Category: Blogging
Fun for a fiver (or even better, for free)
Recently I was challenged by Wilson Field insolvency specialists to see just how much family fun we could have for a fiver – or even better, for free 🙂 I was sent a box of stuff to get me going, but then it was up to us to see what we could with it, and…
Saturday snippets 22 March 2014
{Wearing} a kirtle. First open day at kentwell Hall, preparing for this year’s reenactment season. {Talking} to friends and new participants. Catching up with people I haven’t seen all winter. Meeting people I’ve never met before. {Spending} ouch money on new (and secondhand) shoes. They are lovely though. {Feeling} cold and tired. Sun was bright,…
Saturday snippets 15 March 2014
{enjoying} the sunshine – it makes such a difference to my mood. And the children. Being able to get them outside is fantastic. {posting} little bits of happiness, I hope. #payitforward if you can. {visiting} the library, where we read 14 picture books. And borrowed a whole bunch more, despite the computers being down. And…
Basic income is something for nothing – why does anyone deserve that?
Click on the image to see other posts in this series One of the (many) criticisms levelled at the concept of basic income is that no one deserves something for nothing. And yet an unconditional basic income is precisely that – something for everyone without anything in return. Why would we want to do that?…
Saturday snippets 8 March 2014
{Struggling} to blog as my right hand is currently not responding. Swiping with left hand slow and laborious. {Enjoying} a trip to dunwich heath national Trust for their sconeathon. Great fun. 19 flavours I think. My favourite Stilton and ale. The children devoured malteser. Watching- the Sorcerer’s apprentice. Compete nonsense but quite good fun. #52memories…
Basic income – the case against it.
Click on the image to see other posts in this series There are various criticisms levelled at the basic income whenever it is proposed, not least that it’s unaffordable. I’ve given some suggestions on that in the past, but today I want to look at what other people raise as faults in the system. One…
