I want to congratulate you on passing this course and achieving QTS in this uniquely difficult and strange year. None … More
Tag: Bird by Bird
The Year of Living Deeply 15: You don’t have that kind of time
About a month before my friend Pammy died, she said something that may have permanently changed me. We had … More
On Diane Abbott and Assange -Meditation on a line by Anne Lamott (LentBlog37)
There’s an old Mel Brooks routine where the psychiatrist tells his patient, “Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli … More
Buggering about on the internet
‘Hullo,’ says the book. ‘I thought you had gone away.’ ‘I lied,’ says the book. ‘What are you going to … More
Always the people
‘To tell you the truth, it’s been shattering. But kind of amazing, as well.’ ‘You never said. You never said. … More
The stationery thing again
My blog post yesterday about the stationery thing provoked more responses than I ever imagined it would. Among the … More
8 great books about dying
The chances are, more of us are mortal than have multiple orgasms -Violet Weingarten, Intimations of Mortality When I was diagnosed … More