Author Archives: lesleyjonesberry

Stuff

Posted on May 2, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

It is remarkable how much stuff we have accumulated.   Things we have been given, things we have bought, things we have inherited, things we have made.  Old stuff and new stuff.  Some of it well-loved and well-used; much of it … Continue reading →

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Leaving home

Posted on April 7, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

We plan to move in September, from a house we will have lived in for 14 years.  Before we came here, married life had seen us living in six different rented dwellings. We moved round the country and averaged two … Continue reading →

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I was not angry until this instant

Posted on February 28, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

On Wednesday 9th March the Junior Doctors begin another strike. I will be joining them on a picket line. I have never demonstrated against anything in my life before and I have never gone on strike. So part of me … Continue reading →

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Thank you for missing me

Posted on February 14, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

Harry Potter is a significant theme in our house.  The children were at the perfect age.  We read the books together at bed time, conducted intensely excited night-time forays to buy the later volumes at midnight publication, and we relished … Continue reading →

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Homeless, with a good book

Posted on February 9, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

I found myself with an enforced absence from home. My son had requested a birthday party. He is a young adult, a ‘bounce back’ after university, so he didn’t want us to organise it.  Rather the opposite: he asked if … Continue reading →

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A new winter coat

Posted on February 7, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

My parents are both dead.  I loved them both and they were good parents; I was lucky in my relationships.  My mum, in particular, had an ability to accept mortality and this was a great gift to my brother and … Continue reading →

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ResearchEd again, naturally

Posted on September 5, 2015 by lesleyjonesberry

I am off to the national ResearchEd conference for the third time. Last year I said I wouldn’t do this: the date clashes with my local agricultural show, a major community event, and I am no longer an Education student. My … Continue reading →

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Farewell, my dear

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lesleyjonesberry

We are three quarters of the way through our Roger Rees memorial viewing of Nicholas Nickleby. For those unfamiliar with the work, this means 6 hours down, 2 to go.

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Ebacc pigs

Posted on June 28, 2015 by lesleyjonesberry

I see they have started making “Gove – the sequel”. It happens. A character has such impact that the producers cannot resist reviving him. Often the villain or monster, he wreaks such devastation in the original, that repetition of the … Continue reading →

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A birthday thank you letter

Posted on April 23, 2014 by lesleyjonesberry

On this, his 450th birthday, I would like to say thank you to William Shakespeare. As a suggestion of what Shakespeare has given us all, I do not think Bernard Levin can be bettered:  Shakespeare’s language permeates and shapes our … Continue reading →

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