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Trooper Floyd, tired from a 'Day on the Diggings' (1850)
relaxes in a 21st Century Principal's Office. |
After a term as Acting Principal with the non-stop plethora of challenges that are part of the job: dead rats to bury; technology hiccups - dead photocopiers, dropped laptops; the worry of purchasing furniture/ shelving for our new library-technology space when my degrees are in education NOT design; trucks that smash the water meter 2 hours before 400 children descend on the school and want to use the toilet; dealing with student learning issues to maximise outcomes and coaching staff; the opportunity to escape to our favourite J & J house in the Great Lakes area of Tassie and do some writing is my idea of bliss.
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Nestled amongst the gumtrees |
First I am attending The Australian Historical Society's Conference:
History At The Edge Conference ash cloud and the demise of Tiger airlines permitting with a paper exploring the similarities between the fairy tales of Olga Ernst and those of another German woman writer Beatrice Wilcken whose stories were published and republished in Tasmania.
Some may wonder why I am drawn to fairy tales but sometimes the appeal may just be that all the Princess has to do is just look gorgeous, if there are dragons around or possums to be buried there's a prince around and the witch ends up in an oven!
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