We really struggled with the choice between homeschooling Piers or not. For me, it mosly came down to acknowledging my abject disorganization and chronic irresponsibility. There’s just too much at stake and it would be far too easy for me to screw it all up, irreparably. So I was comfortable to let the the ‘pros’ […]
More ›I like winter. I really, really do – even when temperatures are sustaining -30 Celsius for weeks at a time (which happens in January every year); even when the furnace ignitor breaks at midnight (which happened Sunday night); even when it’s too cold for even the kids to want to go outside… I like winter. It […]
More ›Edmund Hillary died today. I didn’t know him of course, just a little about him – just a regular guy who did amazing things, he would say. I wouldn’t say I’m a ‘fan’, but I certainly do admire what he has done (not just Everest) as what I guess you could call ‘the last Anglo-Saxon hero.’ […]
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