Apr
23
It’s been a quiet week at work with the pupils being on holiday (mostly – there have been a few in for Easter School). It was ‘Around the World Foods’ in Tesco, so Tom made me a packed lunch: The sushi was handmade by him and had Orkney pickled herring and cucumber or carrot. It …
Mar
22
There was no archery for me this week as my bathroom continued in it’s attempts to kill me. An exaggeration surely, I hear you cry. No. No I’m not. This is seriously attempt number five. Not only do I hate the decor, the stupid corner bath and silly sink that causes water to flow over the back of …
Mar
09
I was thrilled to discover I’d be featured in the Scottish Round-up again! Thanks for reading and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Jan
20
The 25th is Burns night and I’m looking at doing a few of his poems with English classes – thinking a couple of poems and then some Scottish recommended reads would be a nice lesson. With that in mind I’ve been reading some of his poems this week and reading up on the man himself. …
Dec
02
Dec
01
It may come as no surprise that a burst of blogging links directly to my free time and today it’s my third snow day so I’m catching up. It is serious winter wonderland outside. The school is shut until Monday so I’m catching up on lots of things! The bears are a pair of travelling …
Aug
31
BlogDay is here (yeah!) and I’m sharing my five blogs So here are the five I want to share: The first is a guilty pleasure it’s Wil Wheaton’s blog. I can tell you now Clair will be laughing at this choice – at lot. For those of you unaware – Wil Wheaton played Wesley Crusher …
Aug
19
There was exciting news recently that Kateri Tekahkwitha could be on the verge of becoming a Saint. See here for news report In the meantime I treated my namesake, Goddaughter and self to a felt version of her from Saintly Silver on etsy. Genius!
Aug
05
Now I love myths and legends, especially mythic creatures. I think this might be my new favourite. It’s a Grave Guardian Beast (Zhenmu Shou) from China (480-221BC) and is made of wood with polychrome pigments and lacquer horns. As you’d expect with any archaeological item such as this they don’t really know what they were …
Aug
05
…a Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo! We saw them at Milwaukee zoo. I love these. I think they may be my new favourite animal. They come from the rain forests in New Guinea and they are marsupials.
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