Before Christmas, my son had a friend staying over for a few days. Well one night Alex went out to get some snacks from across the street. The kids all use the door in the fence at the back of the yard to get to the shops, because it’s quicker. When he got back he […]
This is not about the comic strip, sorry. It’s about a device in medieval castles that I have totally misunderstood. I know, why should I worry about not understanding a bit of architecture that was in use 1,000 years ago, well, because I’m a masochist – enough said. Anyway for years I always though that
My youngest is a “button pusher” in more ways then one. Now-a-days, he usually just pushes my buttons with arguments, as to why I should pay him more money for just “being.” When he was little, though, he had a penchant for pushing physical buttons – usually the wrong buttons – whenever he saw one.
Yesterday Feb 4, 2013, the Canadian government phased out the penny. I know other countries have done it and survived. Britain obviously, at one time, phased out the farthing and the half penny (pronounced hape-knee) before it went to an entirely new monetary system, which axed the threepenny (pronounced threp-knee), sixpence, half crown, crown and
I was often called upon to explain how the date of Easter is determined each year. It was sort of my party piece – OK I don’t lead a very exciting life. Now, however, with Google being the source of all information, at anytime, I am rarely asked to “recite.” Alas, I did enjoy the
I’m embarrassed to say that I use Go-Daddy to register domain names. I knew about their commercials before I went to their site and I thought that I really shouldn’t be supporting a company that so blatantly uses females for “fun and profit.” However, when I was searching around for an inexpensive site to park
Ok I want to know who compiles all this data. This is day 33 in the 2013 blog a day challenge and as I was looking for a blog topic, I thought why not write about the significance of the number 33. Why not indeed. Here is more information than you ever want to know
Tricoter is French for knitting – pronounced “tree-co-tay.” OK with my last post I am “out of the closet.” I knit. And for some reason yesterday was a very busy day for posts on FB related to knitting. Here’s what happened: 1. WWF – World Wildlife Fund has been promoting National Sweater Day – not
I am part of a knitting designers’ group. We meet once a month to network and help each other achieve our business/design goals. Last spring we decided that we would like to host a knitting retreat. It’s a fabulous get-together at a resort with exciting classes, great food and tons of fun from Friday night
I was “doing” some poetry the other day. Obviously, I have let “the verse side” down because I came across a poem by a poet I hadn’t heard of (of which I hadn’t heard) – Billy Collins who was Poet Laureate of the US from 2001 to 2003. I really must “do” poetry more often.
