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patience grasshopper
i am NOT a patient person at the best of times. it’s been one of life’s greatest challenges, to learn to delay my gratification, to breath through the hard bits, to just wait it out. but im getting...
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are you strong enough?
two days ago i wrote on twitter “i hate this week. i just fucking hate it”. that pretty well sums it up. in my world, its been crap. it kind of started with knitting actually. you know i took that...
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for all the coffee in brooklyn
the legend of americas love of coffee is generally a source of much amusement to myself and other australian travellers who come here. we are very spoiled at home, and the whole starbucks thing has not...
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back to life…
….back to reality. yes the soundtrack for todays post is bought to you by soul II soul. that song has been on high rotation inside my crazy upside down head for 48 hours now, which is how long i’ve...
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re/connect
of course im going to start with the obligatory cute puppy photos. seriously, 4 days and i am totally in love with this little thing. shes smart, and confident, and brave and adventurous. she wants to...
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world weary
well this has been a pretty crap week hasnt it, as far as the world is concerned. seriously, what is wrong with the human race? boston, afghanistan, a woman murdered and left in her car about 5 minutes...
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a bit of blue
Someone, (and whenever i say Someone with a Capital S i am usually referring to Trent) sent me a random text message today. it said “academics are escapists who habitually look forward to travelling in...
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for the love of socks
yesterday my best friend and ex partner trent turned fifty. its also four years since we separated and i moved away from sydney to live closer to work, here in wollongong. so its been a pretty...
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if it quacks like a duck…
on the outside it looks like ive had an uneventful week but really, theres a lot going on. i’m still in the middle of it so it doesnt quite make sense yet – someone on twitter this week compared...
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crazy rainy days
what is it, five days that its been raining now? im a little agitated. i dont know if its the rain though, i just know im restless and bothered. i think its just my brain, going around and around,...
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the big decisions
the biggest dilemma that faces any knitter when she is preparing for a weekend away with her knitter peeps is WHAT KNITTING DO I TAKE? there has been a lengthy exchange of emails about what food to...
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pilgrimage
and so it is over for another year, the annual ‘lets go away for a knitting weekend together’ pilgrimage. basically we just look on stayz until we find a house thats big enough for the 11 or 12 of us...
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atelier cardigan: an actual finished object
dont fall off your chair, its actual knitting content. and not only that, I FINISHED SOMETHING! actually, i finished it a week or so ago but i needed someone with a good camera and an eye for these...
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almost fifty shades of grey
i really tried not to use those words in the title of this post. i have read the book, and trust me it has nothing to do with what im about to write! (my life is not that ah…exciting). this is just...
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all work and no play
makes kylie a dull dull girl. i feel particularly boring, and bored, at the moment. not that im not busy, because i am, and not that im not enjoying my work, because i am. but at the moment thats all...
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fade to black
its the weekend. its cold outside, even though its sunny. i’m trying really hard to relax. i feel like i should be reading, writing, there are piles of books and papers to get through, ideas i want to...
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low tide
last post i made a comment about feeling perfectly content right now. i was surprised myself when i wrote that, and i thought ‘be careful because things can change very quickly in this life!’ yes they...
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practising monogamy
events this week have reminded me how tenuous my hold on that whole ‘contentment’ thing is, and how vigilant i need to be to not let it slip away. its like balancing a glass thats full to the brim, one...
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signs of spring
i feel like ive spent a large part of this week lost in some alternate dimension where there is nothing except students and teaching and moodle and online forums and email. its like academia is the...
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dog whistling
its a sad sunday morning here in australia and im not sure i have anything good to say. i ranted heartily on twitter last night watching the results of the federal election roll in, seeing the effect...
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