Emma
@emmagrahame.bsky.social
Editor, knitter, quilter, reader. Do your fellow humans often disappoint you? Making things helps. In Canberra, Australia, mostly. She/her.
Some just hitched a ride with the colonisers. Hence Australia’s millions of Indian mynah birds.
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Some just hitched a ride with the colonisers. Hence Australia’s millions of Indian mynah birds.
My 22-year-old and her friends play their vinyl records as an explicit strategy to get off their phones. The kids are alright
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
My 22-year-old and her friends play their vinyl records as an explicit strategy to get off their phones. The kids are alright
Stares, over my Australian copy editor glasses.
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Stares, over my Australian copy editor glasses.
My footling breech twins are happy successful 35-year-olds and I didn’t read this article, because I knew I wouldn’t be able to bear it.
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My footling breech twins are happy successful 35-year-olds and I didn’t read this article, because I knew I wouldn’t be able to bear it.
I just smile when doctors tell me I should weigh less than I did when I was feeding two fat thriving babies.
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I just smile when doctors tell me I should weigh less than I did when I was feeding two fat thriving babies.
Yep, sickest I have ever been. I fully breastfed a set of twins till they were two among my 8 years. Used to dream about being fully hydrated. Fed is best and it’s rarely easy for anyone all the time.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Yep, sickest I have ever been. I fully breastfed a set of twins till they were two among my 8 years. Used to dream about being fully hydrated. Fed is best and it’s rarely easy for anyone all the time.
Would definitely pre-order that book
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Would definitely pre-order that book
Hilarious for those millions of Australians and Canadians and New Zealanders with British -born grandparents who got TF outta there.
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Hilarious for those millions of Australians and Canadians and New Zealanders with British -born grandparents who got TF outta there.
Ah ok. Have a look for Blundstone boots? The round toe ones are v good for me and slightly more heel
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ah ok. Have a look for Blundstone boots? The round toe ones are v good for me and slightly more heel
Have you seen these? duckfeet.com. Not cheap but I love mine
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November 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Have you seen these? duckfeet.com. Not cheap but I love mine
Saw jam and condiment dispensers in Dutch and Belgian hotels in September. One had small paper cups to collect the jam, one had edible cups like little ice cream cones. Butter was still in single use packs tho.
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Saw jam and condiment dispensers in Dutch and Belgian hotels in September. One had small paper cups to collect the jam, one had edible cups like little ice cream cones. Butter was still in single use packs tho.
Australian here, and I grew up eating these every day. They also cook down beautifully into what we call stewed apple and you call applesauce — making a beautiful smooth purée with no effort at all. New season Grannies are the queen of apples.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Australian here, and I grew up eating these every day. They also cook down beautifully into what we call stewed apple and you call applesauce — making a beautiful smooth purée with no effort at all. New season Grannies are the queen of apples.
We have compulsory 12% superannuation savings for all workers and it’s not that recent — I’m retired and it came in early in my working life, in 1992. As always the super wealthy have exploited the tax concessions outrageously.
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We have compulsory 12% superannuation savings for all workers and it’s not that recent — I’m retired and it came in early in my working life, in 1992. As always the super wealthy have exploited the tax concessions outrageously.
Australia does and has for decades. Not saying it’s good and it certainly has its issues, but it happens.
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Australia does and has for decades. Not saying it’s good and it certainly has its issues, but it happens.
Thank you! I have ordered for my summer reading.
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Thank you! I have ordered for my summer reading.
Absolutely. Knit something that does not fill you with existential dread.
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Absolutely. Knit something that does not fill you with existential dread.
Yeah, she’s a Blue Cattle Dog. Her sister and Mum are Red Cattle dogs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...
Australian Cattle Dog - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Yeah, she’s a Blue Cattle Dog. Her sister and Mum are Red Cattle dogs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...
It does vary—I hardly noticed either dose, not even a sore arm.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It does vary—I hardly noticed either dose, not even a sore arm.
In many places in Australia they will grow all year round, with no off season. But they are rarely available in shops.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In many places in Australia they will grow all year round, with no off season. But they are rarely available in shops.
We call them chokos in Australia and they are strongly associated with hard times, like the Great Depression when people had to grow their own food.
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We call them chokos in Australia and they are strongly associated with hard times, like the Great Depression when people had to grow their own food.