http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/ en-us 2007-10-10T16:12:07+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_10.php#002002 My five-year-old Dragonet and her younger sister were discussing Snow White. They were talking about the Wicked Queen and I joined in to make the point that the Queen was jealous of Snow White. "Yes," said my five-year-old. "She wanted... dragonbabies 2007-10-10T16:12:07+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_08.php#001996 This story caught my eye just now, concerning a member of the band Supergrass who sleepwalked out of a first floor window and broke his back. Not because I'm especially a fan of Supergrass, but because I almost had a... dragonbabies 2007-08-31T14:45:38+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_05.php#001982 It's been over five years since my first child was born and although I am a sporadic blogger at best, I find myself surprised that I haven't before put finger to keyboard to compose a piece about my experiences of... dragonbabies 2007-05-15T10:44:36+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_04.php#001975 This goes out especially to my beloved Dragon Dada!... dragonbabies 2007-04-25T13:11:28+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_04.php#001973 My aunt is doing the Race for Life next month to raise money for Cancer Research. She's running in memory of her mother and my grandfather, both of whom died of cancer. Just on the off-chance that any of my... dragonbabies 2007-04-09T10:09:35+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_03.php#001972 As a follow-up to my earlier post on anti-feminist language, I read a very good article in The Independent today about misogynist attitudes in the media. It's worth reading. It's written from a male perspective about the tendency in the... dragonbabies 2007-03-30T10:53:17+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_03.php#001971 I'm reading an amazing book called Man Made Language, by Dale Spender. It's about how our language forms the way that we think. Some of the points she is making are incredibly relevant and important and I wanted to share... dragonbabies 2007-03-15T18:11:37+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_03.php#001969 I've noticed that my e-mailing habits have changed dramatically over the last few years. I suppose, to be completely honest, the turning point was having children, which is probably not so surprising. Nevertheless, as one of the earliest of my... dragonbabies 2007-03-07T12:53:11+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_03.php#001967 I'm going to a school reunion tonight. Well, it's a year-group reunion. I'm hoping it will be more worth the effort than the last one I went to. I'm reasonably confident that it will be, given that I loved this... dragonbabies 2007-03-02T14:18:03+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_03.php#001965 St Dunstan's Chorus will sing Beethoven's Mass in C dragonbabies 2007-03-01T12:56:47+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_02.php#001958 ... or just the sign of a good relationship? dragonbabies 2007-02-07T14:21:25+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_01.php#001949 You know when you're typing and you pause for a second because you're trying to think of the word you mean to write next but for a moment or two it eludes you? It's reassuring, when you remember it again,... dragonbabies 2007-01-05T14:40:43+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_01.php#001948 I'm now (finally) at the stage of study where I'm going back to some of my earliest work and rewriting it. I'm still too frightened to touch some of the material that I put into an "introductory chapter" as I... dragonbabies 2007-01-05T14:20:30+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2007_01.php#001946 It's incredible how empowering it feels to have my own tool kit! Dragon Dada picked one up for me in the sales and, as he pointed out, despite the slightly "girly pink"-ness of the case and handles, it does contain... dragonbabies 2007-01-03T09:28:47+00:00 http://www.le-marchant.com/dragonland/archives/2006_12.php#001943 Many of my readers will be taking a break from computers over the next few days as they depart back to visit families, or generally attempt to prove to themselves that there is life and enjoyment outside of the Internet!... dragonbabies 2006-12-22T11:20:02+00:00