Blog of Susannah Quinsee about life, work, parenthood and play
Not sure if it is lockdown or just that we are at home more so noticing but there has been A LOT of fox action around our neighbourhood this January. And I mean A LOT. Including finishing off our last Continue reading Straight Talk from Fox, Mary Oliver
Not really a poem this week, although I heard this during a yoga class and it reads like a poem. In the middle of winter, which we are in, and it is gloomy and feels long, endless, the sentiments of Continue reading Thresholds, by John O’Donohue
I treated myself to Margaret Atwood’s new book of poetry recently, Dearly which arrived this morning. Yay. I have to admit that I had forgotten I had ordered this as due to lockdown 3 its taken forever to arrive. What Continue reading “This Fjord Looks Like a Lake”, Margaret Atwood
In Lockdown II, I published a poem a day on my blog and really enjoyed the experience. I thought I would then go on to put up a poem a week, but then well December, birthdays, Christmas etc. So now Continue reading Not for the City, Charlotte Mew
I’ve changed the title of this post about four times to try to reflect my thinking! Needless to say, I’ve been thinking a lot about this since March 2020, which is unsurprising really given my professional role and also because Continue reading School, well, education is not just formal learning
I’ve decided to group these two weeks together because frankly not much happened for two weeks whilst we were off and in tier 4. Ok that is a slight exaggeration and rather downbeat, let me rephrase as a list, this Continue reading Weekly round-up: 28th December/4th Jan
Well, we managed to get to 11th December with everyone in school but alas our luck ran out as Isaac and Mariela were then sent home to self-isolate on 14th December. So that was 3 kids at home remote schooling. Continue reading Weekly round-up: 21st December
Oh dear, I am 3 weeks behind but have decided just to post these for completeness! And to try harder in 2021. So finally self isolation hit us this week. On Friday eldest daughter was sent home from secondary school Continue reading Weekly round-up: 14th December