Sas marks the first anniversary of her blog this weekend. My hunch is that the first year of any blog is probably quite important in terms of establishing the tone and topics and readership, although… more →
Harvest Birdharvestbird wrote 11 months ago: Sas marks the first anniversary of her blog this weekend. My hunch is that the first year of any bl … more →
harvestbird wrote 11 months ago: A former student of mine contacted me some time ago to say her parents would be coming out from Keny … more →
harvestbird wrote 11 months ago: Let's talk about my feelings Señor Mojito [yesterday]: You don’t have some terrible childh … more →
harvestbird wrote 11 months ago: Plighted Troth Does not shoot laser beams or hypnotise the viewer This is my engagement ring, on my … more →
harvestbird wrote 11 months ago: Everybody is Fat and Hairy, with Yellow Teeth The Famous Arch, 2006 version Once a month I go to a b … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: When I am lecturing, I use whatever examples I think will be useful to analogise new ideas. Sometim … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I have intermediate French. What this means in practice is a few things. Before I can say somethin … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: While my estemeed fellow bloggers at Frugal Me strive for thriftiness in all things, I trust they wi … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I know a change is going to come Accounts of the other election across the Pacific mention elated vo … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: If you’ve met me, you probably know my politics, which are also easily gleaned from even the m … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: A letter in today’s post advises me that I have not been shortlisted for the lecturing job at … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: Both Señor Mojito and I work in environments with an international majority–he in the private … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: Between the two buildings where most of our teaching happens, there is a trail of cigarette butts so … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I have been taking Citalopram for almost three months, replacing fourteen years on Paroxetine, a dru … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I am not without classical nerdiness. I spent one summer as an undergraduate at the flat of some of … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: Should the people I have known in various eras of my life ever assemble and compare observations abo … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I have non-teaching time, at this, the sweetest time of year. Most of Concrete University, and much … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: My bitches are in season, or coming into season, and this time around it’s Evie’s turn. … more →
harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I am listening, as I write, to the Rolling Stones, whose oeuvre from the 70s and 80s is a window int … more →