http://en.over-blog.com/com-1236671345/teachingtormentsandtidingsoverblogcom.html 2012-03-15T22:23:00Z en.over-blog.com Atom 1.0 Generator http://fdata.over-blog.net/99/00/00/05/img/new/portal2-3/body/avatar-community.jpg Experiences of life, teenagers, motherhood, education, teaching. http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-a-visit-to-the-grave-101651622.html 2012-03-15T22:23:00Z 2012-03-15T22:52:53Z <h1> I see the same old man everyday </h1> <h1> Walking up my road </h1> <h1> To the cemetery </h1> <h1> He's old, grey and old, wearing the same coat </h1> <h1> Everyday </h1> <h1> Paying his respects to someone in the graveyard </h1> <h1> I always assume it must be his wife </h1> <h1> Passed on .… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-three-months-99982181.html 2012-02-23T16:50:00Z 2012-02-23T17:41:25Z <p> Three months . . . </p> <p> A long time to not bother writing my blog. </p> <p> A long time to not be involved in the world that has completely encompassed my life for the past dozen years. </p> <p> A long time to be removed from my career </p> <p> that, which, rightly or wrongly, has largely… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-in-remembrance-88122923.html 2011-11-06T14:56:00Z 2011-11-06T18:14:25Z <h3> If my dad was still living he would be 79 years old today: 6th November, a cool, clear, crisp autumn day, just the sort of weather he would have appreciated. He died four and a half years ago but I always felt he had a good death and for that I am always thankful. </h3> <h3> What do I mean by… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-no-fool-like-an-old-fool-87331964.html 2011-10-26T22:52:00Z 2011-10-26T23:53:51Z <h4> There's no fool like an old fool as I have found out to my cost this week being the unsuspecting, gullible and totally innocent victim of internet fraud! In other words I unknowingly bought two pairs of counterfeit UGG boots online and received a nice letter from the UK Border Agency to say… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-who-s-important-86654380.html 2011-10-16T19:19:00Z 2011-10-16T22:26:05Z <img src="http://resize.over-blog.com/100x100-cz5t.jpg?~aHR0cDovL2ltZy5vdmVyLWJsb2cuY29tLzMwMHgyMjUvNC8yNy85Ni82OC9tb3VybmVzLTAzMS5qcGc=" /><p> <img width="300" src="http://img.over-blog.com/300x225/4/27/96/68/mournes-031.jpg" alt="mournes 031" height="225" class="noAlign"> <img width="297" src= "http://img.over-blog.com/300x225/4/27/96/68/mournes-015.jpg" alt="mournes 015" height="225" class="noAlign"> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-the-post-holiday-glow-83257469.html 2011-09-03T17:30:00Z 2011-09-03T19:14:56Z <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">And so the post holiday glow is fading . . . for another year - receding and retiring. Apparently, you are lucky if you can hold onto it for a week after the holiday has ended but I'm clutching clingingly to my "glow" lapping up the last lingers of my uplifted… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-a-glimpse-of-an-empty-nest-81940016.html 2011-08-20T00:20:00Z 2011-08-21T12:11:22Z <img src="http://resize.over-blog.com/100x100-cz5t.jpg?~aHR0cDovL2ltZy5vdmVyLWJsb2cuY29tLzUwMHgzNzQvNC8yNy85Ni82OC8wMS1NQUxUQS5qcGc=" /><p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Several years ago my husband and I enjoyed a week in Jamaica.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Just us . . . No kids . . . Bliss. . .</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-stop-all-the-clocks-79440443.html 2011-07-14T19:18:00Z 2011-07-14T22:04:53Z <img src="http://resize.over-blog.com/100x100-cz5t.jpg?~aHR0cDovL2ltZy5vdmVyLWJsb2cuY29tLzMwMHgyMjUvNC8yNy85Ni82OC9CZW5vbmUtMDA3LmpwZw==" /><p> <img width="300" src="http://img.over-blog.com/300x225/4/27/96/68/Benone-007.jpg" alt="Benone 007" height="225" class="GcheTexte"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Holy Moly, I thought to myself, who is that Scary Mary, before realising that the bedraggled and dishevelled reflection, glimpsed in… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-summer-lovin-77783073.html 2011-06-25T19:56:00Z 2011-06-25T21:20:07Z <img src="http://resize.over-blog.com/100x100-cz5t.jpg?~aHR0cDovL2ltZy5vdmVyLWJsb2cuY29tLzMwMHgxOTYvNC8yNy85Ni82OC9zdW1tZXJfc2NlbmUuanBn" /><p> <img width="300" src="http://img.over-blog.com/300x196/4/27/96/68/summer_scene.jpg" alt="summer_scene.jpg" height="196" class="GcheTexte"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Cannot wait for the summer holidays. Especially the 30th June, when, my energy levels, at complete saturation point, my… http://teachingtormentsandtidings.over-blog.com/article-letting-myself-go-77492443.html 2011-06-22T17:54:00Z 2011-06-22T19:25:21Z <img src="http://resize.over-blog.com/100x100-cz5t.jpg?~aHR0cDovL2ltZy5vdmVyLWJsb2cuY29tLzMwMHgyNDkvNC8yNy85Ni82OC8xMjU4MjA5OTI2SzJJN0VOLmpwZw==" /><p> <img width="300" src="http://img.over-blog.com/300x249/4/27/96/68/1258209926K2I7EN.jpg" alt="1258209926K2I7EN.jpg" height="249" class="GcheTexte"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Research is a wonderful thing! I am mighty relieved and comforted to know that having reached the horrible old age of…