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Raine posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago
7 weeks of homeschooling (9 of lockdown) done. 5 & 1/2 weeks of homeschooling left. The end is just beginning to appear over the horizon!
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Hurray! And well done on the home schooling. Have you managed to get any writing done as well?
Mixed feelings about the whole school thing here – some are going back, some not, some parents agree, some don’t… Having seen reports where teh libraries are being taped off with hazard tape to stop the kids handling books, I don’t think I’ll be putting my volunteer librarian hat back on for some time…
Yes, much as I and the mini are missing school (!), I am so glad we aren’t in England & facing going back to schools when it isn’t safe and when the measures schools are forced to use seem to be stripping all joy and light out of the school environment. Those photos of taped off bookshelves, and of chalked squares in the playground make me feel sick.
Bits, yes. I am struggling health-wise, and my capacity to structure and concentrate is shot to pieces. But I am doing lots of ‘research’ reading (about hedge magic, herbal remedies, victorian women botanists and the British Raj!), and pantsing a couple of novels that are almost certainly destined for the bin but are providing some escape for now.
How about you?
Glad to hear you are managing to write ‘bits’ but very sorry about the ill-health. It’s a bugger, especially when you know that you’re not firing on all cylinders – so frustrating on top of everything else. However just reading about your research makes me want to read the novel that will result! It’s an enticing concoction. There’s every chance that the research and the pantsing will stir up something wonderful. You’re so organised normally that maybe you need to explore your ‘pantsing’ side as well. I am always around if you want anyone to bounce ideas off. As you so fabulously did for me over a year ago (Eek). Anyway I’ve just finished a readable draft of the idea you helped me with. It was quite a struggle sometimes to find the confidence to push through. So it’s now awaiting feedback and then the real work will start.