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  • Bump

    So soon, so soon. One last hurrah at Goodrington, one blast at soft play and we are heading back to normality, housework and shoes. We are back soon but it’s still a wrench leaving beautiful Brixham in the blazing sun. Hard to believe we’ve been there less than a year, I feel so settled. I’ve…

  • A good read

    A brief discussion in knitting club tonight has led me to jot down my favourite reading fodder…this is a very basic list but I would be interested in any additions you’d like to suggest… EM Forster’s Room with a View – i love how the main protagonists are trying to fit in but can’t deny…

  • Feet first

    This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time. When I first came to Stitchopolis I didn’t know anyone apart from Other Half. I have never worked locally, I prefer the attractions of commuterville I guess. Perhaps that may change but it was hard to make new friends. And then I…

  • Kindness

    Sometimes You forget that there is good in the world. We get so ground down by Bad News… Financial, political , social. And then someone reforms a random act of Kindness and it helps to restore faith. Today has been quite hard work and an unknown lady stopped to talk to me as I bent…

  • Colour

    Way back at the beginning of the year I said I would Choose Life this year. Wel, here we are almost at the midpoint and how am I doing? A mixed bag, I’d say. I’ve become better at stopping to smell the metaphorical flowers of Life, I’ve grown to realise how lucky I am with…