Breakfast at Epiphanies - Musings about everything from travel to teaching, technology to truisms

August 3-7 I was scheduled to be lounging on a beach near Rome for a week, giving myself a little…

I went to write an annual review and realised that I hadn’t even written up about last Christmas, so over…

Adventures

July 23-26 I met a load of people in Italy that said ‘Ah, don’t go to Pisa, it’s just the…

Adventures

July 24 Today I went to Cinque Terre and it was amazing! Mum told me that I HAD to go…

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

Adventures

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…

Travel

“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…