I head over to my parents house with a stomach ache. I’ve eaten something again that doesn’t agree with me and I have no lemons. I greet my parents and head into their kitchen to pick a lemon from the fruit bowl. “I’m just going to juice a lemon as I have a stomach ache,” […]
When Dreams End
One of the worst things in the world is to wake up from a nice dream. At that moment, you feel like something lovely has been denied to you and no matter what you do, you can never go back to it. Last night I dreamt I was in New York and I was there […]
I Permanently Deleted Twitter
I deleted Twitter on Saturday. I sat there on the kitchen table and clicked ‘Permanently Delete My Account‘. It was a weird feeling especially since I’ve been on it since 2007. After the archived tweets arrived in my inbox, it was time to delete Twitter once and for all. Under the Tweets section or the […]
Love and Anarchy
There’s some tripe on Netflix isn’t there? At times I need to put something on tv that I need to do some mindless knitting to. If I’m reading a pattern and have to be careful with my stitches, I’ve learned I must never watch a foreign film with subtitles or risk losing the entire meaning […]
Weird Dreams
I have the most weird and vivid dreams at times. Last night I dreamt that I was on a spiritual retreat in India. I hadn’t been there before and I was excited to start even though I had no idea what to expect. I was dressed in my normal clothes and welcomed by someone there […]
Block Block Block Delete
Well it’s started. About 18 months ago, I quit Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. When I say quit, I meant that I simply just left it. Deleted the apps in my phone and didn’t revisit them. In the last few months, through duress, I was part of a French speaking group on Facebook so went back […]
Reminiscing
Back in 1978, a year of my childhood was spent living above The Albion Hotel on Lygon Street Carlton. My father was a publican and at the time, he was managing this pub that was a notorious place for students, “musos” and petty crims. “You could get stabbed for breathing in there” I was shielded […]
In My PJs
Today was a lazy Sunday. It was too cold and wet to contemplate going outside. I even haven’t been out to put the bins on the nature strip ready to be picked up tomorrow. I’ve been THAT lazy. Also, I haven’t been out for a decent long walk or jog for over a month having […]
Yarn Stash
There’s something about yarn that gives me comfort. As a knitter. The more I knit, the more yarn I start to accrue over the years. Sometimes I buy it and never knit with it as I change my mind, other times people give me their stash. Most of all though, it’s yarn I have bought […]
Open Horizons Exhibition
Today I headed into the city with mum to see the Open Horizon Greek Artefact Exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. It was the first time in about 2.5 years my mum had come into Melbourne and indeed travelled on a train so it was nice to see her enjoying herself. It was my little birthday […]
Glimmers of Hope
It’s hard to believe that we have reached June already. Where does the time fly? It’s been a really weird year for me so far. Where 2020 was all about fear and anxiety of the unknown thanks to the pandemic, 2021 was tedium most of which was in lockdown unable to see anyone or my […]
Notifications Pinging
Early morning my phone started to ping like a thing possessed. Usually I have all my notification sounds turned off. Everything for work – off. Everything for social media – off. Most of the time, I get to my messages when I pick up the phone and see them sitting in there. My daily life […]
The Second Sock Syndrome
I’ve got a love-hate relationship with sock knitting. Although the knitting project is small, therefore easy to carry around and pick up wherever you go or whatever you do, once you finish one sock and still on a high that you’ve done so, there’s a crashing realisation you now need to knit another sock for […]
Enjoy The Moments
I stumbled upon this short video taken in 1901 of children seeing a camera for the first time in their life. It’s fascinating to watch this snippet. I watched it repeatedly as I’m always interested and intrigued of how people dressed and carried themselves in the past. You can see the snippet below. What I […]
A New Fitness Routine
Fitness for me is never consistent. I’ve never been someone who sticks to one thing and does it well. I like to swap and change depending on the moods and the seasons. The good thing is that I’ve been exposed to many and varied sports and interests. The bad thing is that I could never […]
Silent Screaming
In the last few years, I’ve been having more nightmares. Times in my deep sleep where I dream that I know I’m sleeping but need to get myself out of danger but no sound comes out of my mouth. In dreams, there are only silent screams. Last night, it happened again and Andrew had to […]
We Have Light
It’s fascinating to see how much we get used to a situation and then fail to change it because it seems bothersome to do so. For years, we didn’t replace all the light globes in our dining and lounge rooms for whatever reason. Instead I used lamps or lit candles, or just went to bed […]
That Time
Today I spent the better part of 15 minutes wandering in and out of rooms, checking on too and inside drawers, going through bags trying to find one pair of reading glasses. I’ve got two pairs but for some reason, I misplaced both. This seems to be happening more frequently as I enter rooms then […]
Community Roles Coming At Me
It’s 3:11 am. I was tossing and turning thinking of the most weird things. Namely, Bligh and the Rum Rebellion of 1808 in the penal colony of New South Wales. I had been thinking that if I time travelled back to this time, and met the man himself (who let’s face it, copped two mutinies […]
A Change of Government
For the entire day yesterday, I was anxious. Anxious for the results of the election. Anxious that the Australian people would vote the National Liberal Party in again and I was unable to face another three years of ultra conservative, right wing, Murdoch backed, corrupt politicians. I watched the entire election coverage watching for the […]