Still keep thinking about my changing sense of self. I had a bit of a jolt this week when I realised I'm becoming far more conformist than I ever used to be (or wanted to be) – I was reading about Disneybounding (I KNOW RIGHT!!) and realised I'm never going to try it. Not just… Continue reading Still navelgazing: 5 MORE things about identity, 6.11.2017, dear gods when will it stop, enough already with the narcissism
Category: navelgazing
Non-sensical: way more than 5 things about my business choices
It's already the last week of term, and I've only just cleared the freelance decks. So the entire first term of kindergarten and my much-anticipated me time has been taken up with Other People's Stuff. Which is clearly not terrible – a lot of it has been stuff I'm pretty excited to work on, for… Continue reading Non-sensical: way more than 5 things about my business choices
A waist is a terrible thing to mind
I've had this T-shirt sitting around half-knit for the past two years. I hit pause because I wanted to do a draped neckline instead of the pin-tucks, but that required planning and research – I've never done a draped neck before – and I never had time for that; or at least, the time I… Continue reading A waist is a terrible thing to mind
2013: that was the year that was
In his Christmas card, FIL congratulated us on a "fulminanten Start" to our life in Switzerland. It struck me as an interesting choice of words. However, auf Deutsch, fulminant apparently doesn't quite mean what it does in English: think "tremendous" or "brilliant", rather than explosive to the point of lethality. I think I'll keep it, though.… Continue reading 2013: that was the year that was
Myths of motherhood
For some time now I've been vaguely meaning to write (rant?) about all the crap people say about Motherhood. Well. Probably not ALL the crap people say. That would fill a largish book (and certainly some future posts). But some of the crap that is supposedly positive... but no less damaging for all that. You… Continue reading Myths of motherhood
The good, the bad and the ugly
"What are you good or bad at?" ask assorted excellent bloggers. A good question, and one I can't resist having a go at, even though there are large chunks I'd be tempted just to cut and paste almost direct from Katyboo; and even though there are many, many things I can't quite qualify as either… Continue reading The good, the bad and the ugly
Send me a signal, a beacon to bring me home
I remember at this time last year, seeing a whole lot of "goodbye 2010, don't let the door hit you on the way out" around the blogs, twitter etc. Apparently last year sucked for a lot of people. This year must have been better, since I haven't seen any of that. Rah! For me, 2010… Continue reading Send me a signal, a beacon to bring me home
Woolly thoughts (and fuzzy logic) 