Let’s talk about homeschooling. I had been feeling – if I’m honest – a little bit smug. Homeschooling was going swimmingly. We had a timetable. We were into a routine. We start with some exercise, then TheBloke (TM) takes YoungestGirl in the morning for Phonics and Reading. I take EldestGirl for English and Grammar. We … [Read more…]
Interstellar was one of the seemingly very few 100 Greatest Movies that wasn’t a Mafia movie or a dreadful Japanese cartoon. I’m not opposed to a good sci-fi yarn, so with a bag of popcorn, TheBloke (TM) and I settled down for a good two hours and 49 minutes of sci-fi fun. Unfortunately, that’s not … [Read more…]
This blog has been a while coming. Like everyone else in the world, I have been through the standard grief process with the coronavirus – denial, bargaining, anger, depression and – not quite – acceptance. I was aware that putting my own fears out here onto this blog (on the off-chance that anyone actually reads … [Read more…]