Notices by Deborah Makarios (dmakarios@theres.life)

@derek I'd offer to destroy the evidence for you, but unfortunately I am out of nomming range.

@derek Denethor is a classic example, but a steward doesn't even have to prioritize self to be unfaithful to their charge. They just need to prioritize their own idea of what is good over their lord's.

I seem to recall C S Lewis having something to say about the dangers of being oppressed by a person who's convinced they're doing what's best for you, because they will never give up. Something similar could be said of stewards who are convinced they're looking after their lord's best interests.

@derek The key point in the stewardship model is who you are the steward of, because it is incumbent on the steward to act in accordance with the values and intents of the Lord.
A steward who maximizes profits at the cost of environmental destruction is only going to be accounted a good steward if they serve a Lord who values money but not the environment.

Knitted toy snake.
Based on the snake pattern from Knitted Wild Animals by Sarah Keen (adapted by me to knit in the round as I dislike sewing up).
Man, eyes are hard.
#knitting #snake #FinishOrFrogAlong

A second knitted snek. Same pattern, different yarns, seen from the other end.
#knitting #snake

@derek More books should have trees with genealogies!

@derek Have you read any of Anthony Trollope's work? If not, you may well enjoy!

What kind of creature would you say this is?
#knitting #toy

@rose_myrtle It's a Dilmah bagged tea. Not sure if you can get it in supermarkets but the Dilmah Shop website has all sorts of things not seen elsewhere!

@rose_myrtle Hot tea (rooibos with raspberry and coconut!), books, purring cat, and catching up with old friends (albeit under rather tragic circumstances).

Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun has planted over a quarter of a million trees. She's 14.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05gn47n69eo
#trees #Africa #Kenya #ShareGoodNewsToo #ClimateChange

A bit of cheerful music to start the weekend: Wherever We Go by the Newsboys.
"Wherever we go...that's where the party's at."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sn26k_Jmyts
#JukeboxFridayNight #ItsMyParty #Newsboys

The bud of a Blue Moon rose, showing the first hint of blueness.
#BloomScrolling #roses

The Blue Moon begins to open...
#BloomScrolling #roses

I write my books myself. When I first started writing, I never dreamed that I would ever need to say that.
But here we are. I write them myself, without the aid of the Great Plagiaristic Texcretor.

At present, that mostly means lying on the sofa with a large blank book and a few fountain pens, with a couple of hours at my desk every week or two when I feel capable of sitting up.
(It turns out there is a distinction between sitting up and sitting down, and it is an important one.)

So if you are keen on supporting books that are 100% AI-free (also Creative Commons- licensed! CC BY-SA), you can get them here:
https://deborah.makarios.nz/works/
AND you can choose how much you'd like to pay for most of the ebooks. ($0 is an option. Reading should not be constrained by lack of income.)
#NaNoWriMo #AI #FountainPens #CreativeCommons #books #writing #disability

Never hurts to be prepared.
#gardening #zombies #books #GardeningForTheZombieApocalypse

@rose_myrtle 😃 Enjoy!!

@rose_myrtle Thanks!

MeMade or Mended today: dress (mended), hat (crocheted), petticoat (upcycled), bandanna and drawers (sewn), cardigan and knee high socks (knitted).
#MeMadeMay #knitting #sewing #mending #crochet

@rose_myrtle Good meat in a roo tail. Lean, boneless...