Blogging appears to continue to be at best spasmodic, which I regret, but I still seem to be very busy with work, and in the spare time which I have had, I’ve been trying to do things other than surfing the internet, mainly learning to type and to speak some limited Czech. Surfing the internet is at any rate severely hindered by the fact that our wireless connection at home is nearly permanently down, and since I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress it’s become virtually impossible for me to log in and make a post from my phone (more…)

Since it is now February and I am no longer in Wantage, I have been trying to make some progress with my New Year Resolutions. Some of these have been going better than others. Buying a laptop was achieved before the new year even began, because Babel did a rather wondrous thing and bought one for me I love my new present so much that I occasionally just want to stroke it – perhaps the reason that it is now covered in finger prints. My aim this week was to buy a duster to clean it with, but I have failed most spectacularly. Does anyone have any ideas where I could buy a nice sort of duster? I’ve looked in all the homeware departments I can think of, and no one seems to be selling them (more…)