Sunday, September 30, 2007

Anniversaries

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Choir stalls Originally uploaded by goforchris . 34 years ago today I was confirmed in the Cathedral of The Isles, Cumbrae, on my b...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Flying high

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Being someone's mother can be a real pain. Right now, thinking of Edublogger , Mrs E and Baby E travelling to New Zealand, I am acutely ...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Civilisation

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I mustn't go on about Second Life , but feel I owe this post to the person I met the other evening - actually it was midnight - on the L...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Threatened in Second Life?

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The setting sun casts a lurid red path on the dark sea. Behind me are tall buildings, their windows unlit. The road ahead of me is empty, bu...
Monday, September 24, 2007

Heirlooms and avatars

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Coffee Table 1 Originally uploaded by Mac44 . I've just spent the evening admiring our new coffee table. Well, no - I admit I watch...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Biting the bullet

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When I was teaching, I rarely used any prompt other than the text we were studying. Yes, I'd annotate poems, short stories, drama, and I...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Stately or what?

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Just a glimpse of our rather splendid bed head - part of a wonderful tower room complete with impressively gothic door and window. Happily t...
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Pastures new

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Visiting friends in the Borders, I'm struck this morning by how different it feels not to see the sea when I waken. The view from the fr...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Out of the frying pan?

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Having escaped from the horrors of the new Dunoon Grammar School, we found ourselves this evening rehearsing in the building which is possib...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

Abigwoffeldoon....

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This photo, originally sent to me by Duffy while I queued at Passport Control in Stansted Airport, shows the final moments of my last classr...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Teaching skills:taught or caught?

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Yesterday, as Mr B and I drove across the country, sat on the ferry (4 times) and drove to Largs and back, we talked about teaching. Sad, is...
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Friday, September 14, 2007

Late hols, anyone?

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This rather miserable little image is partly the result of my not being chez moi - don't like to fiddle too much with a strange Mac to g...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Ignorance isn't bliss

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I had one of these moments today when you don't know whether to be insufferably smug or deeply despairing. I settled for a bit of both a...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Travel Lodge classroom?

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Paid my first visit to the new Dunoon Grammar School last night. Choir practice night. We've had one rehearsal so far this term, but we ...
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Monday, September 10, 2007

Skype babe

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Skype babe 2 Originally uploaded by goforchris . Now this is what all grandmothers need - especially if they live on the other side of t...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Glacial

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Ice Palace sans flash Originally uploaded by goforchris . Well, that was our summer holiday! Actually we did have some summery weather...
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Friday, September 07, 2007

Excess baggage?

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Salzburg airport. A dreich morning made interesting by the antics at check-in. We learned that it is better to check in your somewhat over-t...
Thursday, September 06, 2007

Interim measures

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Pictured: last night's card game - individual whist, if you're interested, in which I was dealt several hands more suited to rummy -...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

We're all going

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On a summer holiday. And it's been snowing today. Temperature at noon? 4 celsius. Apparently this is not normal - but normal weather is ...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Ping pong in Styria

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This pic was taken last night, when it was still summer. Today there is snow on the tops and even though the sun reappeared after the mist a...
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