@siralex53.bsky.social
Almost 50 years working in a range of educational contexts. Currently School Psychologist in Melbourne, Australia. Hungry to continue learning.
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The Right Place at the Right Time
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"Sunshine I Galloped Into" is sublime. Introduced many to the work of Stan Rogers. His BBC Scotland Radio show was before its time.
02.11.2025 11:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@bsky.app So I started teaching in 1975. A few of my colleagues, approaching the end of their careers, had started teaching in the 1930s. Why, oh why ... did I not pester them for some yarns from bygone days? Now I'd love to hear and reflect on such classic stories from such distant days.
10.10.2025 04:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link
Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
14.05.2025 09:06 — 👍 1042 🔁 529 💬 16 📌 42Just finished Sherwood Season 2. Extraordinary television. Hardly a redundant scene; spellbinding performances and a shrill warning about the precarity of austerity.
14.05.2025 12:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0'The Time of the Child' by Niall Williams surely in the running for the #BookerPrize.
14.05.2025 11:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ABC Australia radio ratings continue to drop - listeners retreating to commercial stations. Perhaps those seeking mental nourishment are seeking out stimulating podcasts. I am unwilling to accept that it's a feature of our population simply dumbing down.
01.05.2025 03:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0See what you'll lose if 2026 doesn't deliver (midgies excluded!):
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www.theage.com.au/national/vic... Take heed. This is a tragedy.
15.01.2025 23:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Look out the version by Christy Moore. It's outstanding.
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This
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The real villains aren’t in the fields—they’re in boardrooms plotting how to keep us divided while they get richer.
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