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20th March is International Day of Happiness
“Each individual is master of his or her destiny: it is up to each person to create the causes of happiness” The 14th Dalai Lama 20th March is International Day of Happiness What a pity we need special days and coffee table books with images of smiling faces to nudge us into a happiness […]
I Literally just Exploded!
No, not really, but I do love this fun video with a really good message about good grammar. Beware, it’s not just your classroom teachers who get hot under the collar about the correct use of abbreviation, punctuation and spelling. At university you stand to lose 10% if your essays are not well written. Then […]
Another Moral Panic, or should we pay attention?
Gen Ys will say in defense of this diatribe that their mums send instagrams and follow minor celebrities on Twitter. No, I do not take selfies; well, maybe once, with my cat.
Blow away the cobwebs
I can’t decide which is easier; to be in the Northern hemisphere and it be winter, with a short break from school/work, or Down Under where the summer stretches long and warm(ish). Either way, it’s a New Year and with that comes the expectation that we’ll all be making resolutions. Groan! In a previous lifetime […]
Are you ready for your ATAR?
On Monday 16th December secondary school students around Victoria, Australia will receive their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) results and ATAR Score. If you happen to be reading this blog in other part of the world, you will be wondering what this is all about. Clearly it is something to do with an important qualification, but when […]
A Grasshopper in a Jar
My 19 year old daughter gets to vote for the first time in the Australian Federal election. Confusion abounds, unsurprisingly so. The TV news is congested with images of 2 middle-aged men cuddling terrified babies, and it’s only going to get worse. The political platforms are somewhat baffling, in that when claims of equity and […]
Thought for today
What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.
I was having a really good day until
The weather has been amazing for the time of year and as I was working today (very productive, pretty chuffed) I decided I would walk my puppy on the beach, in the lovely early evening sunshine. Big Mistake; HUGE! I have decided that whilst my puppy is called Toby, and is a Retriever, as distinct […]
“There is nothing Clever about not being Happy” Arnaud Desjardins
That’s a pretty bold statement, Monsieur Some Gardens! I found the quote in a gorgeous book, Buddhist Offerings 365 Days, Edited by Danielle and Olivier Follmi, and published by Thames and Hudson. Alongside of each days’ quote is a stunning photograph, and against this particular quote is a photo of a horse lying on its […]