Wednesdays are made to be amazing! Science fun for all ages - an amazing day at Canberra's Questacon #wakeupandbeamazingwednesday
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What’s on your plate – what’s your favourite recipe?
What's on your plate? This month I'm looking at recipe books and sharing a cute little recipe just for some fun!
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WTF? #ThrowbackThursday
Does the acronym WTF mean anything to you? Well an inmate and I had very different meanings of WTF - read on for the story!
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Can you eat your words: Recipes and Reviews
Eating their words: The literature of food. A great discussion for our WEA group with lots of discussion on recipes and books.
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Literary Food: Fiction and Non-fiction
Eating their words! Food scenes in books are everywhere once you start looking. This was part of a course for our discussion group and I was challenged to write about our responses.
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What’s your ‘go to’ comfort food?
The Literature of Food – yes that’s a real thing!
A crazy place – #Writespiration: Week 19
Writespiration is a great challenge as it really gets my grey matter working. The challenge is to write something using the weekly theme, in just 52 words…. EXACTLY 52 words, no more, no less and it's harder than it sounds. This week Sacha wants to get to know us better so we have to pretend money is …
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The day I met a murderer on the bus
The time I met a murderer on the bus! Life is an adventure.
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What’s your value? I know mine!
A heartfelt post about the value of Education, or not as the case may be, in a correctional facility.
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Today I’m a radical!
I wouldn't have thought I was a radical but recent events have made me question myself. I will admit that I'm passionate, I'm excitable, I'm enthusiastic, I'm a fighter and I'm determined. Today I'm also adding the word radical to that description as I'm taking industrial action and am on strike for 24 hours due to …
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Jailhouse Blues by Murray Cook
This article was written by Murray Cook, a fellow teacher at Long Bay Correctional Centre in Sydney and was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 27/8/16. He sums it up very well and adds a human element to our case. Jailhouse Blues: Premier's decision will rock may lives Pottering around the Blue Mountains …
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Partners in crime
These lovely people are just some of my partners in crime! I have worked with many of these good people for well over 10 years, (I'm the one on the far left of the photo). I have been in this workplace for over 20 years and their Manager for all of this time. In all …
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Education beats crime every day
The importance of Education in jails I know I've mentioned it before on my blog (Not a good week, Wednesday 11/5/16, and this BuzzFeed interview) but I thought I'd share my latest foray into speaking out about this very important issue. I was interviewed by a local TV station during the week and I don't know about you but I …
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Not a good week!
It seems I'm more political than I thought! I'm also very angry! I've rarely shared information about my work on my blog but this week I have well and truly broken that self imposed ban. And for a very good reason. This week we were informed that our jobs, as educators within correctional centres across …
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Wordless Wednesday 11/5/16
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday I don't usually add words to these Wordless Wednesday posts believing that the picture tells the story but today is a bit different. The quote used with my photo is very fitting at the moment. This article tells a story which affects me and my colleagues. I rarely, if ever, talk …
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Weekly photo challenge: Creating the future
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter F. Drucker This week, it’s all about the future , where Jen asks us to share an image that represents the potential of things to come. My daughter just happened to graduate with her Masters of Politics and Public Policy this week so I …
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