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aliteralgirl

  1. @forgethisname indeed! though experience indicates I should pack my wellies just in case :) hope you're well... about 9 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to forgethisname
  2. "we, in our constant presents, are the ghosts, haunting our own pasts" - new blog post on home etc: aliteralgirl.com/2012/05/homela… about 10 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  3. "We look younger than our parents" - really interesting piece on age(ing) at @newinquiry: thenewinquiry.com/blogs/the-behe… (via @nathanjurgenson) about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  4. @FunTimeChez yep, same here... about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to FunTimeChez
  5. @adrianbdwalker ha! perfect. just what I need... :) about 14 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to adrianbdwalker
  6. @FunTimeChez the problem (not that it's really a problem) is that there are just so many books... :) about 15 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to FunTimeChez
  7. I want a search engine that knows all the books we own and in which room each one currently resides. Why isn't this a thing yet? about 15 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  8. @forgethisname I am! There for a few days over the jubilee weekend... 2:59 AM May 28th via Twitter for Mac in reply to forgethisname
  9. What I read this week: aliteralgirl.com/2012/05/what-i… 2:14 AM May 28th via Twitter for Mac
  10. Oxford was made for days like this. instagr.am/p/LGR4OqvnWT/ 10:24 AM May 26th via Instagram
  11. Summer! @ The Isis Farmhouse instagr.am/p/LGGCcyPnet/ 8:41 AM May 26th via Instagram
  12. A rant I wrote about banks, at @EqualsProject: equals.youplusme.com/a-rant-about-b… 5:03 AM May 26th via Twitter for Mac
  13. What I read this week: aliteralgirl.com/2012/05/what-i… 4:14 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  14. @Jujusophie ah, a longer story than will fit into 140 characters :) will tell you when I see you next x 11:28 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Jujusophie
  15. @piehands me too! Clearly :) 11:27 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to piehands
  16. Writing pro/con lists. Rory Gilmore would be proud. 11:12 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPhone
  17. Portrait of the internet in 2004: theatlantic.com/technology/arc… 12:14 PM May 17th via Twitter for Mac
  18. @FRalph1976 @ihatemornings ha! well, here's hoping... 6:57 AM May 17th via Twitter for Mac in reply to FRalph1976
  19. Sometimes I worry that the notes-to-self I leave in first drafts are more entertaining than the thing I'm actually writing. 6:05 AM May 17th via Twitter for Mac
  20. London bound. 11:44 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac
  • Name Miranda Ward
  • Location Oxford, UK
  • Web http://aliteralgi...
  • Bio Writer/blogger interested in place, literature, & technology. Consumes mass quantities of cheese & cider. See also: http://unbound.co.uk/books/12
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