Childhood is not complete without a little pick-your-own strawberry activity. Â (And of course eating, while picking.) I don’t know that my parents were choosing to do it for ‘support the farmers’ reasons. Â I think we did it because it was fun, because the fruit was so fresh, and because it made a family outing out …
Category archives: Reading
Eco audit: learning to speak environment
So I’ll start with the disclaimer. Â This month, I’m planning to write about the environment. Â I am not a scientist. Â I am not an expert. Â So I am not making pronouncements with authority (although I might reference some links to back up what I say). But I am finding that I want to do something …
Cereal packets and serious fiction: reading the world around us
A month of ‘learning from books’ comes to a close. Â I think I learned further things in the process of choosing what to write about. Â An unexpected bonus. I normally write a ‘content post’ right up to the end of the month – but I’m sneaking in a bit of reflection on the month instead. …
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Academic texts: a tale of two halves to the title
I have noticed a bit of a tendency when I write blog post titles. Â They often seem to be in two halves. Â My inner academic of old is not satisfied unless titles have that combination of word play and explanation. If I am to complete this month of writing about reading, and what I’ve learned, …
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1984: reading, revising and remembering
I’m wading into the backwaters of the blog – the posts I haven’t visited in a while. Â The notion is to make the categories simpler – essentially, to pull together the blogthatwas and what I’m doing now. Â But I’m feeling a little like a history rewriter, something out of 1984. I had a grand plan, …