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Sunday Writing Prompt “Reform”

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Michael

In my experience in education most reform comes under the guise of educational outcomes, but in reality, from a political point of view, it’s more to do with economics than education. Its old adage of getting people to do more … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/ Fairy Tale # 179 – Voyage of Discovery – 12/7/18 – A Life Voyage

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Michael

Image: The Mayflower – Google images (Labelled for reuse) A voyage of discovery is like a life led. It’s easy to describe it in this way when you understand so much of your life has been lived in your head, … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #221 – Indifference Reigns

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Michael

Image credit Mattias Milos via Unsplash   Do you think you can step through? Forty years of confinement is no small potatoes.   A bell rings: You awake, get up, toilet, dress, stand to attention. Awaiting permission to move, to … Continue reading →

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Wordle #203 – The Waiting Area.

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Michael

This week’s words: Finesse Money Lover Masterful Illusion Brevity Shatter Empathy Cri De Coeur (n.)) a passionate appeal, complaint, or protest) Catalogue Nostrum ((n) a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective) Central Central Station … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #178 – Karma – 5/7/18 – Mother and Children

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Michael

Image: Pinterest. “She’s a bitch of a girl. I hate her. She does nothing to help and openly flouts everything I ask her to do,” so spoke the mother one day when she was obviously overwhelmed by the demands of … Continue reading →

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Bonus Wordle “State of Emergency” – Russell Manque

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Michael

This week’s words: Falter Resolve Unknown Red Tape State of Emergency Wring Desperation Stress Decisions Clench Manqué (adjective). having failed, missed, or fallen short, especially because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used post … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #177 – Climbing to the Top – 28th June – Self-Centred

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Michael

Image: © Jim Kable (Used with permission) He didn’t find it hard to trample over anyone who stood in his way as he climbed the corporate ladder. His success was strewn with the ‘bodies’ of those who dared to stop … Continue reading →

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Wordle #202 – The Marooned Octopus

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Michael

This week’s words: Pint chase fists cease sleeping bag octopus marooned metal breathless pennyworth wastrel (noun). a wasteful or good-for-nothing person. wanderjahr (noun). A year spent travelling abroad, typically immediately before or after a university or college course. Finding the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt – Things Watery – Row, Row, Row Ya Boat – The Strangers Part 2

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Michael

Row Row Row ya Boat. I hadn’t noticed them standing on the bank until I was well and truly a long way into the centre of the stream. There were three of them and I knew who they were as … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #176 – June 21st- Trains

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Michael

Photo © Jim Kable (Used with permission) My mother would pack my lunch into my globite school bag and shoo me out the door, so I would catch the train to school. The train station was a short walk from … Continue reading →

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