It’s a serious question when you’re eight, going on nine. Things are not just out there. You need to know whether you like them or not. R and D’s eldest is keen on space. She and Dan had fun setting up her telescope while we were there, and while you or I may be struggling …
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Six of the best
Friends that is. Big and small. We’re just back from visiting our great friends in Italy, and their four wee ones (some not so wee now). As well as restocking the supplies of risotto rice, grana, and a certain small pasta that goes well in sausage casserole. It’s now nearly 8 years since R and …
Scenes from a bus
Public transport. It’s a marvellous thing for writing inspiration, or even just a little entertainment at the end of a working day. Sights from today’s bus ride home: A Goth at a bus stop with black gloves with a skeleton pattern on the backs of the hands. As I tend to sit upstairs, I got …
Tons of fun
Not quite the ton (that really would have been scary), but I reached national speed limit type velocity today on the A1. What’s more, both I and other drivers lived to tell the tale. (Mind you, you would hope so, with the driving instructor next to me.) Driving lessons continue, and today included driving in …
Two revs forward, one rev…
I am trying to remind myself that learning is incremental, and that you don’t always move forwards. (Especially when you’ve tried reversing into parking bays for the first time.) Interest rates can go down as well as up, as well we know. But it’s frustrating when you’ve a limited chunk of time booked for driving …