Singled Out

Virginia Nicholson. How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War. Viking 2007

I really enjoy how Virginia writes, and loved her earlier book - 'Amongst the Bohemians'.  

"...the surplus two million had much to wing their hands over, but if such women...had weakly submitted to being unjustly marginalised, we might still be living in a patriarchy...women might still lack the professional, political and social status that they have today...for them being denied marriage was a liberation and a launching pad." p235

Great to able to see the positives instead of concentrating on what is missing. Filled with personal stories of unusual and rich lives. Ladies with causes and drive. 

potatoes again

potato stamps this time, going for the view outside; plane tree with bird visitors. 

sewing corner

Oh the happiness of a sewing corner, set up in the wardrobe, of course. Who needs that much wardrobe? not I. It had become the junk store, and with 'freecycle' junk can be gone. I sourced 2 cabinets at a warehouse that I thought was a furniture store but was actually not a store at all but some guys clearing up and moving out and it just so happened two file draws were looking for a new owner. A filing cabinet can hold a lot of sewing paraphernalia. Trusty cabinetmaker made up a table top to fit and voila sewing corner bliss. Sewing machine and overlocker always at the ready and hey presto there are skirts and pincushions and plans and daydreams aplenty.

carrot

carrot Salvador Dali moustaches