Category Archives: Great Big Shiny West
Halloween I miss you
Halloween was the very best sort of fun back in the day. Handsome would come home from work, roll up his sleeves and dig out all the soft, pulpy pumpkin flesh. We would lay out newspapers on the kitchen floor … Continue reading
Filed under Family Stuff, Great Big Shiny West
Velvet and chocolate
I miss Europe. The ‘other’ world, Third, Second, Developing, what ever you want to call it doesn’t always fit so well. And of course it is that unease, that ill fitting life that makes me wide eyed ( though not … Continue reading
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From here to there and back again.
How odd the journey is. One minute you have sand on your shoes and the next it shuffles through fallen leaves. Long ago we had time to process and feel the passing of time and place; the long boat journey … Continue reading
Filed under Bahrain, Great Big Shiny West
Last look at Berlin
We stumbled across the most extraordinary jumble sale/rummage sale/garage sale while lost some where in the East. We saw two mannequins propped against a most gracious old building. They looked as if they had been tossed off the set of … Continue reading
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Oh Berlin
I had never really wanted to go to Berlin, funny really. It didn’t stand high on my list next to Rome or Madrid or Amsterdam. So I was gently surprised and impressed. Yes it was chilly, in both senses of … Continue reading
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Berlin
I had the opportunity to go to Berlin for some professional development last week. While I did, indeed develop professionally, and benefitted from the stimulating environment of sharp, bright and experienced teachers; there were many conversations around red bottled tables; … Continue reading
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October, really?
How can it possibly be October? Really. July 1st I arrived in London, after a difficult and boring week in Bahrain with no car, no furniture and no idea. I was starting my summer, my long awaited trip back to … Continue reading
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This was my summer: England in the sun
And then there was England. Last summer I spent a whole month in London and set myself the task of posting one photo a day. This summer I was there for close to two weeks and I was … Continue reading
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Summer Memories: California edition
Yes I am a teacher and we get long holidays. Summer is our prize. In case you think I have been galavanting round the world from one hotel to the next let me set your mind at ease. I am … Continue reading
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Summer memories: Canada
It had been two years since we had been home yet it didn’t feel like it. Within moments I felt the warmth of home and spent the following weeks wanting never to leave. Fresh farmer’s markets, silky cold lakes, dangled … Continue reading
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