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A couple of non-convention catches
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Inspired
As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been struggling to get back into any sort of creativity. I’ve managed the odd bit here and there, though. Like an attempt at a zentangle (inspired by Yetzirah’s much more artistic versions). I haven’t decided quite which way up it goes yet 🙂 I’m not 100% happy with it, but it…
Learner Report
I had my second lesson with my new ESOL learner tonight, and it’s going really well. She’s an Afghan refugee, who only arrived in New Zealand in March, and who speaks very little English, and is pre-literate, never having been to school. So we’re starting pretty much right at the beginning, with the basic language…
From my travel journal: Thursday 7 April, 10.50 pm
I was right about the oil wells. Just across the border we went through hundreds of little wells, pumps bobbing up and down. Lots more wide flat grassy plains (prairies, I suppose?). Where they’re farmed they’re quite colourful – intensely red soil where they’ve been ploughing, green where it’s irrigated (the same huge irrigators we…
I have a new friend
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Sydney part 4
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