r rather, it just saved my soul from being saved, which is even better in my book. As is usual on a Saturday morning, I’ve got on some very loud music while I clean the house – this morning’s choice is Aerosmith. And I just had a visit from some Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were starting…
etzirah said, in response to my anxieties about the community archiving course, “All you have to do is ask a few questions and let people talk. They will. You learn. Win win!” And she was absolutely right. I spent the first couple of hours just listening, then I started asking questions, and was rewarded with…
As promised, photo of the work in progress: Gotta go now, need to get to the airport (flying up to Wellington for the day always seems like such a good idea – after all it’s just a 40 minute flight, hardly any time at all. Until you add on check-in time, and getting to and…
ou know how I keep saying I have too many hobbies? And that I really really don’t need any more, especially of the crafty variety that involve a large investment in tools and material (not to mention time)? And that I’m really really really going to stick to just quilting and cross-stitch and lace making…
ery weird dream last night. I was walking with a group of people (no idea who, but it seemed very important to me that I impress them). They were talking about how wooden spoons are made, and that it’s necessary to heat-temper the wood that’s used to make them (yes, I know that makes no…
t alternately irritates and amuses me that the locks on the toilet stalls at work have the brand name “Axess”. Irritates because wanting a trademarkable word is no excuse for mangling spelling like that, and amuses because it sounds like something used to describe a character in a Victorian melodrama, some sort of deranged…
esterday wasn’t all about the elections (the less said about the results of which the better). After I finished my shift at the polling booth I walked down to Hands and stocked up on a few* supplies for a class I’m going to with MrsGwilk on Tuesday. Then, as predictions of rain had been proved…
‘m possibly breaking the law by posting this picture, while there’s still half an hour to go until the polls close, but I think I’m allowed to as long as I don’t include the name of the candidate or say the words “party vote…” in conjunction with it (so clean out your brains of the…
oday marks 121 years since women were granted the right to vote in New Zealand – the first country to attain universal suffrage. To mark the day, the union hosted a women’s breakfast, and invited Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel to talk to us. It was pretty informal – although she started off with a prepared…
y blog is no Whaleoil, but apparently it still gets the attention of the politicians 🙂 – after I mentioned the other day about James Dann asking if I’d host a sign supporting his candidacy, James himself left a comment on the post. I’m impressed – that sort of thing is an excellent example of…