Strangely the first time I met Jon must have been through Bear, although I knew of him through friends, friends of friends, and church. Stranger still was despite sharing these circles at least in part for at least a few years, it was only really when I was moving hundreds of miles away, and most contact…
Tag: Education
Just One Day
I have a lot to be grateful for. I had an amazing education and am still just about managing to continue with a Masters degree. I have an amazing husband, daughter, and friends around me (although never as much as I’d like). I have food in my belly and a roof over my head (albeit…
Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse
9/52, 6th May 2014, Week 19 (about 9 books behind… getting there!) I’m reading to Cub and they are gorgeous books, some of which I love. Despite them being much shorter this is not a cop out: I do feel we should be discussing them with as much of a standard as you would…
Breaking My Heart; Loving More Fully
Sometimes it is hard to think of pain as ever having a point or being a good thing. Sometimes this makes us incredibly angry and that is honestly OK. On the other hand pain can sometimes be the basic sign that change needs to happen. Sometimes our hearts need to break so we understand exactly…
Thoughts: Respecting Teachers
Thought of the Day: Could school standards be improved by children being taught to simply respect teachers?
Do Smart Women Have A Duty To Reproduce?
A friend of mine brought a news article to my attention recently and it made so many people so furious that I felt I should probably explain why it p***ed off so many people. The article pointed out that a researcher at the London School of Economics, Satoshi Kanazawa, who “found that a woman’s urge to…
"Low-paying or low status work is (not) an assault on my dignity" – Caroline Challis
Every now and again I include a link to an article I think is just pretty awesome. This girl is pretty amazing and is always up to something fun/interesting/unusual. The job market is crazy right now but honestly I think there are an awful lot of people who believe themselves “above” certain types of work,…
Progress in the Art Sphere!
I’ve been putting a lot more work into trying to make some of that paper stuff… you know.. money, recently as I finished my contract with Tayside YoungLives. It has included the recently posted Graduation Photography plan, and just spending far more time on art rather than just spare time I scrape together. I also…
A Kids Place in Nature
Yesterday I read an article about how the National Trust have released a list of 50 things a kid should do out in nature before they are twelve, similar to 101 things to do before you die fads that went round a few years ago, as well as the regular 100 books to read, which…
A Dream Continued
My first post on this blog was A Recent Dream of Mine where I in part described my love of theology and art and why I would love to both go back to school (in a sense), and teach others and see them bloom. There was a moment shortly after I wrote that post where I got…