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Change: a pause for advent
I came to a recent realisation over the last couple of weeks. I am not keen on change. So many aspects of my personality and life are based on that. I have lived in the same place for nearly all my...
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Spots are stripes, right?
Hello there! Inspiration Monday involves Hilary Duff. Like a previous IM Monday with the Twobirds, I cited Ever After as one of my favourite movies. I am a sucker for any Cinderella story so I...
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Getting to the heart of the matter
Hello dearies! Just a quick post to show you something I made! I was putting away my craft supplies when I saw some scraps of felt and decided to make a little brooch- I've been really enjoying...
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52 weeks of happy (9?)
Hello amigos! How are you? Happy and spring-like I do hope! 1. I am feeling very positive, it really does feel, at for the last two days, like it's really becoming Spring! Sun in the sky, clear...
View ArticleI was a stranger...
I arrived in Jakarta, jet-lagged and sleep-deprived after almost 24 hours on planes and stop overs. The stiffling heat hit me. I gazed, uncertainly at the sea of unfamiliar faces at the arrivals,...
View ArticleI heart LSO St Lukes
EEeeeeek, I have somehow found my way onto Youtube!!! Dreading the actual documentary as I had to do the interview off the cuff and I blabbed, waffled, panicked and have no idea what I actually said-...
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Cards for my Mum
I drive you round the bend, maybe you drive me round the bend (occasionally) but I am grateful for everything you do for me and have done in the past. Thank you for each opportunity and moment you give...
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The wanderer above a sea of fog
This is Caspar David Friedrich’s “The Wanderer Above A Sea Of Fog” (1818). It is the piece inspiring tyle Imitating art with Salazar at 14 shades of grey. Oh how gorgeous this painting is! I can...
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Different approach
Hello there! How was your day?I had an interesting day. I had my Key Stage 1 classes today and in both classes, we were learning to play melodies on glockenspiels/metallophones/xylophones: Andante...
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This is the second part of my account of my first days in Indonesia where I was a stranger. ****I boarded the Night bus to Bali at around 3pm having sat in a cramped office waiting room for about 3...
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Tis a truth universally acknowledged
That a teacher in possession of a good costume, must be in want of an occasion to wear it!For comic relief, our school dressed as heroes and people they look up to! I was at a stumbling block until a...
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A pause for Lent 2013 #5
Hello there! My focus for this post is the two following fasts:Fast from problems that overwhelm; Feast on prayer that strengthens.Fast from shadows of sorrow; Feast on the sunlight of serenityI have...
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The coat in the window!
Recently I went to gorgeous Wallingford in Oxfordshire for a friend's birthday. It was a beautiful day and Wallingford is a truly gorgeous place which I'd love to visit for longer than the time it...
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So several of you asked what gamelan was:Well, gamelan is the word to describe the word for orchestra in Indonesia- this orchestra is an ensemble consisting of varied sizes of metallophones, usually...
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52 weeks of happy (possibly 11- haven't got a clue!)
Hey! Lots of happy stuff this week (Stuff, the word that is the bane of the teacher trying to produce articulate children with high levels of oracy! On the Ire-scale it is closely followed by thingie...
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What a weekend!
Actually that post title makes it sound like it all went wrong! It didn't- I just couldn't think of a post title!I've had an interesting weekend which has been enjoyable!Friday night:The Gamelan...
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A pause for Lent 2013 #6
It's the last Pause for Lent.I've struggled about what to post hence why I've left it till now. I've struggled to write quite a few of these posts. Maybe it was the poem- it seemed obvious, what more...
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Tray bake
You wish.I wish indeed!This may be my most spectacularly rubbish upcycle or make EVAH! But I shall still share it in case it inspires you to show me how to do it better or you think of some scabby...
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Daisy daisy!
I often see bloggers sharing wishlists of things they'd like on blogs. I've done maybe one or two in my almost eight years of blogging but in this case, I daren't buy anything, I have far too much, but...
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Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos
This evening, I learnt about and thought about something really interesting I'd not realised or thought about before. It is Maundy Thursday. I've attended a church service this evening for several...
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