Ireland - Breakfast at Epiphanies

In teaching, expectations matter. The single biggest thing you can do as a teacher to help student achievement is build…

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Saturday 16th July Today, Siena. I caught the bus from Roccamare at just after 7am, and after a change in…

Adventures

Saturday 9th July I set out at 6am for Florence (The Italian’s call it Firenze). I successfully caught the bus…

Adventures

Wow. 2022 has been a wild ride so far, particularly the last 6 weeks or so. I sat in my…

“Our mind and our feelings are not the trustworthy friend we thought they were.” Just finished watching this TED talk, and it…

Written in May 2020 10 years ago, my brother took his own life. At my brother’s wake, I vividly remember…

April 2019 So we have limped through the first 6 weeks of life in Ireland, waiting and waiting for Jared…

This letter was originally written to myself when we first moved to Ireland. Upon re-reading it, I think that it…

Ireland

Phew! We made it. 2021 seems like a salty chaser to the hot mess that was 2020. I trust yours…

Numbers as at 10 September New Daily Cases: 1619 Total Cases: 364,000 Currently hospitalised: 328 (46% unvaccinated) Currently in ICU:…