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Week 19 – Mother’s Day and Floppy Discs
Another week with up and down MCAS symptoms for me... My eyes and skin have been itchy this week. I'm not sure if it's hormones, perfumes, grief, or the change of weather (or maybe a combo of everything). I've had to increase the dose of antihistamines, and hope that...
Week 18 – Never Ending Scarf & a Cassette
It looks like Winter is on the way... I'm writing this blog while I listen to the rain falling on our iron deck roof. The temp has dropped to 16C, and my feet are freezing! Luckily, the MCAS flare I've been going through the last few weeks is almost over. The chronic...
Week 17 – Chronic Pain and Dinosaur
Another week, and another blog! 17 weeks into 2026, and I'm still recovering from an MCAS / chronic pain flare. The brain fog is fogging this week! It's hard to keep my eyes open during the day, and I'm wired at night. This is pretty standard for me. I've always had...
10 Gothic Pattern Roundup
Welcome to another crochet pattern roundup! This week, we're on the lookout for... GOTH CROCHET PATTERNS For anyone who doesn’t know me - I’m Monica Fox! I design crochet patterns with my sister in Adelaide, South Australia. We crochet for fun and to help other...
Week 16 – The Bat Wings Poncho
16 weeks into 2026, and I am yearning for a time when I didn't have to be aware of all the stupid shit going on in the world. Before 2025, I only had a vague idea of how tariffs worked. Now, I have a fairly good understanding of economics. I don't want to know about...
10 NSFW Crochet Pattern Roundup
Welcome to our first ever crochet pattern roundup! This week, we're on the lookout for... NSFW CROCHET PATTERNS For anyone who doesn’t know me - I’m Monica Fox! I design crochet patterns with my sister in Adelaide, South Australia. We crochet for fun and to help other...
Week 15 – End of a Civilisation
Woo, friends! I am fucking tired... bone tired. Did anyone else go to sleep earlier this week wondering if Trump was going to nuke Iran? On Tuesday, I spoke to my therapist about trying a different type of therapy (or, really, adding it to my existing therapy). By...
Week 14 – The Slowest Apocalypse
We're heading closer to a full-on fuel crisis here in Oceana every day, and I'm starting to wonder: are we in the slowest apocalypse? I feel like reality and the world I thought I knew have been unravelling thread by thread for the last decade. Who would have thought...
Week 13 – Fuel Crisis and a Pound Puppy
I'm pretty tired this week, so I'm going to keep it a bit shorter to save some energy! In positive news (that seems to be in short supply lately), we will be getting our new EV next week! It's the new Hyundai Elexio. We have had a Nissan X-Trail for years, and we love...
Week 12 – What happened this week…
Sitting down to write the blog this week, and I can't even remember what I did... where did this week go?! I'm still dealing with some MCAS symptoms, but I did manage to go and get a blood test done (finally - I've been trying to do it since before Christmas, and I...
