Those of you who know me will realise that I have been watching cycling and most recently cricket on the television because that is when I produce most of my knitting. I have been on a roll with sock knitting recently having knitted socks for both of our daughters and a pair for my son-in-law….
Category: Family
A word popped up from my past.
I can’t remember what prompted the memory of this word but it certainly brought back memories of my childhood in Scotland. I must have been a particularly sulky teenager as I remember my father saying to me on more than one occasion, “What’s that boosach for?” or “What’s that boosach about?” I can’t remember having…
A Tim Winton novel
This book was another buy from the Book Fair. The book was published in 1994 but I had not read it. The last Tim Winton book I read was Dirt Music, which I loved. I loved this book too. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1995. The prize was won by The…
Started working on my fabric stash
Yesterday I spent time in my sewing room actually doing some sewing. I am going to make a concerted effort to diminish my stash of fabrics. I have started off with a piece of fleece fabric which I bought I would say about six years ago. I am not sure what I intended to make…
Auslan or finger spelling
When I was last on a Zoom call with my brothers and sister we somehow mentioned the use of sign language. I can’t remember what the context was, possibly when we were talking about the sign language being used in the daily press conferences on COVID, but I know I mentioned how as children we…
The Den of Nargun
One of the books read by students during my teaching years was The Nargun and the Stars. The reason I mention this is we did the walk to the Den of Nargun with some of our grandchildren during the Christmas holidays. I had walked with our two other grandchildren when they were much younger and…
Gippsland Granny 