I wake up, excited. Finally, it’s my day to make a speech at assembly and I am raring to go. My speech will be about the new community garden we are building at the end of our street. I want to ask the students to get involved, and get their…

A rehash of the past has become my future — These Our Albion posts began life here on Medium as a retelling of an old blog that I retrieved from the Wayback Machine with great enthusiasm after. I thought it was gone — victim of a hacking attack in around 2010. Unlike several of my blogging friends, my work was…

The sweat of ages storing wisdom in their handles… — You can polish a piece of timber by rubbing it with a piece of leather. It takes a long time and is a pretty pointless exercise given the world of polishes and other finishes out there, but it can be done. A little oil in the leather will help to…

An earthquake hit London! — It seems the done thing for anyone with a website and an audience of one to write up their experience of the earthquake. Unfortunately I didn’t notice — although I do remember not sleeping well. I shall resort to the coverage of others. Johnny’s experience was particularly profound — you…

Thrifty Words Challenge #15: Transformation — The egg whites glistened in the bowl. The whisk thrashed air and sugar through the mix, turning the clear liquid into a silky white foam. Heat made it hard on the outside and soft in the middle. Whipped cream, passion fruit, and banana made it Pavlova. The transformation was complete. …