Thirty thousand is the price to pay Lives worth less than money Less than "freedom" Less than convenience But who will they be? Will it be me Will it be you Will it be someone we love Will it be someone unknown whose loss precludes a life bringing change and wonder Are our lives less … Continue reading Will it be you?
What with all this home learning and working and the recent spate of regular running, I've found that its really hard to fit in all the things. Add to this all the lovely kind people who are sharing extra bits and bobs that might "help" keep us occupied and I'm finding that I'm ignoring lots … Continue reading Things I don’t have time for
So we're at my sister in law's for Christmas. Their house is gorgeous and I am SO jealous. We'll be 16 tomorrow - 10 adults and 6 children. The adults are going to sit together at the dining table and the children at a little table beside us. Lying in bed in the middle of … Continue reading All together dinner
Anyone who follows me on Twitter may have noticed a long rant about a school event and the totally dire communication about it from school and the PTA. But it's not just the official communication, it's also the attitude of some of the PTA. They assume that we can read between the lines and guess … Continue reading Pre-Christmas school-related grumpiness
This last week I've seen a bunch of posts, profile decorations, photos about Remembrance day with Union Jacks and St George's crosses. So I want to say something about that. Remembrance is about taking time to consider the sacrifices made during war. Primarily we think of the armed forces and those who died, but also … Continue reading Remembrance Day
Things that went wrong today: Large boy is in a super grump, everything is wrong. He's trying some quite sophisticated manipulation (would you prefer me to annoy you or let me use my non-uniform token and be good) and I haven't dealt with it well.This bloody cold is not improving. I feel like shit.Got generally … Continue reading A bad day
We've had a lovely time away in Berlin for our tenth wedding anniversary. But staying in a hotel for the second time in two weeks has enforced the things that annoy me about hotels. 1) Lights They're crazy. There are a million light switches that seem to have over-lapping, toggley, and unpredictable functions. Can you … Continue reading Hotel bug bears
I'm off to foreign parts (the Watford of Paris to be vague) in a few weeks. Tonight I made himself do large boy's packed lunch. There were many questions. There was discussion about whether it was enough. His water bottle got left on the side. And then... "I won't be doing this while you're away … Continue reading Skip a few steps
I've just seen this and it made me cross: Yeah yeah just a meme. Doesn't harm anyone. Blah blah. So from my point of view, these are the sort of low level, background messages that are just as harmful to children's perception of gender roles as girls/boys toy aisles and clothes and so on. What's … Continue reading Best brothers: unfair preconceptions
Here's the thing about smart school uniform: it's unrealistic. I get that it's good to have a uniform, you don't want designer clothes highlighting differences in family circumstances, or getting ruined. But for primary school children, where has the drive for wearing ties come from? Particularly in primary school children and at the younger end … Continue reading Uniform
