In this life

Our-in-law is feeling better; great news. He’s a lovely lad and the cleverest person I know. He got the starriest first class degree of his ...

Son heard a rumour last week that the powers behind Facebook were going round deleting pages belonging to anyone whose second name was Cat....

I have a new whizzy computer! So exciting – well, actually, not all that exciting, since I’m not really interested in machines apart from w...

Another little gem from my marking. It took me a few moments to understand what had gone wrong. It's from a correspondence course for Hi...

My computer is giving me lots of problems and I’ve been trying to post for days, without success. I don’t think it’s New Blogger’s fault; I ...

Our son has been revising for exams in opthalmology, dermatology and ailments of the ear, nose and throat. He’s been sitting at the kitchen...

Weeks ago, I was tagged by Aunty Evil of Evil Manor (what fun!) and through a combination of not being at home enough (it's a long one)...

I’m not interested in clothes, but plants – now that’s retail therapy, and yes, Australians, I paid good money for an agapanthus. Things ar...

Oh, I have had no time in the last week! Our Higher English students have all had to do assessments – reflective, argumentative or persuasi...

This pot is in my dining room and I really like it. As a postscript to the previous post – I do hope everyone realises that I DIDN’T tell my...

I've been studying "Spies" by Michael Frayn with one of my classes. This is a novel set in the Second World War. Also, intermi...

It’s sometimes interesting to contemplate the effect of people’s professional areas. For example, I presume that dentists are unable to resi...

It’s all a matter of taste, of course, but personally I don’t go for naming children something hugely original such as Honey or Apple or Moo...

Well, it’s Twelfth Night, folks, and actually I’m quite glad. It hasn’t been the best ever Christmas holiday, though it’s had its moments. ...

Things are still not fantastically good. Thank you to those who have commented kindly. It’s lovely to have sympathy! My mother is a bit bet...

I got a new digital camera for Christmas so here are some moderately seasonal photos. We had all the family around for Christmas Day – Daug...

I went up town this morning at 9 am to finish my Christmas shopping. I was up yesterday at 9 am also, and the previous Saturday, both times...

Our son bought his girlfriend a gun the other day. For her rather difficult flatmate. Not a real gun. One that shoots little foam discs a fe...

I’d like to be able to post nice Christmassy pictures of our tree in the sitting room, which is now dripping with decorations – I believe in...

I’ve been writing Christmas cards and letters, and now I must go and mark students’ work, so I really don’t have time to blog. However, it’s...