I noticed this morning that it was July. I know, I’m a little slow But to be fair, the weather is so changeable that one might be forgiven for believing it was autumn. There are two implications of the fact that it is July. Number one, I need to turn over the pages on my wall calendar so that it no longer gives random visitors to my room the impression that it is still May. Number two, that it is now six months since January and therefore perhaps time to take stock of where I am up to with my new year resolutions. I know it is six months, because I counted it on my fingers (more…)

 My New Year resolutions for 2008 are many and varied.  I am exceptionally good at making resolutions and exceptionally bad at keeping them which is an unfortunate situation, but whereas as a small child I used to resolve each year not to commit any more sins, this year I am going to focus on some more attainable targets (more…)