Friday, March 11, 2011

The end is in sight!

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There is a sort of delight of staying in bed until 9 am on a Friday morning, knowing that you have had a lie-in of two and a half hours! ...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

A good short week!

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Day 2 and Day 3 of easy driving conditions on the way to school and easy parking etcetera, etcetera. The mornings have been taken up wit...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

A cheerfully fractured week starts

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If going to school can be designated “delightful” (which of course it can’t) then the journey this morning could well merit such an adjec...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Always the sun!

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When not lying prone on the Third Floor I have been revisiting the audio past. The sun has been relatively well behaved today and allowed ...
Sunday, March 06, 2011

That's what I call a holiday!

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First of all Sundays are not classified as official holidays, they are after all a part of the weekend, but if the following Monday is ...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

Retention and Release!

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I am filled with dread and foreboding. This is the common reaction of a teacher who starts the day knowing that he is going to be in his p...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Where is the sun?

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Unrelenting wetness. It has been raining or threatening to rain for an unconscionable length of time now and I am fed up with it.  It...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

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Aunt Bet is dead. It seems incredible that such a vital spark should be extinguished.  The world is lesser without her. It is difficult...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

I long for long weekends

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Montserrat was particularly clear as I proceeded on my way up the Ronda de Dalt towards the school.  I am sure that I should be able to wor...
Monday, February 28, 2011

A spacious day

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First period in the morning and it’s a “study” period. I don’t know what the word “study” conjures up for you but it probably doesn’t cove...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Roll on the summer!

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No day on which I have been able to sit outside on the terrace of the Third Floor and feel the sun on my face can be described as all bad! ...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Books for health

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My Aunt Bet is not well.  My cousin has written to me saying that she has taken to her bed and is not reading or doing crosswords.  For a fa...