Listen to this post as a podcast episode. Accessibility by Iris Carden One of my pet peeves at the moment is accessibility, or rather the lack thereof. Many of the smaller shopping centres in my city, I’m thinking the type that open out on to a parking lot, have dips in the edge of the…… Continue reading Accessibility
Category: Lifestyle
Stuff I couldn’t fit in any other category.
Cooking, sewing, recycling and upcycling.
Brunch Smoothie Recipe
Brunch Smoothie Recipe Sunday is glurge day here. You never know I’m likely to post. I never know what I’m likely to post. Anything could happen. I was enjoying my brunch smoothie, thinking about what to write for my post on Sunday, and realised that my smoothie is so good, other people might want the…… Continue reading Brunch Smoothie Recipe
Tired
Tired post by Iris Carden One thing about living with lupus is that anything that takes any amount of energy takes time to recover. I’ve been tired all week, because I went to the zoo just over a week ago. My daughter and I bought annual passes for whenever we’re looking after my granddaughter (my…… Continue reading Tired
What Not to Wear
What Not to Wear by Iris Carden I saw an article shared on social media this past week, on what women over thirty shouldn’t wear. Being somewhat over thirty, I was curious. (In this context “somewhat over” means “rapidly approaching double that number.”) Sadly, women over thirty should apparently not wear anything fun, or practical…… Continue reading What Not to Wear
Two in One
Two in One by Iris Carden One of my biggest problems with tech is the cost of replacing things over and over again. I make things last as long as I possibly can, but eventually things need replacing. For some reason everything needs to be replaced at the same time. Recently, my iPad had…… Continue reading Two in One
The Cost of Living
The Cost of Living by Iris Carden I saw an article from the Wall Street Journal shared on social media the other day. It was titled: To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast. Because the actual article’s behind a paywall, I don’t know if it’s a satirical commentary on the cost of eggs in…… Continue reading The Cost of Living
Ginger Beer Recipe
Ginger Beer Recipe Just for something completely different, today’s post will be a recipe for my favourite probiotic drink: homemade ginger beer. It’s done in multiple parts, and looks complicated, but is really very easy once you get used to making it. Make sure everything you use in making this is scrupulously clean. The idea…… Continue reading Ginger Beer Recipe
Imposter
Imposter Blog post by Iris Carden This week I ordered some business cards, because people sometimes ask where they can find my stories, and in that situation it’s easiest to just hand over a piece of card. As I described myself on the cards as “author”, I started to wonder; do I really have any…… Continue reading Imposter
The Cost of Living
The Cost of Living Blog post by Iris Carden Now that iceberg lettuce is more expensive than gold, and you need to sell your soul to buy a tank of petrol, there’s a lot of people out there giving advice on how to live on less. A lot of this advice is things like: quit…… Continue reading The Cost of Living
Happy Easter
Happy Easter dear readers. For Christians today is the most important day of the year, being the day we recall Jesus’ resurrection. For both Christians and non-Christians here in Australia, it’s also a day we tend to spend time with family and exchange Easter eggs. Typically Easter eggs are egg-shaped chocolate. Sometimes they’re rabbit-shaped or…… Continue reading Happy Easter
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