Crafting, of any variety, makes for a good hobby or three. It’s very easy, once you start one sort of craft, to be sucked into another. And then another, and another. There’s another hobby that goes along with all the crafting, though, that often gets forgotten or overlooked. It’s the collecting of crafting supplies and… Continue reading Organising the Crafting Supplies
Category: Life
Places and other observations.
Life Ever Crafting
WordPress told me the other day that I first started blogging eight years ago. It was – serendipitous, perhaps; well-timed, certainly – that it told me this, because I recently found the notebook in which I made all my early plans for the first incarnation of my blog. And no, I don’t throw away my… Continue reading Life Ever Crafting
Notes From My Office: January 2021
I had thought to be back in the swing of work by this time, even if it was still from home. Full, busy days. Such, though, is not to be at this time, and probably not for several months yet, at least. Alas, alack. So upsetting, that I have half days here, two hours there,… Continue reading Notes From My Office: January 2021
Life in Hibernation: Lockdown 3
Lockdown 3 began with the new school term. It’s supposedly tougher than Lockdown 2, though not as tough as Lockdown 1. But, given that it doesn’t affect my life too much, I’m going with the whole thing being Hibernation. Because I get to stay snug in my bubble, not having to leave the safety of… Continue reading Life in Hibernation: Lockdown 3
New Year, New Hope
Good morning, 2021! I don’t normally do anything for New Year’s, so the restrictions still in place – and newly reintroduced: we moved to Tier 4 the other day – didn’t really affect my celebrations last night. A cup of tea and Radio 3. But so much for the old. Now to look to the… Continue reading New Year, New Hope
Reflections on 2020: A Year at Home
Before I started this, I looked back at my final post for 2019. I also looked back at my Goals for 2020. This time last year, my one hope for 2020 was that it would be a proactive year (as opposed to the crisis-after-another of 2019), and my one Goal was simply to continue doing… Continue reading Reflections on 2020: A Year at Home
Notes From My Office: December’s Words
It’s early this month, the words. This is because my office closed for Christmas on Friday, and I’m now on holiday until 2021. Which is both a good feeling, and a bit weird. Having none of the normal sorts of “Points of Interest” with which to break up the last year, it’s a bit difficult… Continue reading Notes From My Office: December’s Words
The Beginning of Advent
Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. This year, it was last Sunday. Which means my 24-day calendar needed an extra couple of markers. I used the first two stockings, filled with mini Lindt truffles. The rest of the markers are Mouseloft cross-stitch patches, which I made some years ago. We turn them over,… Continue reading The Beginning of Advent
Notes From My Office: November’s Words
I’ve been getting better at crafting around the computer. Or do I mean working around the crafting supplies? Perhaps that. I’m trying to remember to tidy up as I go along, or as soon after I’m done with the crafting as possible. But I don’t always. And then I have to work around the paper… Continue reading Notes From My Office: November’s Words
Stir-Up Sunday
Yesterday, the last Sunday before Advent, was Stir-Up Sunday. At least in the Anglican tradition. Apparently, there’s a prayer in the service that has the line “Stir up we beseech thee, O Lord” (or words to that effect). It’s the day when, traditionally, all the Christmas cakes and puddings are made, with everyone in the… Continue reading Stir-Up Sunday
