How to fight entitlement

How to fight entitlement. When I read this heading it reminded me that I had heard the word entitlement several times in the recent past so I thought the post would be well worth the read.  I have included the link so you can find out for yourself. https://www.artofmanliness.com/people/family/how-to-develop-gratitude-in-your-kids/ I thought it appropriate with Christmas…

A reblog from a blog I follow

Graveyards of Scotland is a blog that I follow and I think how I started to follow it was when I posted about visiting Tomnahourich in Inverness when I was a child.  The link to that blog came up on my screen when writing the post because I was visiting a cemetery. https://graveyardsofscotland.com/2022/11/12/one-man-on-an-island/ If you…

Getting distracted

I have just returned home after a weekend in Canberra and I decided I needed to do some decluttering in my workroom.  Not sure why I decided to do this today but that was what happened.  For those of you who have seen my workroom you will be well aware that I have accumulated a…

Do you have days like this?

Yesterday I had a day where I achieved very little although I had set out to achieve much more. Perhaps this next photo would give you a clue as to what my issue was. I had set out to do some stretch fabric sewing and the overlocker is a vital piece of equipment when doing…

196. READ. LOOK. THINK. — Jessica Stanley’s READ.LOOK.THINK.

Scomo sucks by MALI BAKES. (A frankly upsetting TikTok that juxtaposes footage of Australia’s rolling national disasters with Scott Morrison’s speech in parliament where he brandished a lump of coal — yes, it’s real.)READ.’Yes, I’m an older woman, a calm woman, I’ve written enough things, I’m at peace, my days of partying on Milanese rooftops… 196….

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…