This week at Soph n’ Stuff I am proud to bring you a somewhat different topic than we are used to. You see, when I created this blog I did so with the intention to write and post pictures about food, travel, photography and “general sophiness”. Since then it has evolved into a more food-centric […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 16,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many […]
Welp, as you can see, my dear readers, I have changed the layout of Soph n’ Stuff. It is a tad less girlish and a bit cleaner, and more customizable. I would love your feedback, if you have a moment. Here’s a quick poll. Feel free to leave comments too! I am still tinkering with […]
147:365, a photo by Sophie Idsinga on Flickr. Did I ever tell you that when I was 12 or 13 or so, I found a fallen abandoned robin’s nest with 3 babies inside? I didn’t take them right away, I came back later to see if maybe the mom had come back. But the nest […]
I have changed the domain name of soph n’ stuff to http://www.sophnstuff.wordpress.com. Update your favourites, or bookmarks or gadgets or whatever your internet browser calls them. Now! More posts coming soon… Meanwhile, remember this?
Merry Christmas! Who’s hungry?, originally uploaded by Sophie Idsinga. Are you happy the holidays are over? Or feeling a bit nostalgic already? Click the picture to visit my flickr page to see how my holiday was spent!
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps to reach the top. This blog was viewed about 1,000 times in 2010. If […]
I have a confession. I am addicted to weed. Er…sorry…I meant “Weeds”. I am actually addicted to Weeds, the popular Showtime TV series about a suburban mom whose husband drops dead suddenly and is faced with supporting her family by selling pot to the middle class, suburbanite fictional community of Agrestic, California. I have to […]
I am a total sucker for the antique market. Now, you may be thinking that I adore looking at lovingly restored bureaus or mothball scented fur coats. No my friends, I love finding weird old printed stuff. I went to the market a few years ago (have you seen the video?) and came home with […]
Recently, I was thinking about how much the internet has changed over the last few years. Before blogging, before I had ever even read a blog, I used Livejournal, and my musings would only be shared with a select number of people who I pre-selected. Mostly they were my sister’s friends, strangely enough. For some […]
