Joann Ransom

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

Disgrace by J.M Coetzee

It seems a lot because it is a lot. You will get through this. Be kind to yourself x

Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand @deborahmeaden.bsky.social

Ciara is asking for an investment of just NZ$25 in return for the chance to win 100% of this fabulous cross stitch piece😉

Would you be kind enough to repost this and see if we can help her out?🙏🏼

Why reading for pleasure matters Comment from Victoria University: School libraries and librarians should not be viewed as optional extras but as essential for learning

newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/08/w...

This is amazing!

Finally finished my gorgeous 'Autumn Buds' crocheted scarf - once I got the hang of it it grew fast but it was a learning curve!

The Warehouse does not have Quality Street chocolates this year and I'm feeling very disappointed. Acres of bloody Roses but does anyone actually buy them, other than for teachers?

"The good girls guide to murder" on Netflix is superb

Musing that librarians and developers from around the globe will be arriving in Wellington today for #KohaCon25 to celebrate 25 years of Koha - the world's first open source library management system that was developed here in NZ @KohaILS

I love your art so much

What the heck!

And we are delighted to have you joining us :)

Here in Horowhenua we pay by fortnightly direct debits. I wonder if Hutt City do this as well? It makes it super easy.

Super proud of this report released today by Public Libraries NZ that proves that libraries really are awesome:

loveyourlibrary.org.nz/libraries-in...

Someone needs to take the remote control off the Emergency Alert guy and tell him to go have a lie down.

I finished it!

I feel like Trump's America is like a reality show - an absolute shit show and horrifyingly compelling to watch.

What does Trump et al have to do before 'merica pulls the plug?

(And I need a good weekly episode that summarises the week with good commentary on global response)

My cup is full right now: been handwashing a baby shawl knitted by my mother in law from 2 ply merino my sister in law spun for my eldest son 34 years ago, for my upcoming grandchild (!!!) via said son AND then another son just got engaged today. So full of 💕 right now

'The Restaurant that makes mistakes' on TVNZ is outstanding television. Such goodness and so educational as well

The Kiwi kid who faces being deported to a country he’s never been to Daman Kumar was born in Auckland, and he’s never left the country. He’s just finished school, and wants to go to university - but soon, he could be deported.

Golden visas for those with a few million, only need to be in nz for seven days a year...

But a kiwi born here is being deported

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Fairisle tartan piece of knitting

In today's edition of Jo's seriously over-inflated sense of what's possible:

I'm knitting a tartan baby onesie ...

By my calculations, if I stick to 8 correct rows a day (allowing for current rate of do-overs), it might be finished by 2035 as a 21st present instead ...

My plumber fam say 3-ply is the devils works and is the source of many a blockage

Yes and yes - have definitely done this. Also applies to instructions given without appropriate strategic foundation and financial delegations.

I've found a bluesky-bestie :) thank you

I'm interested in contemporary fiction authors too. This is my focus for 2025: NZ authors

And Joy Cowley's "Nest in a Fallen Tree"

Loved The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaeara - that's on it.

Readers advise needed please: NZ fiction. If we were building the 'must read' list for all time what's on it?

And the tariffs on food imports ie Mexico plus reduced USA production will only increase the cost of living... and yet Americans voted - actually chose - this