July Books

Aug. 1st, 2016 07:56 pm
emma_in_dream: (Methos)
CS Lewis Prince Caspian 1951

Elaine Showalter The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography 2016

Agatha Christie Ordeal by Innocence 1958

Diana Wynne Jones Enchanted Glass 2010

Vincent Bugliosi Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 1974

CS Lewis Voyage of the Dawn Treader 1952

Big 2016

Joseph A Kestner Mythology and Misogyny: The Social Discourse of Nineteenth-Century British Classical Subject Painting 1989

CS Lewis The Silver Chair 1953

Bob Brown Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action 2014

CS Lewis The Last Battle 1956
emma_in_dream: (Default)
I continue to be ill, to the point where I can hardly imagine being well again.


The IT and HR systems are ‘up’ at work but definitely not with full functionality. I spent over an hour trying to complete the timesheet alone. The new seating arrangements make it almost impossible to talk to anyone else interested in policy but also make it impossible to avoid overhearing a host of other conversations.


Not a whisper of interest in my CV from any other agencies. Sigh.


All good news will most definitely be outside of work.


1, Pearl and Ruby start their taster karate lessons this week. $30 each for five lessons. I am hoping this might improve Pearl’s concentration and burn up some energy. I booked Ruby as well, but I have trouble imagining her having the stamina to really do the lessons.


2, OTOH, Ruby managed probably 500 metres on the weekend at a bush walk at Star Swamp before she had to stop. Pearl was impatient and I had to quietly point out how much harder it is for Ruby to walk with her ankles so bent over. Star Swamp – really quiet and full of birds and insects.


3, Pearl and I are now reading *The Silver Chair* which is one of my favourites, because I love Jill Pole who is so sensible and so sensitive.

3 Things

Jul. 14th, 2016 05:34 pm
emma_in_dream: (Default)
1, The heater in my room is not really broken. It just stopped working the other day because it was so frosty. Since that’s a one off occurrence in the past eight years, no need to worry.


2, I am making my way through the Narnia books with Pearl. I had forgotten how very much I like them.


3, I am very nearly over this cold, though Ruby is pretty darn sick indeed. Sick enough to be willing to admit it, though not sick enough to be willing to see a doctor.

3 things

Jun. 21st, 2016 06:17 pm
emma_in_dream: (alexa)
1, I attended an inadvertently funny training session yesterday. I can say no more on an open forum, but, as Terry Pratchett would say, I did not know where to put my eyes.


2, Ruby read a book yesterday. With some help from me, looking at the pictures and spelling out the words, she made it all the way through an ‘I can read’ book. I was very impressed.


3, After warning Pearl about the sad ending of *Anne of Green Gables*, she has decided to stop where she is, just short of the end of the novel. We have begun reading *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*, with frequent assurances that yes, the witch really is evil, not just misunderstood, and yes, it will all end ok, and no, Aslan will defeat the bad guys, and yes, they do make it back through the wardrobe, and yes, Edmund does make up with his siblings and no, he isn’t permanently hurt by the witch. Also, we have had some digressions into the world of back then people thought girls couldn’t do all the things boys could and that’s why the girls don’t get weapons or fight, and yes, on the whole most adult men are stronger than most adult women but not all and some women do become soldiers, and yes, it’s another example of how things were different in the past.

Profile

emma_in_dream: (Default)
emma_in_dream

December 2020

S M T W T F S
  12345
6789101112
1314 1516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 6th, 2025 01:35 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios