Inspired by Pam at Nerd’s Eye View, and because it’s Boxing Day and I’m still too full of food to even contemplate writing a new post just at the moment, I’ve decided to summarise my favourite posts from this past year of blogging. If I could, I’d do this in song, but I haven’t yet worked out how to put sound on here, so you’re just going to have to imagine that part of it. I’m sure my students would have liked that luxury, too. They, however, had to sing the whole thing, with actions. Ah, wouldn’t you have *loved* me as a teacher when you were learning foreign languages at school? (Apologies for the rotten scansion, by the way. This is why I’m an English teacher, not a poet.)

The 12 months of 2010

In the first month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
Inadvertent rudery: Hear No Evil

In the second month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
Alcohol most lemony: St Clements

In the third month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
A case of classroom anarchy: Fruit Salad

In the fourth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
Bistecca fiorentina (bloody): Cake and Steak

In the fifth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
AN EXCITING FOOTBALL WIN!: On Winning at Gallipoli

In the sixth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
A friend in a pink bikini: When I was two, I was nearly new

In the seventh month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
A very long train journey: In training

In the eighth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
Surprise romance in gay Paree: Left for love

In the ninth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
People-watching and OCD: Let the train take the strain

In the tenth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
Love-notes from a Calabrese: Fly me to the moon and let me play among the lobsters

In the eleventh month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
A ‘shortcut’ on a road most watery: Noah’s Rover

In the twelfth month of 2010 my true blog gave to me
Pig shins (also known as ‘stinchi‘): Bleat, piggy, bleat

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful 2010. Do link me up to your personal highs and lows in the comments, and I shall look forward to catching up with you all properly in 2011.

Image by Frodobabbs on flickr