Author Archives
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Bats, bottles and phalluses: the weird world we live in.
Whilst thinking about what I need to cover for this coming semester, I flicked through some of the work I prepared last year. A slide presentation about the world’s weirdest plants (linked to a topic we were covering) was not… Read More ›
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Ojeks rule!
Well today was my second day back at work. Yesterday I managed to sleep right through the alarm but was showered, dressed and out of the door in 30 minutes (a miracle!) but inevitably I was late on my first… Read More ›
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If age imparted wisdom, there wouldn’t be any old fools.
Everyone gets older. But do we get wiser? Oscar Wilde said ‘with age comes wisdom, but sometimes age just comes alone’ which I’m sure is true for many people and, probably like you, I’ve met a few! Socrates said ‘The… Read More ›
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The truth hurts
A planet of marble rolls in one hand. Slippery, slight. A weapon. You feel it burn in the quiet night. Spilling its bile in blue veins; its endless circle clinks, bumps, noses the edges of sleep, disturbing dreams. A planet… Read More ›
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Gamma Acosta’s ‘Crayons’
I decided to feature someone else’s words today. This blogger was recently featured on Freshly Pressed and I thought it was worth re-posting. It’s about Sandy Hook which I haven’t attempted to write about after all, what can you say… Read More ›
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Better late than never!
Well I’m due back at work next week and have started to think about my plans to improve my students’ vocabulary. I’ve already instigated ‘word of the day’ in Grades 9 and 10 (students have to find me and give… Read More ›
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Within the sound of silence
I think I’ve mentioned that I’m studying the Romantic poets. Well, since I’m virtually breathing poetry and dreaming about clouds, daffodils, Mont Blanc, sonnets, epics, quatrains, couplets and blank verse, it got me thinking. Why do most – not all… Read More ›
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Oodles of Doodles!
I love art, always have, but tend to think of it in terms of paint on canvas – a limited view I accept. So imagine my surprise when I discovered art in a very unlikely place: Google. Purely by accident,… Read More ›
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It’s 2013!
It’s January 1st 2013 and time for those resolutions. I’m not really one for sticking to New Year’s resolutions so I’m not going to write any. But I do have one goal and that is to commit myself to writing… Read More ›
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Happy New Year!
So here we are, the end of another year. I remember someone saying to me once that as you get older, the years go faster. I don’t agree. I think it is more a question of how you live your… Read More ›
