Simon is finding his latest English conversation class quite challenging. Covering topical, political, social and scientific issues, and often the exchange of good recipes, his English as well as German vocabulary is regularly tested. Last week's discussion, on the topic of clock-making, involved the pros and cons of the double three-legged gravity escapement. Our children, meanwhile, are mixing their language delightfully. Elizabeth complained to us today that Mary had 'broken her feeling'.
