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February 2025

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A month of feeling a lot of things.

I’m enjoying this summer’s extended warmth but also wonder what it means for the planet, climate, and seasons.

I’ve been thinking a lot about shared experiences. I appreciate that school, with the ban on mobile phones, offers a space for shared experiences for our students. I spend less time on my phone. I love being present with the people I work with and our students for those hours during the day.

https://theconversation.com/almost-half-of-australians-wish-they-read-more-books-here-are-10-ways-to-get-back-into-reading-in-a-distracted-age

Here’s something to celebrate the Year of the Snake. The lovely Venus/Neptune conjunction in Pisces weekend included listening to Luka Lesson poems.

January 2025

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I’m back to work after a long and warm summer. Teaching has exceeded my expectations. I enjoy walking around the school, speaking to people and getting to hear about a wide variety of lives lived. I like the routine of the days and the learning.

I don’t have any posts to share this month. I have read a lot, but there’s been a lot of doomscrolling, so why share that – it’s everywhere!

I’ve joined Substack and spend my attention there. I haven’t posted and may never.

I’ve enjoyed reading this summer and lots of time with my family.

Here is a photo with a view from the hammock I shared with my grandson last week. Time with him is precious to me.

August 2024

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The wind has been a lot this week.

A Brief Eerie History of How the Wind Makes Us Crazy

I enjoyed ‘Praiseworthy’ and when I first got the audio, I wasn’t sure I would get through the length. It was worth it. I listen when I go to bed so I listened to this book twice, feeling like I had missed bits. I intend to reread.

“We have no problem recognising the benefits of physical exercise, Wright observed. Isn’t mental exercise just as important? We are an affluent country with a good education system; there is no reason why readers shouldn’t be able to come to grips with a work of literature written, as she put it, “at scale”.”

James Ley Deputy Books + Ideas Editor

(from The Conversation, Books + Ideas Newsletter)

I love this blog. The two blogs Euan Semple referred to, sent me into hours of reading. This post is relatable to me.

Writing things down

https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-bad-therapy-or-cruel-world-how-the-youth-mental-health-crisis-has-been-sucked-into-the-culture-wars-232519

This thought-provoking article has me wondering about how to make a change in the way I see the lives of young people. I have had a real shift in my ideas about using technology at school.

“His focus on smartphones has been widely reported. But his equally important emphasis on the cultural preoccupation with protecting us from harm has received less attention.”

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