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28/9/16 – Dawn on the Hebridean island of Barra, after a night of heavy rain.
28/9/17 – 8am. The window in the room where I blog … no rain for months.
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Many of the two-storied, terraced houses in Sydney have a small frontage. From their front door they go long and deep.
Come in the back door and you can see all the way through the house – the studio, to the laundry, kitchen, sitting-room, along the hallway to the open front door.
The house is full of stories of the people and pets who have lived here or visited, as well as the builders and renovators who came and went – all that living and dreaming in layers of colour in stone, iron, tile and timber. 
Layered
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Lunchtime in the classroom with fifteen preschoolers is very busy. Once containers are opened, hot foods are heated, milk straws are inserted into their boxes, and napkins are found, things change. Drastically. Lunch becomes intimate. Not quiet, but a place of comfort where children (and teachers) share their stories. Children talk about their dogs and cats, their grandparents, their sleepovers. They share what is on their mind, and also in their heart. It’s how we become a family– we are a family at school!
Lunchbox notes are a special treat for children. I make sure that I read the note to the child: “Happy first day of school, Ella” or “Have a fun day today at school, Josh.” Last week Savannah had a special lunchbox note:
My goodness– it was a song. And, it was Savannah’s favorite song. I knew this was special, so I started to sing the…
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This time last year I was standing in my good friend’s kitchen, wondering about the Hokey Cokey.
This singing game was often the highlight of dances when I was a kid. It was the time we could join with the adults and go silly in a big circle – doing all the actions and singing loudly.
The best part, though, was always the last verse when we all charged back and forth into the centre, arms waving down and up and laughing. It begins –
You put your whole self in,
You put your whole self out.
You put your whole self in
And you shake it all about.
You do the the Hokey Cokey
And you turn around.
That’s what its all about – See!
Then there’s the loud chorus of –
Oh! Hokey Cokey Cokey! Oh! Hokey Cokey Cokey! Oh! Hokey Cokey Cokey! That’s what its all about!
I’ll leave you to fill in your own images. Photos I’ve included here are
No. 2. Dun Telve, 2.000 year old Broch near Glenelg. 3. Barra Beach in the rain. 4. (Someone else’s) Lunch before flying out of Barra Airport. 5. Kippers & smoked fish in Morrison’s supermarket. 6. 15th C. painted ceiling in Morrison’s house, part of John Knox’s House, Edinburgh. 7. Staircase in Duart Castle, Mull: Seat of the Clan McLean. 7. Helix Park, Falkirk.
Click this link for more on this singing game
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Wishing and …
Hoping and …
Planning and …
Dreaming … Bilbo will appear!
Dusty Springfield and Dion Warwick used to sing Wishin’ and Hopin’. Remember singing along with those dreadful lyrics? I honestly didn’t hear the words till much later … then I got wise!
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