Treasured Moments
This year it finally happened. The threat had loomed for a while but when the time came, it kept coming. He proved the next two times we played, that his victory wasn’t a fluke.
Read MoreThe Tram Ride Home
From the day this story is posted consider how time has moved since these two events.
It is 42 days since Adam Goodes was called an ‘ape’ at the MCG by a 13-year-old girl.
Read MoreA Father’s Gift
Arthur is putting in the last couple of rows of chairs for a parent information night.
I like to get to my presentations early and often, I bump into someone like Arthur, the maintenance man at a boys’ school where I run the Time & Space programs. I wander in with 216 sheets of paper under my arm.
Read MoreJapan… as seen by a 14 year old boy
Talked with a friend on the phone yesterday. A mentor really. He asked what I was thinking and feeling about the multiple disasters in Japan. My answer was immediate.
“I’m watching it through the eyes of my son.”
Read MoreThe Grandparent Factor
The 14 year old addresses the ball… first tee at Yarra Bend.
Just as he starts his swing, his dad stops him and says,
“Before you tee off, did you know that your feet are pointing out towards the ninth fairway?”
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- Jonathan Holloway – Full Interview
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- 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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