citoyennebrett

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open an etsy store.
Getting there... 1 month ago

I’m officially an online entrepreneur, or something. It’s not much of a store (and I have yet to actually sell anything) but it’s there:

http://robotnista.etsy.com



Knit a sweater for my mom's birthday (read all 3 entries…)
Finally! 1 month ago

It took me a little over two years, thanks to my forgetfulness and lack of motivation, but it’s done – finished, given, and apparently worn to at least one curling class. She loves it (or so she says) so I’m happy. Would have been nice to get a picture, though. Maybe some other time.



read all the books I own (read all 4 entries…)
Oh dear 3 months ago

So, I bought more books. A lot more books. And I read some of them. Really I did. But nonetheless, the list has expanded significantly.

Non-fiction:

Daniel J. Boorstin – The Seekers
Charles d’Eon de Beaumont – The Maiden of Tonnerre
François Furet – Interpreting the French Revolution
Nicolas Grimal – A History of Ancient Egypt
Herodotus – The Histories
Martin Klimke – 1968 in Europe
Teresa de Lauretis – Feminist Studies
Margaret MacMillan – Paris 1919
Robert Opie – Guillotine
Georges Rudé – Robespierre
Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just – L’esprit de la Révolution

Fiction:

Albert Camus – The Fall
Geoffrey Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales
Robertson Davies – The Salterton Trilogy
Robertson Davies – The Cunning Man
Emma Donoghue – Life Mask
Gustave Flaubert – A Sentimental Education
Sara Gruen – Water for Elephants
Franz Kafka – The Trial
John Milton – Paradise Lost
Tom Stoppard – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Nick Tosches – In the Hand of Dante
Emile Zola – L’Assomoir
Emile Zola – Germinal

Two down, 24 to go.



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