I have a $3 notebook from Office Works that is great! It has heavy, creamy pages, an elastic band to keep the cover closed and a pen holder that fits my fountain pen nicely. Then I have a 2012 diary that is almost great: it has a beautiful cover, lovely pages and typography, but no […]
12 in 12
Thanks to Twitter I caught wind of Fitarella’s 12 in 12. Not only does Jacqueline have a cool screen name, she also has a great idea for this year! The rules for 12 in 12 are that you do something every day for each month of 2012, at the end of each month you decide […]
Resolved to change
I hate new year resolutions! At least I have for quite a long time. I think they’re cliché, they’re too often setting yourself up for failure — people don’t realise that change and improvement usually don’t happen in a linear fashion — and if you really want to make a change, or want to achieve […]
All Mankind’s Simple Desire
My copy All Mankind’s new album Simple Desire came in the post a couple of weeks ago. I love it more and more every time I listen to it! I love the energy of Can You Hear Me? and Break the Spell, and I really enjoyed the peaceful vibe of Lay Me Down while I […]
Images & Adblock Plus
I haven’t used ad-blockers for a very long time… partly because I haven’t used Firefox (regularly) for a long time, and I’ve been slow to adopt Chrome plugins. Also, I’m a little conflicted about denying site-owners potential income by blocking their ads. So, I’m not an expert on ad-blocking by any means, but I ran […]
Pittwater Sailing
In July there was a long weekend, and hubby and I got to go away with his friends from work and their partners. We rented a catamaran on which we ate, drank, slept, played games and sailed a bit too. While we were out there was quite a bit of rain, so the charter company […]
