This is old but I only just discovered it: an NPR interview all about EB White and his famous book Charlotte’s Web. This is one of my all-time favourite books, and I can still remember exactly where I was (the babysitter’s house before school) when I read about Charlotte’s death. I sobbed my little heart out. Apparently, so did EB White. 🩷🕷️
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Knitting at the cricket. Given the colour of my project, I think I’ll cheer for the @sixersbbl today! 🧶🏏
Another service recommendation: If, like me, you have been boycotting Twitter since Phony Stark took over, I suggest you check out Openvibe. It gives you a single interface for Mastodon, Bluesky, and a few other networks. (Threads is partially supported and hopefully more to come.) You still have to have accounts on those services, but it gives you one place to post and read!
Anyone looking for a very comfortable couch? Happy to do a deal for a neighbour!
My education in classic Australian literature and film continues. Tonight we watched “Playing Beatie Bow,” which was nothing like what I expected. While I knew it involved time travel, I was not expecting magical Oirish people, a side quest in a brothel, and the identical great-grandson reveal at the end. (Favorite character was definitely Gibbie: “I’M IN DECLINE!”) At least this one didn’t bum me out like “My Brilliant Career.”
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Made some good progress on the Easy Eyelet Yoke Light today! I’m well into the pink->blue transition… 🧶 #knitting
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Knitting at the cricket. Given the colour of my project, I think I’ll cheer for the @sixersbbl today! 🧶🏏
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We walked over to Pyrmont to check out the lovely @cityofsydney Sydney Streets Festival. Stilt walkers, ribbon twirlers, live music, lots of activities for kids and families… A small bit of sunshine and happiness that I really needed this week. ❤️☀️
Easy Eyelet Yoke Sweater is past the sleeve division! I made the same modification as last time – immediately knitting the sleeve cuffs so I could keep the colours aligned with the body stripes. Now it’s just the long stockinette body slog… which I’ll be doing at the cricket tomorrow! 🧶 🏏
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Easy Eyelet Yoke Sweater is past the sleeve division! I made the same modification as last time – immediately knitting the sleeve cuffs so I could keep the colours aligned with the body stripes. Now it’s just the long stockinette body slog… which I’ll be doing at the cricket tomorrow! 🧶 🏏
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We walked over to Pyrmont to check out the lovely @cityofsydney Sydney Streets Festival. Stilt walkers, ribbon twirlers, live music, lots of activities for kids and families… A small bit of sunshine and happiness that I really needed this week. ❤️☀️
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If, like me, you’ve decided to give Spotify the boot because of their insistence on platforming morons contributing to the downfall of society, I can recommend the app Playlisty for transferring your playlists and favourites elsewhere. A one-time fee of $5 and it works great.
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Landscaping update: cement truck! By the end of the day, we’ll have garden stairs again.
How long would I have to move back to the US to establish residency in a state where my vote would actually matter? 😕
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…