I am disgusted.  Shocked.  Horrified.  Though not exactly surprised.  It keeps happening.  It shouldn't ( Read more... )

Tim Peake is back on earth and once again subject to the full pull of gravity.  Which will no doubt come as a bit of a physical shock after six months '200 miles up'.  Maybe he'll even find some rain, which is what he said he'd missed most the past six months!  Goodness only knows there's enough falling on his home territory ( Read more... )

There have been vigils in various places around the world this past week.  I've just received an email from a local Councillor telling me about a vigil to be held locally this evening.  This will be to remember those killed in Orlando and "to show our oposition to to these sort of hate crimes that target people for who they are, whether for their ( Read more... )

Happy (Chinese) New Year to you, Dear Reader.  Apparently this is the Year of the Monkey and the period of celebrations last from yesterday's New Moon through to the full moon in a couple of weeks' time.  You may well have seen reports of the major congestion at a Chinese railway station over the weekend as people tried to get back to their family ( Read more... )

The Christmas knitting continues, I'm partway down the second sleeve for Niece's cardigan.  I'm knitting it from the 'middle' out.  That's armhole to wrist, then pick up the other stitches and knit the sleeve cap.  It's as good a way as any and I was careful to make notes as to what I did with the first sleeve so that I know how to get the second ( Read more... )

Having rubbished the idea, it turns out H will be going into work on the Wear Your Christmas Hat/Jumper/Onesie Day.  I have nine days to make him a hat.

Let joy be unconfined!  A quick stash dive has revealed brown yarn.  In chunky weight even.  Christmas pudding hat here we come!  This may be a short entry.

Oh look, Donald Trump has come up ( Read more... )

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