Up until my daughter went to secondary school, she was a fabulous performer. She was in the drama ensemble of the State Schools Extravaganza ‘Quest of the Birds’. She was a voice of one of the puppets and I was in total awe of her as she performed in front of such a large audience […]

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My rings were sitting on the table and two of Tom’s friends tried them on. One of them asked if I would leave her the rings when I died. She said to her friend “Remember in year 7.” These kids had been in my homeroom when they were in year 7, almost 6 years ago. […]

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When my kids were in Primary school, one of them, I’m not naming names, came home from school with the latest joke! S/he slapped my face (ever so lightly and playfully) and then said “Forget it, it’s in the past now”. We both laughed and went out into the world to find others to play the […]

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Today I was reading Mystic Medusa:Ultrascorping.., I had to check in because I noticed this morning at our briefing everyone was looking a bit shabby and I assumed that the looming full moon had something to do with it. The reference made to late 2005 started me wondering, what I was up to then. As my memory […]

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In the last year of his life, my pa told me he’d made an appointment to see our local politician about an idea he had for solving the water problem. He told me to keep it to myself because others would say it couldn’t be done, but he’d thought it through and believed it was a viable option. […]

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When I began ‘Joh Blogs’ a couple of years ago, I made a blog for Andy too, but he didn’t get into it. He didn’t quite ‘get’ blogging at that time. When pushed to come up with a name for the blog I initiated for him, ‘poohduck’ was his chosen title, which captures his quirky, […]

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Is Good Friday ever really good? Well, in my experience, not that often. I wonder if I am conditioned by the Catholic upbringing to feel grief and sadness on that day. I remember actually being quite horrified by the whole crucifiction idea to be honest. It’s pretty full on really. It could be because I […]

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This morning I went outside to sit in the sun for a minute(with my hat on!) and noticed a butterfly with beautiful colours standing near my doormat. How I didn’t step on it on my way out is the mornings mystery to me! I overcome my urge to rush inside and get a camera to take […]

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My new found teacher, blogger, buddy Frogdancer wrote a post tonight that I plugged right into.  Her post ‘Frogdancer gets soapboxy’ had the effect of getting me up on mine. My teaching rounds were a nightmare. It all came flooding back to me when I read it. I didn’t go down the usual school to uni […]

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I’m not sulking about Valentines Day in view of recent heartbreak. I don’t feel any resentment to be honest. I am loving myself right now and can’t wait for my next romantic adventure. It’s kind of exciting really.
I’m not into Valentines Day much. There is something about it that just isn’t as romantic as those random days […]

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