Marty Vale Pluto – Eight-year-olds care.
Daniel is learning about the solar system at school at the moment. Today the IAU announced that Pluto would no longer be a planet. And just when he was expecting…
Pre-pasta?
We had spinach and ricotta agnolotti for dinner tonight and got onto the subject of the origins of pasta. Noodles, pasta, history – some real, some legend (like Marco Polo…
Bold as Brass
I’m an Auskick coach. Today while tying shoelaces for one of my charges (one of the unavoidable tasks when you’re coaching seven-year-olds), he said to me “You’re bold, like my…
Cyclists: if your chain is slipping, get it fixed.
Don’t be like me, ignoring it for weeks and procrastinating about getting it repaired. You’ll end up jumping up on the pedals to accelerate around a corner, suffer a major…
R4K
I ran in the inaugural Run for the Kids fun-run on Palm Sunday. I wasn’t sure if I would even start, as I had injured my hip two weeks before:…