A Piece of Teenage Wisdom
A colleague, Michael Grose, tweeted a question to prepare for a presentation he is doing this week.
“Why do teenagers binge drink? What’s the motivation?”
Read MoreThe ‘Tim-Tam’ Journey
If you are reading this outside of Australia, how do I explain Tim-Tams to you? Have you ever met an Aussie travelling in your country? We are prone to more than a little home sickness. This usually applies most acutely to the foods we can’t get easily overseas. Perhaps the traditional foodstuff that is missed the most, and gets the most attention, is the famous ‘Vegemite’. Nothing like the taste of that distinctive bitter, black yeast extract on toast, melting in with the butter. However Vegemite does have a younger sibling that can spark tears of home-sickness in even the most unemotional travelling Aussie. The Tim Tam.
Read MoreFeeling ‘New Learning’
Do you ever feel new learning? Good new learning can take us to a place that is so transformative, that we feel that new insight impacting deep within.
Read MoreSmart Parenting
There are little pieces of parenting ‘gold’ surrounding us, all the time, I reckon.
We often hear that licenses and accreditation’s are issued for nearly every task that we take on in society with the exception of being a mum or a dad. There is no official guide book, so capturing a good idea when you see one is important. Yesterday, I was catching up with Ted just briefly. Ted does the design work for things like my recent e-book and he was kindly doing a couple of revisions for an upcoming Dads and Daughters night.
Read MoreRecent Posts
- Jonathan Holloway – Highlights
- Jonathan Holloway – Full Interview
- Notre Dame Yr 7 Girls at Home
- Notre Dame Yr 7 Boys at Home
- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
- Mem Fox’s ‘Rather Wonderful’ Idea for ‘This Weird Time’
- A Reverse Birthday Present
- Time & Space at Home
- Notre Dame College Father and Daughter Night (done a little bit differently)
- The Big Treasure in the Car Park
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