January almost gone.

I can’t believe that we are almost into February.  Where did that last month go?  When I was out on my morning walk yesterday I noticed the school bus was back.  It is usually parked outside our local primary school. Our local school is only small and the children go to high school in one…

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….