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y 10 2009 by ausxser i have a contact for care packages containing under garments and clothing for women if you know a woman who lost clothing etc in the fires please contact me and i can pass on the details for you posted in general marysville strathewen kinglake gone february 10 2009 by ausxser marysville was a gorgeous little town with so much to offer we went there often to visit the mechanical toys shop which also housed a collection of historical meccano models picnic and walk to the falls bruno s gardens gone too a man s lifetime of work that he so generously shared with all who went there strathewen and kinglake nothing left and to think these towns are less than 100 kilometres from the centre of melbourne i am feeling incredibly sad guilty insert undescribable feeling of something here australians are well known for digging deep but i think for this one we will need to call in favours posted in general 4 comments handmade help february 9 2009 by ausxser rachel power has posted about handmade help where crafters can donate proceeds from the sale of their handmade goods posted in general our darkest day february 9 2009 by ausxser there is not much to say really victoria is in the middle of a fire disaster the worst we have ever seen to talk about knitting or stitching or whinge about train travel seems so trite when so many people have lost their lives or at very best all their worldly possessions whole townships were razed to the ground in what has been described as a firestorm like no other saturday was the hottest day ever recorded in victoria 46 3 degrees celsius 115 34 f in the city with temperatures reaching 48 degrees celsius 118 4f in out lying suburbs speaking to my partner saturday evening i said i felt guilty going to bed when right at that point in time there were so many people who no longer had a bed to go to i likened it to september 11 when we sat up all night watching news reports and were just flabbergasted by the situation sitting there speechless unable to comment i was much the same over the weekend i didn t want to go to bed but the news reports continue to reduce me to tears 108 people are confirmed dead many others are still missing and fears held for their safety i urge everyone to donate either to the red cross or at their local national australia bank or give donations of clothes blankets whatever you can to the local salvation army other useful links bushfire hotline 1800 240 667 victorian bushfire fund 1800 811 700 condolence book share your sorrow over the tragedy urgent threats latest information transport updates from vicroads and v line latest updates from the country fire authority posted in general 5 comments ugh january 27 2009 by ausxser somebody took my mojo and i want it back today i am just going to bite the bullet and stitch something anything i am not sure what i ve not stitched in weeks and i m really starting to beat myself up about it why is that stitching is an activity i do to relax to feel creative to enjoy so why then would i be so hard on myself for not stitching perhaps it is caused by the copious amounts of languishig half finished or less projects or the mountainous piles of stash idly stuffed into drawers and cupboards i don t know why but today i am going to try and jump the monumental hurdle that is stagnation perhaps a little freebie something i can start and finish today on a webby research note here is a sensational site contining all the historic needlework resources one may ever need everything is covered from the 10th century and all corners of the globe i spent many hours reading and oogling the stitching beauty contined therein posted in webstuff 4 comments library addition january 22 2009 by ausxser i was in the neighbourhood of a lns today so i popped in to see what could possibly tempt me this particular shop has a lovely selection of books and i picked up this one i miel sfilati my drawn thread works by antonietta monzo menossi absolutely stunning worth every penny beautiful diagrams in both italian and a very cute english translation which is perfectly helpful but a little bit literal in places there is a companion book to this one i think it needs to be together with its mate posted in books 2 comments gobsmacked january 6 2009 by ausxser my book is here once again this is a beautiful publication well worth the cost 95 i am so glad i bought it for lovers of samplers this is a fantastic reference big clear pictures and wonderful narrative on the composition and construction of the samplers very differnt to the ackworth book in that the text focusses on the sampler and not the stitcher i wont post piccies because the ones on the needleprint website are far better than any i can take you may not see me for a while i m off to devour it bliss posted in books tagged books needleprint samplers 3 comments happy new year january 2 2009 by ausxser i am so excited i just heard that my goodhart samplers book is on it s way i should have it in my hot little hands on tuesday at 95 plus 10 90 i hope it s all i expect it to be although so far i am yet to be disappointed by anything that has been published by needleprint they are such quality publications the judith hayle book is lovely and the ackworth schoolgirl samplers is a book i pick up often and just look at the pictures and sigh congrats to jacqueline holdsworth on another beautiful book one i am sure will be a wonderful addition to my library ps if you go to the website linked to the book title you can take a sneak preview well worth it but i take no responsibility for the state of your bank account afterwards posted in general 2 comments a bit late for halloween november 17 2008 by ausxser shhhh don t tell anyone but i think moth s grandma s chair is haunted the kitties wont sit in it not at all even when i ve put their favourite throw rug on it sometimes they just sit and stare at it or they walk up to it and put their front paws on it but don t jump up insert twilight zone music here posted in general 5 comments a stitcher s heritage november 14 2008 by ausxser i had a wonderful addition to my living room yesterday moth s parents had a chair and that they asked if we had room in our shed to store it the chair belonged to moth s grandmother and it is the chair in which she used to sit stitching when i heard this i immediately said no we didn t have room in our shed but that i would make room for it in the living room moth s mum informed me that it wasn t very pretty and had a bit of a split in the leather at the front and asked did i really want to put it in the house the split in the leather gives it character and just knowing that it was used as a stitching chair i ve yet to see some of her handiwork means a lot to me it s a big comfortable chair and i ve placed it in my stitching corner and will use it as a stitching chair too perhaps some of her mojo will rub off on me grandma s chair i love tradition and i love knowing that moth s grandma sat in this chair to create i ll be sure to post pictures of her work when i finally see it posted in family stitching tagged family stitching tradition 2 comments really i stitch honest i do november 13 2008 by ausxser and just to prove it here is a picture of my progress on paradigm lost such as it is this motif is huge and is taking sooooooo long but i really love this design and i am hoping to make a bit more progress this week as i am off work with a bulging disc in my back paradigm lost long dog designs 12 nov 08 i ve also started a few little christmas gifts which i can t share here at the moment just little things for friends funny i seem to get annoyed with small things and they take forever for me to stitch i am really not a smalls person at all finishing just isn t my thing i see so many beautiful things and think i could do that if i felt so inclined unfortunately it s the inclination that just isn t forthcoming this is what cara thinks of the heat it has been hot here in melbourne this week and we are all feeling the effects cara is not amused i ve added some knitting progress to my knitting blog too just in case you re interested posted in samplers stitching 1 comment totally off topic leonard cohen is coming to town october 29 2008 by ausxser pre sale tickets tomorrow tour dates saturday january 24 rochford wines yarra valley vic monday january 26 leconfield wines fleurieu peninsula sa wednesday january 28 sydney entertainment centre nsw saturday january 31 bimbadgen estate hunter valley nsw sunday february 1 centennial vineyards bowral nsw tuesday february 1 brisbane entertainment centre qld thursday february 5 rod laver arena melbourne vic saturday february 7 sandalford wines swan valley wa with paul kelly i am so excited about this i have been listening to a lot of his recordings lately and i m really learning a great deal as a songwriter i m also hoping santa brings me a book or two of his for christmas hint this is for the moth s benefit posted in general tagged music 2 comments knitty woman on a train october 28 2008 by ausxser because most of my knitting is completed during my train journey i ve decided to start a new blog for knitting and train related stories so many incredible things happen on my daily commute i want to share them with you you will be able to find the new blog here posted in general 1 comment a new favourite place october 24 2008 by ausxser there are no stitching shops within cooee of my workplace yes there is lincraft or cleggs which doesnt really count for stitching but does have some lovely yarns and yes there is the beading place in little collins street maria something or other but no real stitching shops like my favourite i ve had to find other places in which to satisfy my need for inspiration i have a new such place the hill of content bookshop on bourke street just stone s throw from my office which just so happens to be the place where i finally found damon young s book distraction a philosopher s guide to being free sold out now though i got the last copy while i was there i also picked up a fraction of the whole the man booker prize shortlisted first novel of sydney novelist steve tolz a start to this lengthy work should make great for a weekend of reading speaking of the man booker prize i used to make a point of trying to read the entire shortlist each year some years were really hard going and some were a pure joy i loved alice sebold s the lovely bones and the same year 2004 i think was suri hustevdt s what i loved and the winner alan hollingsworth s the line of beauty that year also shortlisted maps for lost lovers by nadeem aslam which i found both hard to read intensity and incredibly difficult to put down the book that affected me most in 2003 was astonishing splashes of colour by clare morral funny and not funny all at once this was another one of those books that i wouldn t lend but raved about and of course everyone was reading vernon god little i think i stopped reading the list because i could never find anyone in my circle of friends who read quite as much as i do to discuss what i d discovered it also seemed to me that the shortlist just kept getting longer this year however looks like a good year to pick up this habit again ps stitchy pictures tomorrow promise posted in general tagged books 1 comment core of my heart my country maggie mckellar october 22 2008 by ausxser i picked this up from the table in mary martin bookshop while i was out trying to find the aforementioned distraction i simply cannot enter a bookshop and not buy something i am utterly and unapologetically hopeless there were three things that made me add it to my shopping 1 mckellar firstly i wondered if this author is in some way related to dorothea mckellar apologies to the author she probably gets this alot 2 the front cover review mackellar makes terrifically vivid the often unsung strength of women brave in their new worlds anna funder and 3 this book is a representation of true stories of women and their lives i love books like this will start this one on the train tonight in the absence of distraction funny distracted from reading distraction posted in general tagged books 2 comments distracted october 22 2008 by ausxser then damon young has a few ways of overcoming distraction here be sure to go back to the front page of his blog too i ve been out at lunchtime trying to buy distraction and was unsuccessful in the two bookshops i visited i might have to go further afield finally readable philosophy he is a punchy writer with a gift for turning complex ideas into readable entertaining stories christopher scanlon canberra times distraction is the best kind of popular philosophy popular in the real sense of the word owing to its overriding passionate concern with the business of living well right now in this world in front of our eyes maria tumarkin author of traumascapes and courage from the publisher s website distraction a philosopher s guide to being free damon young distraction is a book of popular philosophy exploring the nature of distraction and its role in modern life opinion this warm and witty book does something wonderful it brings the great ideas of philosophy into our lives young is a bright new voice john armstrong author of the secret power of beauty this author makes dancing with the philosophic and artistic masters enjoyable even though one may be tone deaf to the music and not know the steps barbara cullen bookseller publisher magazine about this title we all know what it is to be distracted a feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be though it is not a new complaint at work and at home in our social lives and in the bedroom our attention is often torn between one thing and another what does it mean to be distracted and why in this insightful journey through the lives of philosophers artists and great political thinkers damon young shows how rewarding patient sensitive and thoughtful attention to the world can be he suggests that the opposite of a life of distraction is one of genuine freedom table of contents 1 manholes and tears 2 what a piece of work is a man 3 the reins of necessity 4 a farewell to arms 5 matisse s hernia 6 the private life 7 footnotes to plato balancing the books acknowledgements about the author damon young is an honorary fellow in philosophy at the university of melbourne and the author of essays fiction and poetry he has lectured in european philosophy literature and globalisation hmmmm i cannot wait to get my hands eyes on this one posted in general tagged books older posts pages about finishes 2007 finishes 2008 finishes 2009 finishes for sale gallery library my wishlist recent posts bring it on i stitched oh yes i did thankyou r i p malcolm john 11 4 41 23 2 09 care packages archives archives select month january 2010 march 2009 february 2009 january 2009 november 2008 october 2008 september 2008 august 2008 july 2008 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