Who are the longest running UK bloggers, asks Mike, in his first post since January. The question has been discussed one word at a time all over twitter, provoking me to lose a couple of hours in the Rise archives, … Continue reading
Things aren’t going entirely according to plan, but we’re hoping that it’s a recoverable situation. Our plan for this weekend is camping – we’ve got three nights in Oxfordshire, I’ve booked Friday and Monday off of work for a long … Continue reading
Today, as Twitter may have mentioned once or twice, I am in York. York feels like home in many ways. Bernard has never been here before, and I’m looking forward to him and Pete arriving later this evening. I was … Continue reading
I’m going to York on Thursday, working there on Friday, and on Friday night Pete and Bernard will be driving up to join me for a weekend of waxwork-avoidance and perhaps some boating with the TDs. It’s the last full … Continue reading
It’s school report day. What did yours say then? What would it say now? And what would you like to drink?
Sorry, I’ve been on a study day and now I’m on a very hot train. I expect you’re all thirsty. Um… 4th July cocktails, whatever that might mean to you? I’ll have a long Long Island Ice Tea.
Who else is having one of those weeks? On Monday nobody came to open up my teaching venue, for the second week running. On Tuesday I went to completely the wrong place to work at a breastfeeding support group. Wednesday … Continue reading
We need to redecorate in here, since the clientele has virtually disappeared. A facelift. A theme? New furniture, comfy chairs and so on. You are the world’s most opinionated people, so you must have some thoughts on how to perk … Continue reading