Dips

A selection of entries so far

Personal
Signifying nothing – blogging is not my style, but…
Child benefits – the wise words of granddaughters
Life cycles – my Dad’s shed
Formative years – a popular personality from Yorkshire
Press button G – telephones past and present
Mother of mine – memories and legacies
Best kept secrets – swimming in the sea, playing in the sand
Known her all her life – my older daughter’s birth
The Barefaced Night – from father’s knee to theatre director
Remembering Gaius – on my son’s 41st birthday
Arguing weekly – debates and equations with my granddaughters

Politics
Use it or lose it – lies told through three teeth
In the grip of reality – the ogre and the pensioner
The new xenophobia – check out what’s happening at the check-out
Faster than light – money is disappearing into black holes
Oh, to be in England – thoughts on immigration
Strike agreement – Mrs Fowler, the dinner lady
Penance on a pittance – exploiting the unemployed
Through a glass darkly – on cars, buses and costs

Education
Boiling the kettle – the drama of youth
Rise of Icarus – a daughter dances
Beach, where – Sid, the caretaker
New term lesson plans – the after-Math and after-English classes
N-to-N stuff – the pleasures of playing word games
Why I left teaching – the lessons of eleven years
Sending a message – of mobile phones and teachers
Their chosen fields – an ornithologist teacher; a biro-spinning boy

Miscellaneous
Blossomest blossom – Dennis Potter, Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins
Alphabet stories – a writing exercise
Water, everywhere – by slow ferry to Guernsey
Dwarfed by white snow – put the wellies on and get out in it
Treacherous conditions – the terrorist group W.E.A.T.H.E.R.
Owed to Lesley Garrett – Beethoven’s Ninth: the sound check
Park picnic, part I – a Roman soldier looks forward
Park picnic, part II – a Latin scholar looks sideways