So, what’s been going on around these parts? Well, I’m glad you asked. I’ve just got back from celebrating niece number one’s third birthday (cake and muddy dogs and small children – fabulous) and doing the whole international ‘meet the parents’ thing (which went very well, thank you) in England.<\/p>\n
Not content with just one holiday, last night I booked a long weekend in Sweden over Easter. I’ve never been before, so I’m looking forward to to finding out if their coffee and cake are really as good as everyone says<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then in between all this flitting about I’ve been teaching both in schools and privately, and writing stuff for other people – and to top it all off, the sun’s come out and doesn’t look like it’s going away any time soon. \u00a0So I’ve got lots to write *about*. \u00a0I just don’t have much time to *do* it. Sorry about that.<\/p>\n However, DLaM isn’t dead – far from it. So to keep you all occupied while I magic up some extra hours in the day, I’ve written a lovely, long, brand-new piece over at the Teaching House Nomads blog, all about how I learnt to love Italy. We got off to a bit of a shaky start, Italy and me, but now I can’t imagine living anywhere else. And here’s\u00a0why …<\/a><\/p>\n