I am packing the van today in the hope that we can fit in a couple of nights on Orkney next week. We have ferry tickets to use up and being over there with the RV would make sorting out Nell’s passport visit to the vet a lot easier. The car is now without MOT, …
Snail’s pace
It feels very weird not to have my Internet Browser open all day. I feel cut off from the world. It will take some getting used to, just checking mail etc. once or twice a day. Blog posting has to change too. Maybe less frequent posting, certainly lower resolution images and fewer of those. I …
Limbering up
Today I have mainly been doing Maths Puzzles as a warm-up exercise. It is supposed to get me into the swing for both online learning and the forthcoming Puzzle Week. Unhappily I have been much hampered by our very flaky Internet connection. Said connection has been driving Mr L nutty all day as he has …
AA100
Just a few notes on what I am going to be doing from October, when I am not careering around the forest with Nell, that is. I have registered for the Open University's Level 1 module, AA100 The Arts Past and Present. I have no wish to bore so if you desire a more in …
Committed (or I should be)
Today has been something of a roller coaster ride. The big news is this - I have committed: The OU replied to my enquiry this morning, basically to say that I needed to phone them. I did just that and was very happy to find myself speaking to the same person who had sent the email. He was …
Further Fairies
Hard on the heels of the Wine Fairy came the Flower Fairy. Am I not a lucky girl? As expected, I have not heard back from the OU yet so it seems certain that I shall not be starting AA100 in October. I have taken symbolic action though and am now committed by virtue of …