition of 35, which means that I made about three hundred transfers, give or take, including proofs and tests and stuff-ups. Thirty-odd boxes of 669 film later, I remember thinking […]
Feasting
Putting on my swimsuit for the first time this summer, I realised with a shock that I need to be writing about feasting rather than doing it. But the last few months have featured many great meals, at my table and others’, and I plan many more in 2009. I feel like I’ve got my […]
These women cannot be drafted into war
When I got to work yesterday, I found this photo on my workbench. What could it possibly mean? Some idle research led me to search “Secretary’s Day†on Wikipedia. No light was shed on the above image, but I did learn that the day is now known as “Administrative Professionals’ Day.†It’s on the last […]
Cucumber
Googling “cucumber sandwiches“, this is what I found: The traditional cucumber sandwich is composed of paper-thin slices of cucumber placed between two thin slices of crustless, lightly buttered white bread. As the thinness of the bread is a point of pride in the kitchen, a dense-textured white Pullman loaf is cut with a wide-bladed knife, which […]
Makers
 “If Roald Dahl’s BFG could capture and bottle Carolyn Fraser’s enthusiasm for letterpress printing, he would be knocking on her sixth-floor studio door.” City Weekly, 5/11/08 I’m not sure this is a good thing?
13.3″ widescreen doesn’t do Obama justice
 Seven people, six laptops, a 60-inch plasma TV. These cookies, these apple pies and homemade Oreos. A very good day.
Hey! I can crochet!
 Finally.
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