It’s 09:25. So far today, I have: showered dressed let the dogs out made the bed checked email let the dogs in checked my feed reader, read several posts let the dogs out again started a milk loaf kneading in the Kenwood Let dogs in again fed dogs emptied dishwasher let dogs out again sorted …
Category archives: Dear Diary
Pratfall
Prompts for the Promptless: Thursday, March 7, 2013 Schadenfreude is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. Suggested Prompts: Share a picture of something that represents Schadenfreude to you List your 5 Favorite examples of Schadenfreude in entertainment (film, comedy, theatre, literature) Consider, develop, or discuss the role of Schadenfreude in human understanding Recount a …
Food for thought
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Full prompt here The 11th Possibility is the idea that, regardless of data to the contrary, something unexpected and outside the realm of ordinary thought is always potentially around the corner. “A coin is flipped 10 times, and in each instance lands on either heads or tails. But even after the …
Prompts for the Promptless Ep1 Wabi-Sabi
I am a little behind on this one, but delighted to have found one more inspirational push. The full prompt is here Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Wabi-sabi is the beauty of the imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is the beauty of things unconventional and modest. It’s not just a style of art, it’s a world …
Educating the young
I was up at our island’s Community School yesterday afternoon – my friend Gill and I are helping out with an after-school knitting group. It has been going for a few weeks now and the kids (Senior 1 & 2) are now able to talk and Knit at the same time (after yesterday, they can …
Sandwiched
There is an odd and pungent smell in my Studio. Odd, until you realise what I am up to in there. This is not the usual eau-de-mouton emanating from my stash of fleece. I recently took delivery of a three tier seed sprouter. The only location in my home that satisfies all of the sprouter’s …