Memories of a Rebound Romance

I had a facebook notification this morning about an old friend's birthday. I haven't seen or spoken to this friend in over 20 years and know very little about her life beyond the fact that she got married and had children. 20 years ago though, I mopped up a broken heart when my friend dumped …

Uphill Battles

I haven't posted lately, as we haven't really done anything noteworthy. Mostly we just potter around, doing individual projects that don't amount to much. This week though has seen more than the usual number of meltdowns, inappropriate behaviours and things broken. I'm not sure why. I do try to limit e-numbers and artificial additives. I …

DD101 TMA02

I had been warned that DD101 was dull, but some people have said they love the course, so I am trying to keep an open mind The second TMA topic though, was rubbish. 'Outline the argument that rubbish is not worthless'. Really, really dull. I found this essay a challenge to complete, to the point …

Teaching Adult Learners, Entrepreneurship & Indigenous Studies

I have just finished three free four week courses on the Australian Open2Study platform. The first course was Teaching Adult Learners The next course was Entrepreneurship and Family Business And the third course was Indigenous Studies, looking at Australian Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders and New Zealand Maori.   Teaching Adult Learners This was a great …

Identity Crisis

My name is Sharon. I don't like it much, although I suppose I have more or less made peace with it now. When I was growing up in the 70s the name Sharon, along with Tracey, was renowned for being a common name and even associated with promiscuity. I know now that it is a …

Jag har haft fullt upp!

It has all fallen apart a bit. I tend to do this. I tend to take on so much that I burn out and end up not finishing anything. (Sigh) The title is a Swedish phrase, which means roughly 'I have had a full schedule', or 'I've been super-busy'! :)I have picked up a dozen …

Chag Purim Sameach!

I really wanted to experiment with some Persian cooking for this Purim but as it turned out, it was a very busy week and didn't have a chance, so in the end we had chicken (and vegetable for the vegetarians among us) korma as our Purim meal. We did manage to make Hamantaschen - chocolate …

ML109 The Four As of Leadership for Women

The Four As of Leadership for Women, course #ML109 is a short course from ChristianCourses.com There are three parts to the course: an introductory video and two lessons consisting of videos and self-reflectory questions to be answered in the forum. I won't give away what the four 'A's are, but I will say that I …

Climate Change finals

I've come to the end of the Climate Change course, I aced the week 8 quiz but i basically failed the two-part final quiz, so i was a little bit disappointed though I wasn't surprised. Altogether i found it interesting and enjoyable, but it was hard! I realised I am scientifically challenged! I wanted to …

Lenctentid

I don't generally observe 'Lent', the fast in the month of March (which in Anglo-Saxon is Lenctentid, meaning the month in which the days start to get longer, that is, Spring). I have never done so before. It isn't part of the traditions that I have been a part of. In fact, I had been …