The daughters of the house (by Michele Roberts) I had never heard of this book before starting college, it just so happened that it was on my reading list and had to be read for a seminar. Allow me a digression, my big module is ran in seminars, not lessons; we’re give a book/article/essay to …
This is reality. On the counter there is a squashed mountain (because it looks smaller, pathetic, I know) of ironing to do: 2 t-shirts, one sweatshirt, and 19 shirts and one nightdress. I counted them to maximise my sense of achievement when I’ll finally get to the end. There’s a quarter of a birthday cake …
It’s no surprise we had an alarm malfunction this morning and woke up an hour later, missing the school bus and forcing a drive to school that has put my daily plan over 1 1/2 back. Last week has been so ridiculously busy that to be honest two strong coffee cups later I’m still not …
Something a little different today… last night I went to a classical concert in Birmingham at the Symphony Hall. It was fabulous. They played Beethoven 7th Symphony which was amazing… he is my favourite classical composer and the second movement of this piece is simply magical. Make yourself a cup of tea and sit down. …
Just quick one today… crazy week, don’t make me go there, we would all be sorry… I’ve been meaning to mention these things for ages because I think they’re really good. Let’s start from the beginning: First, I have a tumble dryer. I love it. My tumble dryer is on a lot (less so in …
As part of one of my modules this semester we’re briefly discussing the Dymock poets, a literary group of poets that in the years before the First World War lived and worked near the village of Dymock, approx 29 miles from my house. And I had never heard of them. Shame on me. Not only …
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