Linda Huber's Blog, page 60
May 17, 2015
Surviving parenthood…
It’s often said, and it’s true. You need nerves of steel to be a parent. All those little day-to-day situations you have with kids – Put your shoes on, please… no, we can’t take the cat… because it’s raining and … Continue reading 
May 10, 2015
A budgie called Balthasar…
So the new princess is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. A tactful choice that – presumably – pleased everyone in the family. I’m glad they included Diana. It isn’t easy, choosing a name for a new arrival, no matter how many legs … Continue reading 
May 3, 2015
Singing Stones, #amwriting…
Last weekend, I was out celebrating an 80th birthday – an ex-boss’s birthday. A group of us visited a ‘Singing Stones’ workshop held by a local sculptor, Arthur Schneiter. (Click ‘Stilles Lauschen’, then minimise the page and listen while you’re … Continue reading 
April 26, 2015
My Cousin Faustina…
Here it is, My Cousin Faustina, Bea Davenport’s second children’s book – and this one’s a novel with a difference. Commissioned by Fiction Express, it’s aimed at (reluctant) readers age 10-plus. Bea tells us more about it in the Q&A … Continue reading 
April 19, 2015
New home, old books…
We’ve arrived, we’re here in the new flat, most of the boxes are unpacked and even the bookshelves are beginning to take shape. I’m going in for a different kind of book organisation in this flat. What you see here … Continue reading 
April 12, 2015
Bye bye temporary flat…
Well, we made it. With a little help. At exactly 07.30 on Friday morning our super-efficient removal team arrived and proceeded to shift all our furniture and a few dozen boxes out of the old flat and… …into the … Continue reading 
April 5, 2015
Four more sleeps…
…in this temporary flat that’s been home for the past seventeen months or so. And now that we’re breaking it up and packing all our worldly goods back into cardboard boxes, I’m feeling quite nostalgic. There’s nothing quite as final … Continue reading 
Five more sleeps…
…in this temporary flat that’s been home for the past seventeen months or so. And now that we’re breaking it up and packing all our worldly goods back into cardboard boxes, I’m feeling quite nostalgic. There’s nothing quite as final … Continue reading
March 29, 2015
Does anyone really speak English???
I’ve been thinking about the English language recently. For the past couple of weeks we’ve had the theme ‘Vanity’ in my conversation classes, and this – of course – included clothes vocabulary. Which comes with the usual British English/American English … Continue reading 
March 22, 2015
A certain Swedish warehouse and a room with a view…
It’s almost time to say goodbye to our temporary flat. It’s been a good time, but I won’t be sorry to leave. Nineteen months of no pictures on the walls is enough. If I’d known at the beginning we’d be … Continue reading 
