Archive for the ‘Newsworthy’ Category

While I’m eating my dinner, can I just point you in the direction of an excellent post that Cia made about ‘normality’.  I’ve been asked a question about this by Ptyx, and I’ll give a bit of my own take shortly.  But I think that Cia says it so much better than I can – [...]

I’m trying to contain myself from jumping up and down and running around the room in excitement. (Well, alright, maybe there was a little jumping up and down)  I’ve just had an email newsletter from Concorde2 in Brighton, and Skunk Anansie (now reformed) are playing there in October!  Eeeee!!  I’m over the moon, because I [...]

Just a quick one this half-hour to say hi to some people doing the ‘thon – you should go and visit:

darlas_mom at tales from a twentysomething artist
Renee Rigdon at Renee Rigdon is Genre Impaired
Cia at crazed and infused
And my ‘thon monitor, Noelle aka webgurl at Life’s everyday adventures!

Recently, I’ve been spinning as much as knitting. Jo has lent me her spare spinning wheel which is an Ashford Kiwi and I’ve been having lots of fun with it. I still need lots of practice, and so far I’m using some of the fibre that came with my drop spindle. There’s [...]

In case it’s not obvious, I’ve decided to go Pink for October. Ta-daaa!

Well, pink and pinky-purple. And blue. I didn’t have time to do a full redesign. Maybe next month – I’ve been meaning to change this one anyway.

Despite appearances, the blogathon didn’t kill me. Hoorah! It did wipe me out for a bit there, though, and then I had to spend some time catching up on the things I’d got behind on while I was thus wiped out. But anyway, now I’m back and feelin’ fiiiiine.
So!

And I raised a [...]

I forgot to mention – I have a job! :-D As of tomorrow, I start as a freelancing / contractor web designer. Woohoo! So, er, I’m off to bed in a mo, since I have to actually get up in the morning at a specific time. Wheee. Yes, I’m [...]

Pupil Appeals Harry Potter ‘Witchcraft’
Well. Huh. Witchcraft manuals, eh? Funny, cos they don’t read much like any actual witchcraft manual that I’ve seen… *snerk*