So, I’ve been obsessed with John Bellairs lately. It’s a quiet thing – these are scary books I read as a child, somewhere between the Hardy Boys, Edward Gorey (who drew images for all the early hardcover editions), and Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ series. I keep thinking about them. I think I will go […]

Tuesday my glasses broke, right in the centre of the nosebridge. I scotch-taped the middle and wore them nerd-style all day. Oh, the shame. Took Wednesday off work to get new eye gear, but to no avail – my prescription is about -4.5 plus astigmatism, which means that new lenses will take about a week […]