A Quiet Sunday Morning

“It had to happen, a little like Vesuvius and with equal devastation caused, what part of all of this did “him in doors” not see coming when he started moaning about there being nothing to watch on TV last night…..  “
Says me in my self-defence and to justify the explosion this morning.   
There has been [...]

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Touching Base with myself

I have had one of “those” days.  I thought I would cheer myself up by sharing some of the highlights with you – tune to another station now if you are not interested – I wish I could.
Waking up to be told that your nearest and sometimes dearest hasn’t slept all night – so obviously [...]

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Stash Denial – big time

I have a way of, when moving forward with life, conveniently (or otherwise) forgetting some of my accumulations.  I don’t mean to, I put them away tidily, mentally remember where and then, a little squirrel like, fully intend to return to resume said activities.
Now I am being very vague here, please note, also very non-specific.  [...]

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Retro or Vintage?

It is fair to say that I have been struck dumb ….. by ebay and the world I live in…
It is a sad tale, which I will do my best to relate..but suspect that it might lose some of its meaning to those who aren’t addicted to things fibre.  If I just say – driven by [...]

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Memory Placements

Don’t know what has suddenly brought this to mind and where I am going with this post, but I am having a few days off from work and the weather is awful.  This always happened every time we took the kids on holiday – so much so that one of them rang this week, whilst [...]

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I have the diagnosis… now what was the problem?

It has finally dawned on me what is wrong with me.  Nothing in particular – I am though an “achievement junkie” or obsessed with getting things done, leaving a trail of finished products (sub-text here… devastation) behind me. 
Toby has been in hospital since Friday morning – having an operation on his Achilles’ tendon – [...]

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How to fill a free day

Yippee a free Saturday – a day when the sun is shining, wind is blowing, I don’t HAVE to be anywhere and don’t have any URGENT work on my desk and if I did – well tough.
So what am I going to do with this minor miracle – I must not waste it…. (fatally flawed [...]

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A good piece of advice

New Year Resolutions and starting afresh – creating false starts and setting yourself up for failure of self-imposed goals.
The advice from those in the “know”, well those who make a lot of money out of selling advice  is to replace them with decisions followed by actions.
Resolutions happen “off in the future… “  – in some [...]

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There are days…

There are days when I am quite frustrated by even just existing. 
I have a Yahoo Group for Writers, and it won’t let any one without a degree in technology to join it. 
I have to attend meetings where people talk crap about career experiences, and they forget that I have actually done it, been [...]

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Is Knitting a Skill or a Craft?

Craft Council – Socio Economic Survey 2002-03
I wasn’t going to blog today.  I feel I have done too much talking and writing about craft in the last few days than actually undertaking it.  I am due to go back to work on Monday, so promised myself this a peaceful, knitty, weekend, before returning to duty [...]

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