Monthly Archives: November 2013

The things you have to do when you’re a parent

This is in response to a request on Twitter for reviews of programmes we end up having to watch with our children. Not the joyous ones we share willingly, the ones that are like having teeth pulled. If Betty thinks … Continue reading

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Learning, libraries and such

My son who has ADHD was not diagnosed until he was at university, in his 20’s. That doesn’t mean we didn’t strongly suspect he was ADHD, it was fairly obvious to anyone who spent more than a cursory amount of … Continue reading

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How to have a home filing system that is the envy of the world.

Or, The Perils of Paperwork, failing Working Memory and Lack of Cake. I had been mentally composing a blog about fungus-free coffee, Honduran Cloud Forests and the joy of children growing up, with maybe a little on the ways our … Continue reading

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