Jam and Idleness–all over teh interwebs!

Good afternoon, my darlings. Just a short post to let you know that I have written a thing about salad, and how much I used to want to punch it in the neck. It is up over at the lovely Food Riot, which I hope to be writing more for in the future. Since we’re…

In the world to come there will be no room for such people

As I noted over at Bookphilia back in 2010, finding anything by Osamu Dazai around here is a real challenge. A few months ago, I found his novel of post-war upheaval, The Setting Sun, in the delightful Ten Editions. Knowing that I might suffer from another years-long Dazai drought, I tried to hold off on…

Approaching normal

What have I been doing? Moving, renovating, cycling, being sick (hubby and I were laid low with food poisoning this week and I’m still not really okay), and reading. What have I been reading? I couldn’t recall when I typed that compellingly original rhetorical question; I actually had to check the Goodreads to see what…