PART 1 (written April 2011)

I remember when I was about 17 years-old coming home from the pub on a Friday or Saturday night, I used to time myself from one lamppost to the

Last weekend was the TESOL Spain conference in Madrid, which was a thoroughly worthwhile and enjoyable experience.

 In last wednesday's 

I recently tried really really hard to 'attend' (is that the right word?) every day of the recent excellent