Margaret Rose Stringer's Blog, page 10

Circumstances conspired ..

.. and definitely against me. So, erhmm .. what do you see as being important in ParkRun’s requirements, eh ? I had, last Sunday, ordered on-line a credit-card-sized thingy with my name and barcode on it. Didn’t make it here by yesterday’s mail, dammit ! Oh well says I, I’ll just do as they say … Continue reading Circumstances conspired ..

From MyWW to Lite n Easy explanation

What happened was that I completely fell out of love with cooking. It was fine as long as I could make my 1-pot stovetop meals and work my way through them. But my sister Paula had pointed out that I wasn’t eating any complete protein while cooking my beans-based vegetarian meals. It was then I … Continue reading From MyWW to Lite n Easy explanation

Exercise ? – ACK !!!

But yes ! – exercise. I suddenly and inexplicably grew tired of having to choose the radio button that says ‘nil’ when indicating how much of it I do. No, that’s a porky. Wish it were true. I came across a link in .. in .. dunno: maybe The Guardian ? – it wasn’t the … Continue reading Exercise ? – ACK !!!

And about bloody time !!!

Very happy to identify my political leanings. It was well past time for Australians to take ScoMo to task for his absolute refusal to acknowledge climate change and his own betrayal of trust regarding a Federal Integrity Commission. Amongst other things, of course. The only awful news coming out of yesterday is that our tv … Continue reading And about bloody time !!!

And here’s the moon ..

Beautiful pale morning sky .. pinks and grey swirling gently behind Luna, who might even be full ! — such beauty up there above the gum trees with their slowly awakening bird populations just beginning to be heard .. And this is right in the middle of a fairly central Melbourne suburb. Am I lucky … Continue reading And here’s the moon ..

Recalled to Life (?)

(with apologies to Dickens) I have a wonderful new Dell laptop with a ‘spill-resistant keyboard’. I have access to the Internet. I have lost an IT support provider. Life goes on .. I am in my Essendon teeny apartment, and I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. I use that adjective because it’s really much … Continue reading Recalled to Life (?)

A short essay entitled “On Affection|Love”

It was, I’m fairly sure, only a couple of days ago that I suddenly understood what’s been hovering over me for longer than I can point to; a kind of mysterious miasma of .. something. Out of nowhere it came to me that I’m absolutely starved of affection, let alone love. I’m not a person … Continue reading A short essay entitled “On Affection|Love”

A short essay entitled “On Love”

It was, I’m fairly sure, only a couple of days ago that I suddenly understood what’s been hovering over me for longer than I can point to; a kind of mysterious miasma of .. something. It is that I’m absolutely starved of affection, let alone love. I’m not a person others feel affection for, I … Continue reading A short essay entitled “On Love”

Granny stitch ain’t for me !

I made another cardi pattern from a YouTube channel belonging to a hugely talented crocheter called Sylvia whose projects are all subtle and delightful. This is Sylvia’s finished product. Mine isn’t exactly .. ahh .. like it. You see how she uses a gradient yarn ? – I didn’t have anything like it in my … Continue reading Granny stitch ain’t for me !

What happened to THAT ?!

This-morning I went to a shitload of trouble to take a photo of a cardigan I’d just finished crocheting so that I could use Imgur – called ‘image-posting software’ – to put a link to the photo in the Comments below the pattern on YouTube. This, she said uncertainly, is it: So it all worked: … Continue reading What happened to THAT ?!