Karen Beilharz
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Karen Beilharz
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Writer, reader, editor, listener, knitter, TV and movie-watcher, Christian, and interested in way too many things.

http://hivemindedness.com
Funny English in Japan.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Hello again, Japan!
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Two days of 29°C false summer nonsense last week, but today, we’re back to winter 😒

IMHO, Spring in Sydney is essentially just wearing the other seasons as trench coats, but with lashings of pollen.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
36°C. I stepped outside for a moment & it really does feel like a furnace.
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I have to spend most of today working on my tax (😩😭😱), but I am stealing some time this morning to write.

#amwriting
#writingcommunity
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Extreme temperatures this week make for good blocking weather.

#knitting
#wip
#craftsky
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today was New & Improved Routine #2 with Stephanie, which meant three bars.

This is ridiculous.

Thankful for one of the regulars who took pity on me & helped me pack up at the end.
October 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Tabling at Geek Markets Wollongong today!
October 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Today = audio editing + 4hr team planning meeting + team lunch + escape room. Given three out of the five of us had never done one before, I thought we did pretty well! They gave us badges for completing it at the end 😊
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Last porridge for the year.
September 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Remember: the rule is if I go to the gym, I get to complain about it to you.

Our Thursday instructor said she left routine #1 in the car, so we had to do #2 again.

I hate #2. The worst part is packing up at the end.

(Yes, I used every single one of those weights. Every. Single. One.)
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
But this is what I had to pack up at the end 😱

I used every single one of those plates. (Not all at once!)
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
False summer is over; back to winter today, only with over-the-top humidity.

The 10°C drop is really something.
September 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Working on playing Spot the Difference—I mean, second round of edits of “Goblins vs Trolls” Issue #2 for my friend & sometimes collaborator René Pfitzner.

It’s so cool seeing these pages in colour now!

#comics
#makecomics
#comicsediting
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tabling at the Strange Folds Zine Fair today!

#makecomics
#zinefairs
#comics
#zines
#wollongong
September 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Fruits of Sunday night’s labours.

I think they turned out rather well!

#makecomics
#comics
#prose
#selfpublishing
#writingcommunity
September 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Rather impressed with our kangaroo paw: we planted them last year and thought they had died in the summer heat, but they’re back and they’ve multiplied!
August 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Concert hall, Sydney Opera House.

I managed to get the best seats!
August 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Then I stumbled across this ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada that depicts women doing the jobs that men would have done in such a workshop.

www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

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August 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There were bookstores in the cities during the Edo Period. Here's a reconstruction of what one would have looked like:

HT: muza-chan.net/japan/index....

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August 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Friday night editing job: “Goblins vs Trolls” Issue 02 by René Pfitzner.

#amediting
#ameditingcomics
#makecomics
August 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’ve never seen a peeler like the one at this AirBnb before.
July 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My next event is the Northern Beaches Zine Fair at Manly on Sat 26 Jul.

Come & bring your family! There will be workshops (some of which require bookings and a small fee).

Check out the full program:

www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/what...
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I forgot to post the other “#Haikyu!!” gachapon I got the other day: they’re the captains of the different teams.

They’re a lot smaller than I thought they’d be, but they’re still super cute.

#anime
#gachapon
#kawaii
July 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM