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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Now, 23 December 2022

This is a Now post, something I do periodically as a snapshot. Thinking about The YearCompass, which I saw linked on a Mastodon post and downloaded. It is a guided retrospective and plan ahead in PDF format with fields you can type in. It is a LOT of work to

Moving to Ghost

My blog has moved around a lot in the 20 years it's been online. Most recently it was on WordPress, I am moving it to Ghost because I want something faster, simpler, and without the overhead of the WP post formatting. Simple markdown to edit, a clean look,

Using Mastodon over Twitter

I've been on a Mastodon server since November 6, 2022, just over a month now. I find it vastly different to Twitter. One example is that I posted asking for Hindi-language music: Looking for good music with lyrics in Hindi. I love Natacha Atlas and Rachid Taha, but

Seven books to know me better

This hashtag #7BooksToKnowMe is floating around on Mastodon (no more Twitter, yay!) and I have a whole shelf of favourite books on Goodreads. These ones I think give you a snapshot of the me you're likely to encounter on any given day. The TL;DR upfront, followed by

Dusting off the old blog

A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on. And it has been over two years since I wrote one. It feels like a good time to bring the blog out of mothballs and poke at it. Today is Tuesday 8th November, 2022. Thinking

Lessons learned

Happy, well-rested people are the best people to work with. So use your vacation days and rest If it can be null, it will be null. So don’t let it be null. Be kind to yourself like you would be kind to a friend. Check on your people to

Shaggy dog story

This extended pun/shaggy dog story is the explanation behind my Twitter and Instagram handles, BritishKoalaTea. A man walks into a tea-shop while on holiday in Marseille and asks the waiter about the specials. He is told that the house serves a delicious tea that is doubly special because it

Old jokes

I love the cheesy sequence jokes I used to hear as a kid: How many elephants can you fit into a Mini Cooper? Four How do you know if you have an elephant in your fridge? Footprints in the butter How do you know if you have two elephants in

What I have learned from carving wooden spoons

Hubby and I took a spoon-carving class at Perennial St Louis last December. I've been carving on my own and using the Perennial woodshop as a member when I need the big power tools. This is what I've learned from ten months of spoon carving: You

Now, 24th May 2020

A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on. Thinking about I am one of the lucky ones. My employer mandated everyone who can work remotely should do so, as of March 16th. I've done ten weeks working from the table in

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