Living on the summit of an active volcano in rural England

Over the last three months, we have been the unwitting lab rats in an experiment to live on the summit of an active volcano, spewing dark ash over our home, every day. This volcano is young, geologically speaking, just nine years old in fact. This mountain of fire and brimstone, louder than a heavy metal … Continue reading Living on the summit of an active volcano in rural England

It’s been a mixed* start to the New Year

If this is how we mean to go on, 2016, I’m going to have to have stern words. Actually, stern words didn’t seem to work with Connor on January 4th as he climbed out of a school window to avoid the headmistress on the other side of the door, and ran out of the school … Continue reading It’s been a mixed* start to the New Year