Just read: Britain’s Rottenest Years
I haven’t finalised my list of goals for 2012 but one of them is going to be keeping a track of every book I read. The first finish of the year was a pop history book: Britain’s Rottenest Years by Derek Wilson. It covers ten separate years from the past 2000 that that make 21st [...]
3BT – surrounded, distracted, rewarded
1. I wake up just before dawn to the sound of some low half-barks – Lily getting excited in her sleep. She’s still in her bed so I go to her to soothe her. Next time I wake up, perhaps an hour or so later, she’s lying in between us, on her back with her [...]
3BT – dishwashing symphony, plans, new decade
1. The pots and pans peal sonorously in the ceramic sink. 2. The end of the year & decade encourages me to reflect, to plan. A number of friends are doing “101 goals in 1001 days” but I think that’s too many and too long for me – I’d either end up listing things I [...]
Learnings
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been learning to drive, belly-dance and crochet. Not at the same time, mind you. The driving thing came about because I’d said in, ooh, 2002 that I’d get around to driving one day. In July, Katherine thought six years was long enough for me to arrange my own “one [...]