I had a wonderfully busy school year, difficult
towards the end because of my father’s illness and death, but still full of
important events.
My role of subject leader in language and literature
was engrossing and rewarding. I could explore new links between different kinds
of texts, find interesting resources and share them with my colleagues, as well
as planning activities to engage students in a deeper awareness of the
importance of literature in their daily life and for their future.
I don’t have any major plans for the summer, I am
going to use this precious free time to think about what happened with my
father and to take care of my mother, who is living with us at the moment. She
moved to England at the end of May, as she was feeling lonely in Rome. She had
a stressful time before and after the bereavement, a sort of breakdown.
Unfortunately she didn’t have a good relationship with my father, though they
had been married for fifty-five years, and tends to remember only the abuses
she feels she had gone through. We are trying to distract her: we have planned
trips, visits to museums and family gatherings. We hope she will relax with us
in Surrey and overcome the loss.
This summer two great things are happening as well.
I won the first prize of the John Dryden translation competition for a
selections of poems by Eugenio Montale I translated with Keith Lander, and my
eldest son is planning his wedding, which will happen next summer at Samlesbury
Hall near Preston.
All about my summer holidays and my readings will be
in my blog pieces from September on.
Have a good summer.
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