50 days of River

Fifty days of River: Connection, isolation and everything in between.

teaching

  • Half-Term (Progress, Not Perfection)

    Early Morning Thoughts It’s Saturday morning, 8.30 a.m. and I’m cooking croissants and cutting up strawberries for weekend breakfast. I’m feeling pretty good because it’s Half-Term.Look how far I’ve come. This Autumn Term has been a long eight weeks.I’m not interested in people who complain about teachers and their time off; if it bothers you Read more

  • Day 44: Finding Balance

    A Bloody Start My glamorous life began at 7am with dragging rubbish out of the shed for the council pick-up: River’s old mattress, a broken dryer, a sand/water tray past its best and more worn-out shoes than I care to admit. River woke up not long after and something about him looked different. Under the Read more