OK, this is not a commercial for deodorant. If it were, I would be saying – “keep your lums from reeking.” Now, it does have something to do with pits – coal pits, that is. Actually, this is a New Year’s greeting or more specifically a hogmanay greeting – it means “long may your chimneys
Night on the Town by Ilga Leja ….yes, you are right, I failed to note that December was National Bingo Month. Here is the link to prove it and also a listing of all the other celebrations that I failed to write about (about which I failed to write) in Decemeber. Well, there was just
When it’s a de-stresser. Apparently someone has invented a pen that will measure the user’s stress level and give bio-feedback to help that person de-stress! Think of playing with pens in a nervous or stressful situation. Well, our new stress pen will measure these actions and if they are too stressful, the pen will itself
Wisteria Beaded Gloves & Socks from Le Tissier I was given two books as Christmas gifts (along with other lovely things which I will share later). The books are “Click” by Ori and Rom Brafman and “Split-Second Persuasion” by Kevin Dutton. Well, I am half way through the persuasion book and I have come across
Donkey ornament from wine corks OK, who said that there are some Christmas tree ornaments out there that are UGLY! I think that it must have been some journalist who was trying to get attention because newspaper sales are down and the best way to get noticed is to “dis” on everything and sound “funny”.
Family Cable Crossing I just love the way families “happen.” Yes there is always the traditional family which happens when a husband and wife have biological children and this is good. It is the foundation of a society. What fascinates me more, though, is how people, that are not part of this traditional family structure,
Garden Holly 2010 Well Holly is or can be holy depending on your interpretation of the language. There is this blurring between words, languages and dialects. The great castle in Edinburgh – Holyrood – is pronounced “hollyrood” – which is possibly a doric form of haly ruid – or holy cross. On the other hand,
Fish Wall Hanging from Lucy Neatby Always being one to extend celebrations as long as possible, I embraced Tom Bawcock’s Eve – it’s an early start to Christmas partying. This is an event that is celebrated in a tiny fishing village in Cornwall, UK. The village is Mousehole pronounced “Mowzel” and every Dec 23, villagers
Argyle Gloves from Le Tissier Apparently the brown car is back. That is, brown, as a colour for cars, is back. Is this a late 20’s or early 30’s thing? Brown coloured cars were popular both during the great depression and in the 70’s, which apparently, sported a number of brown cars, and I guess,
Streaming Leaf Scarf from Fiber Trends ….an app as lovely as a tree. I was just reading about a fellow in NYC who used a database of city info to develop an app that gives you information about any tree in NYC. Well, at least the trees from the city’s database. So you could be
