Month: January 2020

  • High Humidity, With a Chance of Paint.

    The weather over the past three days is enough to challenge anyone. Don’t get me wrong, I love summer, but this is beyond a joke! There might be a slight breeze blowing but the high humidity overrides any benefit from the movement of the leaves. Looking at the weather report for my area shows that…

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  • Finding Your Blogging Niche…

    By Not Finding Your Blogging Niche Most experts agree that finding your blogging niche is the starting point of a successful blog. Find something you’re good at or know a lot about, they say, and simply write. I didn’t find my blogging niche! A few years ago I blundered into my blog-world the same way…

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  • An Hour in the Car

    I love how much thinking I can do while I’m driving. This morning I had to drive to Southport on the Gold Coast for a minor car repair. It was no big deal – the service department just didn’t have the part they needed when they serviced my car last week, and an hour in…

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  • The Principal’s Office

    I don’t remember what day it was when I sat outside the Principal’s office. The door was closed so I still had time to decide if I would run, or stay. The choices were simple enough. But what was behind each choice, made it hard to decide. To run was to give up – but…

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  • According to Hugh, Australians are Coffee Snobs!

    If Hugh Jackman says Australians are coffee snobs and had the cappuccino before America – then that’s it – we did! After all, who wouldn’t believe Hugh? He’s one of my favourite Australian actors! Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that – we probably had the word…

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  • Every Kid Needs a Champion

    I was a teacher for a very long time. But by the time I saw the TED Talk by Rita Pierson explaining why every kid needs a champion, I think I had it all figured out. Before I flew solo in a classroom of my own, I watched an older teacher approach a difficult situation…

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