The following is written as my contribution to Blog Action Day. The theme this year is "The Power of We". To register for Blog Action Day, you have to choose a category from available options for your blog. I chose "personal". So, personal it will be. It will also be brutally honest. You have... Continue Reading →
Sweeping for Jesus
I am an at-the-desk and sitting-up-straight-on-a-chair person. Always have been. I could never do homework on my bed. My laptop always sits on my desk, perched like some space-age typewriter. But today I am doing something I never normally do. I am sitting on our new sofa with my feet up, with my laptop on... Continue Reading →
The Paper Knife – Part I
There is nothing quite so satisfying as the tearing up of paper. One thing more satisfying than tearing up paper is the physical act of using a paper knife. The pleasure of using a letter opener was all bundled up in the excitement of receiving a letter in the post. I loved opening those envelopes... Continue Reading →
Nothing
I know what you are thinking. At least, I imagine that you do. I imagine you are thinking I have been lying on my new couch all night watching TV instead of blogging. This is not true. I was getting carried away with work. Two evenings of partial relaxation on the aforementioned piece of furniture... Continue Reading →
Butterflies have them
People think I can spell, but I cannot spell as well as all that. Innocuous as it may seem, I am currently beating myself up for not knowing that "inoculate" is spelt with one N. Thank goodness for red squiggly lines on the screen. The upside is that I discovered that "oculate" is not the... Continue Reading →
In pursuit of trivia
While my partner was resting this afternoon I had utter silence; no background TV, no neighbour - silence! This wonderful opportunity brought on an intense and very productive bit of translation on a German into English project I am working on. I do believe that as one loses physical ability, one's powers of perception become... Continue Reading →
Close quarters
At 22:30 this evening I decided that since it was Friday, the end of the working week had come. This entitled me to do what I had been itching to do all week: move the furniture around in my office in the hope that a change of view will lead to greater concentration and efficiency. The... Continue Reading →
That elusive pair of jeans 