I made this book. It's to be my next journal. I've a lovely habit, at the moment, of lying in bed on my tummy each night and writing for a bit, before I turn off the light and go to sleep. It's very soothing. My journal is almost empty but I can't find the right replacement for it. In the end I decided to make one. Yes, I stitched this together, using very professional "signatures" (a signature, I discovered, is a little pile of, say, 7 sheets of paper, folded in half and stitched together). I think this is not bad for my first proper hardcover book. It's sweet, it has plain paper inside (I can't stand lined paper).. and basically it meets my needs.
I don't love it though. I don't think I had the right inspiration for the cover. Maybe I'll treat it as a practise book, and make another one which I do fall in love with. I started to like it a lot more once I'd glued this lovely paper inside the cover:
Sustainable Living
- How to preserve local food for winter
Eat delicious, local, sustainable food from your pantry all year round. - How to really grow food in your backyard
Here I share with you the secrets that have transformed me from a gardener with a not-very-productive vegie patch, to growing most of my family's fruit and veg. - A simple composting toilet
Find out how to make a really simple but effective composting toilet for very little money.
About Asphyxia
- Guide to this blog
Read this to help you find the posts on my blog that will be most interesting to you.
The Grimstones
- My Shop
Buy my books about The Grimstones: Hatched, Mortimer Revealed, and the Artist's Journal. Also available: postcards and CDs. - The Grimstones
The Grimstones is a gothic fairytale about a girl who can read dreams, a baby boy with three legs, a mother who sew garments lined with warmth and joy, and a grandfather who heals people with his magical concoctions. I created The Grimstones as a marionette performance, and now it's a book series too.
Food and Nutrition
- Traditional Foods
My health has dramatically improved after changing my diet for a more traditional way of eating, as advised by Sally Fallon. - Food Flower Poster
Forget the food pyramid! It was developed by the agricultural industry, not by nutritionists. Instead, print this Food Flower poster, which shows a visual guide to choosing nutritious and satisfying traditional foods. - Sourdough bread Recipes
I make delicious sourdough bread in my bread machine - recipes and tips here. - Raw Food
Should we be eating a diet of 100% raw food? Here's what I found by way of "scientific proof". - Raw garlic to cure colds & flu
If you feel a cold or flu coming on, eat a whole clove of raw garlic, three times a day - it works miracles.
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24 January 2011
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