For this week’s 7 Word Challenge I am in an imperative (and poetic) mood. And today I learn, through closer inspection of the relevant chapter in my big old Spanish Verb Tenses book, that that is exactly what the imperative is: a mood, not a tense. Who knew? Anyway, to say that I am in … [Read more…]
I don’t usually share my distress on the blog, for fear of upsetting those close to me. But I think that I can share this without causing offense. I feel flat. My parents visited for two weeks and then Mr B’s came for a week. We have been busy busy busy. Bibsey has had a … [Read more…]
#SilentSunday
Every ‘To Do’ list I write seems to feature this: “Learn Spanish”* Other common items are: get back to work, clean house, do Christmas shopping (this generally appears around October time and is studiously ignored until Amazon tells me “You are running out of time you fecking feckless bint. Start shopping”) and erm, oh yes, … [Read more…]
Right back at the beginning of June I was tagged in a Meme called ‘Why?’. The idea, as I understand it, is a kind of parents’ revenge. I am guessing that some poor beleaguered blogging parent, under siege by some super-inquisitive and persistent child armed with the word ‘Why?’, decided to throw a few ‘Whys?’ … [Read more…]
