Cardiff to Catalonia!

Having moved from Cardiff: these are the day to day thoughts, enthusiasms and detestations of someone coming to terms with his life in Catalonia and always finding much to wonder at!

Monday, October 24, 2011

The Day

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UNITED NATIONS DAY Well, if something can be salvaged from this worst of birthdays it must be that I managed to slope off an hour earl...

Sunday, October 23, 2011

United Nations Day Eve

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There are many reasons to dread a birthday but I positively welcome the hustle and bustle of the preparation. I relish the arrival of peo...

Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Closed Window - alas!

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It is with deep sorrow that I announce the arrival of autumn. It came into our lives with a characteristic coolness yesterday and its ...

Friday, October 21, 2011

Towards the weekend!

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A true disinclination to get up did not unfortunately stop me and I set out in darkness for the school. Arrival should n...

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Cool days

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Preparations continue to be made to combat the horror of Friday when five members of staff are going to be absent. This is almost unworka...

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Philosophy for Schools

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Last night I was thinking about existentialism. That sounds like a bad rewriting of the opening sentence of “Rebecca” – an...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Old Mr Grump!

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Today is one of those oddly desolate days when you simply do not want to be in school. Most days you tolerate it, but today takes a spec...

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