On Thursday, I received the news I’ve been waiting for with white-knuckled apprehension since I took my viva voce exam. I have the results of my viva, and thus the results of my degree. I passed the exam and the degree is mine. I’m now Zoë Kirk-Robinson, BSc (Dunelm), LLB (Hons) (Open). … Read More →
It’s hard to plod along when you’re knee-deep in rain
Sometimes the weather just conspired to make it difficult, even impossible, to get things done. It seems this is what is happening with the driveway we are having added to the house. The work is now in its third month when it should take, at most, a week to lay a drive of this size and put in bracing walls on either side of it, … Read More →
Open Ended Novels
Having a day off after the intense panic of revision is a strange experience. I have things that I need to do, but I’m so physically and emotionally drained after rushing around yesterday, trying to find the building the exam was in, that I’ve been hardly able to get anything done today. I wandered into town because I had to go to the bank (and … Read More →





