A blow with a silver lining, maybe

Our two year old has passed quite a bit of time in a private and expensive creche (asilo nido). This is because we could not get him into the council run creche in time. Now, we have managed to get him into the council run and much cheaper creche. Good. Well, no, not exactly.You see our little one … [Read more...]

I’m tired and I’m going to go to bed

Nothing I've attempted to scribble this evening has come out anywhere near the way I wanted it. I blame being on baby duty last night. When I finally woke up this morning I felt much like I expect a zombie feels - yes I know zombies don't feel, that's my point exactly. I'm no longer … [Read more...]

The Economist – a reasonable voice

Maybe I'm weird, which is probable, but I find reading the Economist one of my greatest pleasures in life. It is such a wonderful read that I'm afraid of taking out a subscription to it. Why? Well, you can have too much of a good thing and the result of this excess is that the good thing … [Read more...]

Beppe Grillo

If you would like to know who this guy is, click on his name. He also runs a particularly noteworthy blog, which is in Italian. To get there I followed the link in Montecatini Bloggers' Corner. I had heard of this guy before, but have to confess to not knowing that much about him, however, if … [Read more...]