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That 911 Thing I hear it more than you would think. "Like you know, the job you do, the EM... 911 rescue thing". Ah yes. You mean my former, though still occasional, career as a paramedic? Normally met with recognition and a smile.

Big things are happening.  And of course, you know me.  My motto has always been, “Go big or go home!”  I’m always one for taking on new challenges and leaping into the unknown and now I’m doing so with a very dramatic change in careers.  I’ve taken on a job as an editor with an international magazine

Doesn’t last of course, especially the initial thrill of being in the chaos of a third world city or in the chaos left for you by the last person who had that DoS job, but if having some kind of career plan gets you out of the bed in the morning with more motivation than I had six months ago, wth- got to be a good thing!

The air is cool and heralds the end of summer. Trees are still green, but it’s the deep, dark color of overly mature leaves. Soon they will be sucked dry of life and thrill leaf-peeping visitors in lethargic motor homes as they back up traffic for miles on the winding New England roads.

I've been wanting to start a series of blog articles on design. My previous series of articles was on promoting, and it had a very good response. It seems that I like doing multiple posts in series form. Perhaps it is because I am terribly long winded when it comes to discussion or more thorough than I need to be when it comes to basic information.

Finally. I'm done. Can I go home now? Actually, this whole summer session thing has been... interesting. read more

15 fun ways of using pre-school storybooks 15 ways of preparing for ELT management 15 variations on a grammar auction 15 common complaints about TEFL workshops (and how to respond to them) 15 things to find out about a TEFL certificate course 15 criteria of a good needs analysis How’s that for a minimalist blog post!

I had an interesting insight the other day. As I’m wending my way through my midlife years, I have been playing with the “What if…” questions that I suppose haunt many people in their forties. But I guess where some people wonder “What if I really had become an artist/musician/actor/writer instead

Recently, cnn.com/living reported that a growing number of women are choosing to leave the workforce to become stay-at-home wives.  Good choice, ladies!  I applaud your decision and raise my margarita glass to you!  In the 1960s, our mothers and grandmothers fought for our right to choose a career

I left Craigie College (now part of the University of West of Scotland) in July 1980 with my PGCE under my arm, at a time when local government spending was being put under severe pressure by the new Thatcher government. It took me until October that year before I finally managed to clinch a job in Queensferry Primary School - and I was one of the lucky ones.