Met with various friends over the holiday weekend, and one asked what I read. Given how much Dan and I like our books, I found it quite hard to answer, and having been mulling this one over since. Part of the issue comes from the fact that we have different reading habits at different times. …
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A healthy imagination
A group night out for our little church group, for a birthday. We went to see “Bridge to Terebithia“, admittedly a children’s film, but actually pretty moving. I’ll try to keep the plotline, in case you do want to go to see it, but it has lots to say about how kids deal with difficult …
My name is X, and I play Su Doku
There had to be an admission sooner or later. My name is Alison, and I confess to Su Doku. Do you play it? Do it? Is this now something to confess to, given that su doku fever has dimmed a little? Perhaps I can give a comparison. Back when I was teaching English in Poland, …
Of maps and men
Having revisited one former home, found myself visiting the town where I spent my secondary years, only half a week later. (Reasons for this less positive, though perhaps I’ll do a separate post about that.) Otley has its market, and Upton-on-Severn has its maps…and also morris men (though thankfully not all the time). I used …
10 years…
It’s not often that I manage a politics reference, but here’s my chance. Ten years…well yes, it’s about Tony Blair, but also about me and Dan. We chalked up ten years together at the end of April. Admittedly, we then spent a lot of the first year apart, while I was teaching in Poland, and …