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Mez of Gryffsville

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‘There are no endings. If you think so you are deceived as to their nature. They are all beginnings. Here is one.’ Hilary Mantel #Arts #nfp #writer #Narrm #Writing CV: https://themelbourneweather.wordpress.com/

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · Jul 4

It's just been that time of year again....something from 2022, on finding out that a parent is dying, and suddenly seeing the world differently. #grief

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There’s a gap in between*

It’s 12 months since my father died, and 5 years since I last wrote anything here. After the death of a parent, returning to my blog feels a bit like visiting an old friend. Hi!

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

Idk how cats manage to follow you from in front but they love that sht

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart

Photo looking down on four petri dishes, neatly arranged, with what resembles bacteria and mould growing inside created with crochet and embroidery

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 4d

It’s ludicrous that we created a situation in Australia where forevermore, a headline can be framed around what Scott Morrison ‘thinks’ about something.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 15d

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 6d

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 8d

How about *In the Northern Hemisphere* it’s flu vaccine time again. 😁

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12d

One for the “who could have seen this coming “ crowd

Headline from October 2024: Kamala’s newest lie: Trump will send the army after you

Headline from September 2025: Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 13d

Making an effort to read the Australian literary mags that I subscribe to (which had included #Meanjin) - rewarded by reading "Extinctions" by @dani-netherclift.bsky.social on @islandmag.bsky.social islandmag.com/read/extinct...

Extinctions – by Dani Netherclift | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND

The threat AI poses to writers and the art of writing seems to have arisen swiftly. Who threw open those doors? What is an entry? A door is an aperture to possibility. These are important concerns for...

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 19d

@davidbridie.bsky.social gotta say - amazing Not Drowning Waving gig last night! So many NDW pieces are transcendent to hear live. Always glad I discovered you guys at a tiny venue, IDs in Prahran, in about 1988. Was probably hoping to dance to techno, or drink -but instead, became instant NDW fan.

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 22d

…Unless, of course, the sign said something like “a local cleaner’s own business,”…but that’s not what it says.

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 22d

*Post inspired by a cleaning company in my area, all their signage says “cleaner’s.” Always muse about signage design, how it must pass by so many ppl from initial concept to final sign & at no point, anyone says, “there’s no apostrophe in ‘cleaners.’

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 22d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...

'Laziness has won': apostrophe protection society admits its defeat

Organisation formed in 2001 to preserve punctuation mark comes to a full stop

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 22d

Very sorry to only just discover the #Apostrophe Protection Society, but read that they’ve given up. What?! Surely punctuation nerds need to giggle at misused apostrophes more than ever right now?! www.apostrophe.org.uk

Apostrophe Protection Society | Defending the Apostrophe

Championing correct apostrophe use worldwide. Explore guides, news, and examples with the Apostrophe Protection Society.

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 27d

Cue someone with the skills, to pls edit/splice footage of this with the 2023 campaign ad for a First Nations Voice to Parliament, which used that very same song with permission from John Farnham.

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 28d

Well, that was an unexpectedly enthusiastic response to my post about eating eggs for lunch that were past their "best-before" date the other day!

So for anyone interested, here's a well-liked post I wrote (a few years ago now) about socks!

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The Behaviour of Socks

Finally, having baffled scientists for centuries, the mystery of how one sock disappears from every load of laundry, solved via quantum mechanics.

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 28d

Like the Motels well-known anthem for plover-lovers, “take the L out of plover and it’s over…” ? 🤪

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 29d

Yes, I did the water test - it sank. 😅 The butter made it first rate I must say.

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 29d

I am not in the US, but from the content of your msg I gather that you are, so your immune-strengthening plan seems worth trying! Food handling restrictions/protections (eg basic food safety) are/were there for a reason. 🤢

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 29d

Wow, you go far beyond my pathetic “9 days past the best-before date”! 😮 🥚

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks, yes I did that test & have proved its efficacy by living to tell the tale. 🙌

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Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · Sep 10

Well I don’t completely ignore it, I just take it as sign that I should test my eggs in water to ascertain their status, before eating! 😁

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hmmm, my backup plan was that I posted about the
“9-days past their best-by date” scrambled eggs online to aid the forensic team, should they have been required later.

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thankyou, & yes I did the “float” test. I think the theory is, if it’s gone off, gas inside it will cause it to float. The eggs did not float. And here I am, 6 hrs later, still alive! 😁 🤞

Mez of Gryffsville @mezofgryffsville.bsky.social · Sep 10

Lunch today: scrambled eggs with a “best before” date of 9 days ago. 😳 Weighed up the risk of food poisoning - cooked them in butter so it would at least be worth it.

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