Lovely to see!

Thanks for forwarding.

The Anxious Generation share.google/9iLu6OeIwyET...
By Jonathat Haidt is an excellent read in context of this kind of discussion. The opening pages really focus attention on the perils of non-regulation

They are edible artworks!

And it's worth it for the extraordinarily beautiful moments, like this one last summer.

Thanks for asking, Don. No, although we're in an elevated and exposed position, the house is a converted stone-built, slate roofed barn. It's very sturdy, so so far, so good. It's the garden that suffers. I know I'm a bit mad to even attempt the gardening I do here. But I can't resist trying.

It was Doug Armato (who I think you would know) posting pictures of the amazing baking that goes on in their cabin that first switched me from Dutch Apple Cake to French. It's now my goto recipe!

Blimey

100% identify with this

My best classroom day ever was when my Mum (age 12 in 1945 when play first performed) visited my class with photos of her Mum (age 12 when the play was written).
It was a magical afternoon with them asking her about her childhood in WWII and her Mum's in tge early 1900s

Of all the set texts, this is the one I hope doesn't leave the curriculum: the teenagers I taught were living in difficult circumstances... and the themes really resonated with them

Try being called Sheila

Really interesting and thought-provoking, on ma y levels @kristiedegaris.bsky.social thank you for taking the time to write it, and for sharing it here.