Category: Blogging
Saturday snippets 1 March 2014
{Wondering} where the year is going. 4 days til Tigerboy is 2. {Enjoying} a morning mostly round the kitchen table with crafting and sticking. {Reading} The Great pet sale, two monsters and if I can find it, the second Ally Condie book. Crossed? {watching} The Doctor Who movie, trying out Amazon Prime instant movies. Streamed…
Saturday snippets 22 February 2014
{Standing} very still for quite a long time while my friend draped fabric around me for a toile. I now have pattern pieces for my body, which I can use for linen bodies and waist coat. The new sewing season is begun. {Learning} again what a felled seam is. I may have to draw a…
Saturday Snippets 15 February 2014
{Cooking} spaghetti bolognese. A big batch. Probably 4 meals worth. {Eating} something else entirely. At a pub. A meal out. Wow. (It was a very good burger since you ask. ) {Drinking} Adnams broadside on draft. {Feeling} like an individual instead of a role. {Discussing} politics and economics, taxation and basic income. {Reading} a very…
Could the basic income actually save us money?
When I wrote on the basic income a little while back, one of the criticisms levelled at it was that we can’t possibly afford it. I think this is misunderstanding the suggested principle and also what the knock on effects of it would be. Another criticism is that people would abuse it – they’d just…
Early intervention anyone?
As I blogged last week, Tigerboy is a mostly silent child. After listening to what everyone had to say about his communication, I decided I would pop in to see the health visitors, who hold a handy drop in session in our local library. They weren’t very busy – there was one little boy ahead…
Year of code? Please no.
So, I was on twitter last night, as I oh so often am. And I saw a link to a guardian article about the year of code initiative. My response? https://twitter.com/liveotherwise/status/432316953576112128 I do urge you to go read the guardian article. I’m not sure it would be good for my blood pressure to go and…
Saturday snippets 8 February 2014
{Putting off} running, although I made it out everyday. {Enduring} the kind of 20 minutes that every parent dreads. (Two children. Two bottoms. Two bathrooms. 1 shower.) {wishing} that I didn’t have to shop and plan and stuff. {Dreaming} of chocolate. With free books. {Reading} independent study (the testing 2). And the great treefle hunt.…