Ah, the end of the school term. Traditionally a time to reflect on one’s performance and consider areas for improvement. So how did I do? Let’s compare my performance at the start of the term, a mere ten or so weeks ago, with the final week of term. Then: packed lunches made the night before […]
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Naked Beans Night – the reprise
A while ago I wrote about Naked Beans Night – the family tradition I started by accident when my children were babies. Recently I was invited to share my tale with the listeners of CBC Radio, Canada’s national public broadcaster, as a guest on a programme about the lessons children learn by accident. I duly ensconced myself […]
A Maths Question
Mother has three children. Two thirds of her children have bad coughs. One child with a cough wakes three times each night, the remaining child with a cough wakes twice as much. The third child has no cough but has eight tantrums between 7am and 7pm – twice as many as the other two children […]
Overheard on Oxford Street
“Do you want to marry me?” I caught the question, uttered in an accent I couldn’t place, as I picked my way through Oxford Street last week. I turned my head but couldn’t identify who had spoken – or to whom – and reluctantly I allowed myself to be carried along in the throng of people […]
Imagine
Imagine you had a son who died. I know – you don’t want to. Of course you don’t. Why would you? But walk in my shoes, just for a moment. Imagine your son died. Imagine that the days and weeks which followed were marked by rising panic which choked the words in your throat until […]
Publishing your blog to Amazon Kindle – part three
This is the final part of a three-part-post about publishing blogs to Amazon Kindle. I have been asked to write it by various people on Twitter, so my apologies to those for whom it holds no interest. Normal service will resume tomorrow. For those who asked for the tutorial, I hope it’s useful. In part […]