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From Cosmicpluto knits! Remembrance Day is this week (along with Armistice Day/Veteran’s Day) and here in Canada we wear a poppy to remember the sacrifices of those who came before, and to remind ourselves to look to the future in peace. … Continue reading →

my vista laptop had been getting slower and slower and crashing and finally – WHUMP !  ENOUGH!  Time for a cleanup! last night copied off all important files to the portable hard drive and then WIPED the WHOLE DANG THING … Continue reading →

so bad things come in threes?  hopefully mine is over for awhile! with the two from yesterday – the ruined pants and the colleague giving notice comes one from today ….  i had bought a lovely cinnamon roll to eat … Continue reading →

yeah so i havent posted in a while – well, truthfully – a loooooooooong while… why has to do with part of why i AM posting today (night?) it was one of those days – where i spent two hours … Continue reading →

finally after all the hype…  opening night last night at the Met for this season and the first in the new production of the RING cycle.   i had to work and so taped it (although i managed to hear … Continue reading →

7 May 2010  DEDICATED knitting lessons for pupils in Shetland will cease this year as far reaching local authority cost cutting measures start to bite. Shetland Islands Council services committee on Thursday agreed to save an annual £130,000 by dropping … Continue reading →

the gardening blog community is reacting in shock to the recent suicide by elspeth thompson.  below is a comment i left on a fellow ET lover blog: i reacted as you did – and was in shock. and still am. … Continue reading →

the latest photos of the cleanup (Start on the 35th photo) Powered by ScribeFire.

Elspeth Thompson Photo: Andrew Crowley Note:  The Telegraph reports that death was by her own hand – this is so terribly upsetting. Elspeth Thompson, the much-loved gardening and interiors writer for The Sunday Telegraph who has died aged 48, had … Continue reading →