Just listen to that rain… again. After yesteday’s school-run deluge, I can’t believe that we have to repeat the whole silly process this morning.
Get up, get naked, get soaking wet (in the shower), get dressed, go to school in the pouring rain, get soaking wet again, come home, get naked, get dry, get dressed again. Then repeat [...]
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Hello Bloggy, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again…
Well, my plans to blog throughout the lazy, freewheeling summer holidays rather crashed and burned, didn’t they? I’m starting again now, right on the first day back, lest I lose the habit altogether.
Funny things blogs. I admire those people (I suppose Don is the most [...]
I heard a bit (when the house is full of rampaging school-holiday children, few things survive uninterrupted) of a radio article about the dispute over an American billionaire’s multi-million pound legacy for her dog.
One of the radio interviewees was critical of any such gestures, saying “Dogs aren’t loyal, they just have Stockholm Syndrome”. This is [...]
I wonder how many of these blogs get updated over the summer? Obviously the schools will be pretty quiet and I can see that various staff are signing off…
Meanwhile I’m trying to shift into this weird parental holiday gear: slower than termtime in a way - no school runs, no out of school activities but [...]
Blogging this in bed with the laptop in that tiny window of time after the alarm has gone off.
Two and a half more days of school runs.
How lovely it will be not having to get out of bed to such strict deadlines.
Call me naive, but right now I am seriously looking forward to the end [...]
Not many postings for a few days, and not many postings for the next few to come, I’m guessing…
Everything’s screwing itself towards the end of its respective terms: dance shows, gym displays, sports days, project finales - deadlines abound, bedtimes have fragmented, and so have my nerves.
The kids are enjoying it, and I’m *trying* to appreciate [...]
I clipped the edge of two very different processions today, as I travelled back from Edinburgh towards East Lothian.
First, I gave way to the very end of the annual line of taxis taking needy kids to the seaside. Taxis, minibuses, transits, all with streamers flying and horns tooting and accompanied by the rare sight of police motorcycle outriders with [...]
Aah - long weekends at the beginning of summer…
End of the school week - Thursday in fact - home comes an Offspring with an item of homework. Nothing too onerous, a nice steady bit of work, and plenty of time to do it in. In fact, with a busy weekend, including socially-pressured events, it’s quite handy [...]
Here’s a secret: I’m still easily scared by programmes like Doctor Who. That’s one of the reasons why, if I watch it at a weekend, I always make a point to try and catch (or video) the ‘Doctor Who Confidential’ programme which follows on BBC3. That way I get to see all the monsters with [...]
The swallows are back. I heard and saw them at dusk yesterday. Now I really know we’re on the way to summer.
I’m rather in awe of these little birds that spend their winters with the elephants in Africa but choose to come all the way to Soup Towers to raise their family each summer. Their [...]
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