Menogurgulation; This, That, The Other

Okay, so the fact is the jumper is finished... however, in promising it to you for this week while still in last week and still under the influence of the weird lurgy, I had completely forgotten to check the calendar. Turns out this is a five-Friday month. I had been plotting to turn the presentation of the jumper, along with a bit of a "how I came to crochet" potted history, into a post tying in with my late mother's birthday... i.e. today. I could still do that... but then I would have to go back to scratch to come up with a decent post for...

(Yes, that is also your reminder to come up with something extra special for the last Friday of the month and link your post in the comments to my FFF - the "rulez" or on that tab up top!) Which, by default, meant I had something at least for today's post 😄

You will have noted that I spoke of the lurgy in the past tense. At last. To be honest, I am not 100%, but a goodly part of it, just some lingering lethargy and much-reduced-but-still-there-niggly cough.

Another tidbit; a few of the old-timers here (as in readers, not years...ahem!) might have noted the wee badge at the bottom of yesterday's post and wondered. Yes, it was the OoWaC badge from the days of Blogville and when I was elected to that Office of Wellness and Concerns! I have reworked it slightly, adding the three flags that represent me. While the office - and, sadly, it has to be acknowledged, Blogville, too - are now defunct, my interest remains in matters of health, well-being, environment, ecology, climate, philosophical, psychological ... yeah, well, you get the picture... as they relate to us as individuals and as a society. Thus, I still make posts like yesterday, with 'pay attention' and 'call to action' elements. I could have set up a different badge and name, but I rather like that connection to our original little group and thought to recycle it. 

Several readers have come along since those heydays of Blogville (and for the newer ones - that was a group of some 30ish blogs who collaborated on various online happenings and even one fabulous "in the furs" meetup), and readership interests have broadened and reflected the eclectic nature of this blog. Blogville went on for quite a few years, but - as is natural in any family or town - the population tends to reduce over time as elders fade away or other life matters take precedence. I still miss some of those wonderful peeps and their pets, but this is the way of things. One must continue on one's own path.

I still miss you, Mum.