Outside My Window ... Cold, grey, wet, miserable. Goodbye November. And good riddance. I am thinking ...  I should delete this section a...

I thought I'd start a series of "from the records" posts to pass on any interesting snippets I find as I trawl through the arc...

Realising how excited I felt about the idea of getting back to teaching history got me all enthusiastic about doing some historical research...

Outside My Window ... Yes. Grey, wet and miserable again. November at its worst. I am thinking ... From the learning rooms ... paren...

I mentioned the job application I sent in, but never got round to explaining it. I wasn't actually looking for a job, just clicking aro...

If you want to spend Advent preparing to celebrate the real reason for Christmas, go and read my friend Karen's No Panic Advent Series ....

Cherub has a best friend. We call them the Odd Couple as they are such an unlikely combination. N is almost five and loves cars; Cherub is n...

Outside My Window ... Dark. Wet. Yuck. I am thinking ... I must write our Christmas newsletter. Tevye had a good idea for this year'...

Today's minor disaster ... set fire to the oven glove I was using to hold the handle of a pan. No injuries. Also no oven glove.

This week seems to lend itself to quick takes ... 1. Tevye the Compensation King won another small skirmish in his personal war again...

Since Angel was little we have set up a Jesse Tree for Advent - not quite every year, but most. For several years we used a large branched ...

Outside My Window ... grey, foggy November. I am thinking ... of how to kill time while Tevye is at a medical appointment this afternoon...

These hearts were woven of human joys and cares, Washed marvellously with sorrow, swift to mirth. The years had given them kindness. Dawn wa...

Wrapping up in winter coats and warm woollies to go out on a damp November night Spending time with old friends Eating hot dogs and sausa...

In the past couple of weeks I have filled in two application forms ... one to apply for a school place for Cherub, and one to apply for tuto...

Outside My Window ... a beautiful, bright autumn morning. I am thinking ... about a local history research project that is poking its wa...

I mention that my posting seems to be mostly Mr Linky memes and what happens? I promptly fall off the meme wagon. I'm afraid Corner Vi...

Cherub has been battling valiantly with the English language this week. Here are some Cherubic-English translations ... Hairphones = headp...

Outside My Window ... night time, dark by six now the clocks have changed. I am thinking ... of a job application for part-time tutoring...

1. Almost all my blogging lately seems to be part of one these Mr Linky memes: Simple Woman's Daybook, Corner View and these Quick Takes...