All the things I've thought - ooooh, that looks interesting in the coming months.
March 2011:
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Well that was a quick two months.....
Nearly the end of February. And, as usual, blog activity here at Bruton mansions has been pretty much zero. There are many and varied reasons for this;
Work's been very, very busy - the school has a new library and somehow I've managed to fall into the role of librarian. It fills a load of time, but it's a great way of filling my time - planning, organising, shelving, the works. And the payoff has been great - a stream of children eager, desperate even, to start using the library.
The comic writing has taken up a lot of time as well. The review pile has been beaten down to single figures and hopefully, by the start of March it's going to be reduced to the magic zero.
And then there's Molly. Wonderful, marvelous, lovely Molly. Who's now completely settled into secondary school and having a great time. But I'm increasingly aware that she's not going to want me talking about her on here in great detail.
And then there's the innui. Instead of being the first thing I think of, this blog's become one of the last. Other things, at least for the time being, have taken precedence. Of course, within a month I could be back and blogging every day, and, as usual, just the act of this post has made me think I should really try just that little bit harder. Who knows.
Monday, February 21, 2011
What would Atticus Finch do?
This is great - and rather timely - The Best Parenting Book You Will Ever Read. (Found at Free Range Kids).
Kate Hunter puts forward the idea that To Kill A Mockingbird has a damn sight more to tell us about parenting than any number of modern parenting books. For example.....
There’s a reclusive man living in your street. Widely believed to have stabbed his elderly father in the leg with scissors. Probably kills and eats cats.What we do now: Sadly the police can’t do much unless someone found bloody scissors or saw a cat in a sandwich, so the next step would be to get the media to investigate. Then we’d get a petition together to have the man moved. Possibly via a Facebook page. Only then would children be allowed out unaccompanied.What Atticus did: He told Scout and Jem to respect the man’s privacy. Also, they were not to refer to him by his nickname, ‘Boo’ but as ‘Mr Arthur’. When the kids tried to lure him from his home and were chased by Arthur’s father with a gun, Atticus sided with the old man.
And so much more. It's so very true. And needed by an awful lot of parents. And educators. And everyone in the media. And public officials. And..... well, I'm sure you can add your own.
"Yes Scout, everything is dangerous, nothing is ever your fault and anyone claiming you are anything less than perfect probably needs reporting to the authorities"
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Want List - February 2011
All the things I've thought - ooooh, that looks interesting in the coming months.
February 2011
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