Holiday book reading + the hazards of taking photos in this house
I was going to try. Really, I was. I was going take a photo of what holiday reading I’ve borrowed from the library. But the kids detected that I was trying to do something productive and decided to ‘help’. And my son’s boot in the camera lense was just one of his bright ideas. Eventually,…
Alphabeasties and other Amazing Types
I recently had the pleasure of randomly picking up this book from the shelf at the library for the kids. Alphabet books have been done before – many times – but this one is slightly different. As the preface says, “Have fun in our world of wondrous Alphabeasties where you’ll meet animals – and letters…
Tennyson, me, and the problem of ‘self’
Originally posted May 2009 It has been said that my favourite poet would often sit alone as a child and mutter to himself, “Alfred, Alfred, Alfred…” over and over in some sort of attempt to figure out the problem, the complexity, of self. His self. Goodness, don’t we all? We emerge from childhood into a fiery adolescence, then that…
