A library is much more than books.

Andrew Carnegie certainly gave so much to the world when he bequeathed monies to set up libraries. You can read about his life at this website. From Wikipedia: A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.  A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883…

Too many choices!

Last night I had such a dilemma as there were too many choices of sport on television!  I was interested in: the rugby, All Blacks versus Argentina Tour de France- Stage 13 Test 2 The Ashes – Fortunately the rugby was on earlier than either the cycling or the cricket so I was able to…

We are experiencing technical difficulties! Read the manual.

I have been the proud owner of an overlocker for six years now and sewing is now a great deal easier.  I was given the overlocker as a gift from my children.  I do have incredibly loving and thoughtful children. The overlocker was a bit daunting at first but after a couple of lessons from…

September has finished, now where did it go?

I find it hard to believe that we are already in October.  I can’t think what happened to September but it doesn’t feel as if it really happened.  I guess when you are busy enjoying yourself the time really flies. I managed to fit in two trips to Melbourne and Canberra during the month. Did I…

A nod to technology in today’s classrooms. . .

Will the art of handwriting die out?

The mother of all weather stations

My husband is a keen follower of the weather.  In fact you could almost say he is fanatical about weather records so it was with heavy heart that he discovered his weather monitor outdoor sensor had been knocked off the wall during heavy winds recently and was no longer working.  What to do? He did…