Bit lazy today – big lie in, but some activity later. We worked together to clear leaves from the lawn, put in a couple more bulbs, that kind of thing. Quite a nice afternoon, even at the end of November. Made me think how rarely we are doing just physical stuff. Our jobs are so …
Category archives: Reading
Alan goes…
Hurrah for Friday night, and some more QI. When you’ve reached the final hurdle of the end of the week, it’s nice to sit down and have some reliably (very) funny oddities of the world to learn about, and laugh about. QI appeals for those moments when you just need a little bit of unusual …
Good write, bad write
Blogs not quite flowing last night. Having had a not bad first week back after holiday, struggling a bit more this week. The Scottish greyness-that-lasts-mightily has set back in, rather than last week’s sunshine. It’s not quite C S Lewis’ ‘always winter and never Christmas‘ but the mood is a little in that direction – …
Duty v Pleasure
This weekend was a good one for reading things I could nod along with, or better. Kate Muir took potshots at modern coffee houses no longer being places for debate and politicking, but being more about a load of hot milk. (I had been thinking of writing something about feeling excluded from seasonal Starbuck products because …
I gotta use words
A little light tidying at work to finish the day: English language teaching textbooks And yes, I couldn’t resist keeping a few myself. Some are collectors’ items in their own right, interesting now for what they reveal about life at the time they were created, as well as how people thought we should learn. Picture …