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Craft Film Club: Let’s watch a-movie-a-month together in 2026?

January 13, 2026

Why don’t we be our own algorithm, pals? Let’s watch a human-chosen craft-featuring film ‘together‘ … just for the sake of ignoring all the usual marketing machines, hidden machinations and data skimmers that serve us personalised ideas and inspiration on the internet. Let’s lead with memory, nostalgia, special interests and word of mouth instead?! (The ‘together’ part of the brief means we snuggle down with popcorn and a blanket and the movie in our own time and way. It’s the…

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Dailies: Dud tomatoes, twinkly lights, sea shanties, lacy stitches, woodland endpapers

January 9, 2026
Op shopped book for June (those endpapers!)

Sunday 21 December So, I needed to get some Christmas lights and some drying racks (for our laundry) and a garden hose fitting, but I was a bit terrified of the Christmas mood out there (not the festive one … the stressed-out one). Thus it seemed like the best idea to go to the shops at 7.30am on a Sunday. I am so glad I did. It was super quiet and I got the things we needed and was home…

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Dailies: Flickering Lightbulb, vintage wrapping paper, moss-covered mansions, mysterious someones

December 20, 2025
Beaded fish Christmas decoration works-in-progress

Wednesday 10 December A fitful sleep last night for reasons I do not understand. No matter. No point worrying about such things, really. I will catch up at some point and clearly something was amiss at 3, 4, 5 and 6am. Breakfast was peanut butter on grainy toast and a giant cup of tea. I ate it watching a couple of Youtube videos for a gentle start to the day, as is my way. After that I got dressed and…

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Dailies: The Magic Faraway Tree, happy greetings, Always Traditions, Piglet pasta, Bob-along Bear

December 9, 2025
Flowers from my garden

Hello, hey, hi-iiiiiy! Thursday 27 November Progress on the big solid granny square blanket is steady now, you might be pleased to know. I think I will have it finished by the end of the week, if we say that Sunday is the last day of the week. I’ve got about 30 more squares to crochet and then the ends, so just need to get stuck in for a couple of hours each day, and then one final push with…

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Attending To Self: 20 ways to start feeling a little bit better right now

December 3, 2025

Gosh. It’s a jungle out there as soon as the first day of December rolls around, don’t you think? Not only are some people driving in ways we wish they wouldn’t, but other people might be being impatient, or unyielding, or totally stressed out when we encounter them. And what about that ‘we’, huh? We/you/I really should be first on the ‘take care of’ list, because likely the festive/holiday season may be bearing down on us like a hefty load…

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Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life Taking Stock

Taking Stock: November

November 26, 2025
Straw Flowers by https://veggiegardenseeds.com.au/blogs/news/how-to-grow-strawflowers-from-seed

Above image by Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds. I’m setting aside Dailies for a minute (mostly because I have been a terrible job keeping up with them!) and reverting to that old favourite, Taking Stock. It’s been a couple of months since the last edition and there is absolutely no reason not do be doing this monthly (apart from my usual scattered writing discipline!) I’m going to set that intention this very day, and try to commit to checking in…

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Dailies: The Good Life, xylophones, herby roast chicken, All Her Fault, kouign amann

November 12, 2025

Monday 27 October I took a week off there due to I’m not quite sure what, but I’m back now and I missed writing here very much. Clearly not a lot has been happening, which always seems to be the case in my world. I much prefer that to drama and chaos, though, states that my old life was often full to the brim of. It’s windy and drizzly outside as ‘false spring’ has retreated and we’re back to gloomier…

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