Today was Blogging Against Disablism Day. Click that link and it will take you to a post at Diary of a Goldfish collating links to posts by many, many bloggers all addressing issues of disability discrimination and the experience of being disabled. I didn’t have anything to offer by way of writing for this event so I’m reading and learning instead. Perhaps you’ll join me? Continue reading Blogging Against Disablism Day
Early this year I rather foolishly promised to make at least 48 pairs of earrings for the P&C Craft Group Mothers Day stall. Of course I procrastinated about it something shocking and really only got stuck into it properly yesterday. Here’s what I’ve come up with (there’s multiples of each design). If you want to have a closer look all the individual pics are on my Flickr. Continue reading I make earrings
Yesterday we hauled ourselves out of bed at 6:15am and headed off to Lithgow for a day at Ironfest with my mum in tow. The Huscarls had a paid gig there to provide a living history display so a bunch of them were camping Friday and Saturday nights but we decided it was all too hard and that we’d just come up for the day. I packed my bead making stuff but didn’t end up using it as the club trestle table hadn’t made it to the camp. When we arrived I couldn’t wait to get into my dark ages … Continue reading Lithgow Ironfest
Justine Larbalestier tweeted a link to “Best recap EVA of the Anne of Green Gable books” so followed and found myself reading The Ballad of Anne and Gilbert by Diana Peterfreund. I only ever read the first couple of books in the series and it was so long ago I can barely remember anything about it but I still found it highly amusing. From the Anne of Avonlea section: “Marilla and Mrs. Lynde: Gee, that Anne and Gilbert are hanging out a lot together — well, as much as they can considering how far away he works and all. Bet … Continue reading Anne of Green Gables
Clementine Ford’s latest column, Thank you and please are two little keys, has me sitting here saying to myself “Did she really just say that?” in a kind of stunned horror. The piece is supposedly about the importance of good manners but how on earth she can reconcile this: The problem as I see it is a general lack of respect for our fellow human beings across the board. Having good manners is really no more complicated than treating other people as you would like to be treated. with what follows is beyond my comprehension. Just to pull out 2 … Continue reading Quick Hit: Pot, meet kettle.
Alix asks have you got the cajones? Post a picture of yourself right now. As you are right now. As you read this. No running to get dressed or put on make up or fix your hair or whatever. Just YOU! Anyone brave enough to play along? Ready… Set… CLICK!. Apparently the answer is yes, yes I do. And here I am at 1:00am, slightly bleary-eyed but otherwise pretty much as you’d see me on any average sort of day. I didn’t even need move from my spot on the lounge to do this, thanks to the webcam in my … Continue reading What the heck…
Thanks for asking after me Alix 🙂 I’m fine – much, much better than when I last posted – but still finding it difficult to focus long enough to write anything of substance. Fortunately everything kind of fell into place on Thursday last week. I got the animals out to the vets without a hitch and I caught up on the worst of my pile of stuff at work. School term ended giving me a reprieve from homework related kid-wrangling until almost the end of the month and I resigned myself to wearing the same outfit all weekend at Conference … Continue reading Things are improving – I’ll be back properly soon!
It’s 1:45 in the morning. I’m supposed to be taking the animals to be boarded for the weekend first thing tomorrow, have to leave the house at 7:30am. I’ve not made the clothes for myself that I wanted to get done for the reenactors’ conference this weekend. I’m not being very nice to my kids. And I’m up to my eyeballs in stuff to do both at work and at home. Stress = not going to bed. So fucking stupid. *kicks self* At least I’ll sleep while we’re camping, it’s much harder to stay up too late when living in … Continue reading Not blogging, not sleeping, not coping
The 11th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up, this month’s host is whyimbitter. Lots of great reading waiting for you there – go check it out! Continue reading 11th Down Under Feminists Carnival
Liz of Eternal Lizdom is being crafty and is going to share her talents and she’s inviting her readers to do the same. The deal is that I am supposed to follow these rules: This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: 1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! 2. What I create will be just for you. 3. It’ll be done this next month. 4. You have no clue what it’s going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or something sewn.I may draw or paint something. I may bake … Continue reading Want a gift from me?
Mim's Muddle 