We are still in lovely Northamptonshire. It’s starting to feel like we did move – and now we live here. A confused friend even sent me a text saying, ‘How…
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Tag: books
My list of worries about Finland had both dwindled and grown. We’ve put some more of the big rocks in place – movers are now booked and we have an…
I’ve taken the boys to the ancestral lands for a week. Finland is as ever – green, quiet, everything sparsely. This time my eye has been drawn to graffiti and…
My new strategy of abandoning books that aren’t doing it for me is having the desired effect – reading more. I’m still reading at a pace that would have shocked…
I’m reading Oliver Burkeman’s much-recommended Four Thousand Weeks and I’m not really sure about it. It’s highly relevant to me as I’m exactly the kind of person he often uses…
I’ve devised a framework for deciding whether to give up on a book. It’s designed for me and my particular reading issues, but it might be universally applicable. I’m very…
I passed my Life in the UK test! I wish it meant that I was now a citizen; alas it doesn’t – next I need to put together everything for…
The toddler has played his opening gambit for Christmas presents. I went to pick him up and was relayed a story of learning about different emotions during the day. His…
The baby is now very close to walking, and while that will be wonderful, it will also be not-wonderful. Breaking up toy and territorial disputes is easy at the moment…
The house went to a higher bidder, boo / phew. I’m now going to bury the whole project until the first light of a new tax year, and enjoy what…