It's almost the end of NSW's second school term for the year. Term 2 is always a shocker. And there's still parent-teacher interviews coming up this week. Just when you thought you could coast to the end. Actually, I don't think any teacher thinks that they will coast to the end. We all know how …
A bleak mid-winter at the start of it. I said it last week and I'll say it again: Sydney is freezing right now. If you're reading this somewhere else around the globe, don't laugh. Even for you, believe me, it's cold right now. In this wintering, considering the concept of progress feels completely counter intuitive. …
Sting. You can recognise his voice anywhere. Even if you're walking through a shopping centre as I was the other day when an unmistakable timbre resounded through the centre's PA system. I knew it was him, but I couldn't pick the song. Unusually for me, I pulled out my phone and let it do the …
Continue reading #177 This is the sound of a Biblical allusion
Hello 2022, how are you? Well, time will tell on that one. My apologies for beginning the year of blog posts with such unfashionable rhyming. As usual at this time of year, I run through the books I've read (or finished) in the past twelve months. Unusually, however, I actually cracked my #yearlyreadinggoal and read …
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