Matt, in his role of stay-at-home-dad, has been taking River out in the sling, exploring the footpaths and beaches and tracks near our village. On my rare days off we've explored a few new-to-us places together. The current favourite is a little patch of old trees next to a stream at the base of a sloping field. Lots of things to excite a new ( Read more... )

1. My stupiditySo I'm thinking of starting another blog, which will be all about piano teaching, piano practice, piano music, piano playing -- basically, about the piano. I stop myself from ranting on about piano-related things here because I know they wouldn't be of much interest to most of you. :) But I must have an outlet! Hence the Piano ( Read more... )

In fact, yesterday was a really good day. A cosy lie-in. A happy waking-up, filled with the knowledge that after our busy busy busy Sunday night the office was finally tidy and cleared of two bin-bags-worth of clutter. Letter-writing. Dinner at the local tapas place. A walk along the coast to watch the tide surging up the limestone flats. Fun ( Read more... )