We had a really, really good Good Friday. We started with an early (for us) morning and headed down to the church.  Then we had an elicit exchange of dairy-free eggs and got ourselves sorted out for the Good Friday meditation we were taking. We stole the script for the meditation based on the last words of Jesus from Kingdom [Continue]

Martin had been saying for a couple of weeks that he needed a holiday so at the end of November I decided that even though we didn’t have time to have an actual holiday we could manage a night away.  We could do the Saturday night, we have no duties at church the next morning, there were no kids [Continue]

I have a playlist entitled Bath Tub Songs.  This is because they are songs that I listen to and immediately give the same sense of well-being and relaxation that sinking into a hot bath tub does.   Some of the songs included are Drive by The Cars,  Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton and I’ll Stand By You by The Pretenders. There [Continue]

We stayed out too late playing cards on Saturday night, I said we would leave at 9.30 but was having far too much fun so we stayed until after 11!  We played a huge game of demons in which the Gibson family took all the bottom places.  We have a plan however and will play [Continue]

One morning this week I had a chance to just sit quietly at breakfast time and realised that the table was full of my favourite things. The first daffodils we’ve had this year: A lovely scone with home made jelly (apple and sloe gin flavoured). A tea pot full of Earl Grey tea – the [Continue]

…..continued So where does Idleness come in? Well during this busy busy year there have been a number of points when we have realised that change had to happen. that leading this busy life is not what we want for our family and not what we enjoy and not sustainable for us for any length of time [Continue]

This has been a ridiculously busy year even by our standards. We have gone from being the sort of automomous home educators who do pretty much what we want aside from on Saturdays (music centre and drama), Sundays (church)  an odd after-school activity (maybe gym, maybe GB, maybe scouts) and quite a few (mostly one off) Learning Zone [Continue]

I’m reading How To Be Idle just now.  I’m inspired to take afternoon naps and spend more time sitting in the garden chatting and relaxing with family and friends.    Also to spend more time drinking tea in the garden. Martin has made me a yummy latte (coffee is not approved of in the How [Continue]