nine: dress rehearsal

I’m really hoping that when we get the the last part of advent, the bit where we bless each other in the family, the kids decide to lavish me with sleep. Elijah has finally retired from his post as chief insomniac and passed the baton to his sister, making occasional guest appearances instead. I think I got [...]

eight: blessing a blesser

We’d planned to be spending the evening with Martyn Joseph, before the wind  blew all the ferries back to port and left the lovely Martyn on the mainland. Sad not to hear one of my favourite performers but slightly relieved that we weren’t schlepping down to Belfast through storms. Which also happily left us with [...]

seven: damp squib

On Wednesday afternoons I can be found in the library of Coleraine tech, surrounded by spotty youths, quietly banging my head against a keyboard. My brain hasn’t quite caught up with my return to studying yet and writing my personal learning record each week is a sloooow, painful process. Anyway, that left JM in charge of [...]