Star Born

This one turned out better than expected which was a lovely surprise. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting an increased travel subsidy for an upcoming visit to Christchurch. Air fares were more…

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Escalator Waves

The pattern reminded me of the 'tread' of an escalator. Hence the name. Today's Gratitude Item: Managing to do my share of junior Mathematics exam marking in record time. Unfortunately…

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Falling Apart

Ever feel as if 'life' is taking small bits of your soul? Does it look like this? Today's Gratitude Item: Finally completing a redesign of one of the sites that…

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Do it!

This one is not an official rule in my class. It came close but one of my students plagiarised and then quoted this 'rule' as an excuse. So it got…

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Rule #8

This could be good advice for life in general. Today's Gratitude Item: Being on holiday! For the first time this year I'm not worrying about having to urgently create resources…

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Rule #4

This one applies to both essay writing and creating program code. Today's Gratitude Item: An unexpected 'thank you' which involved more than nice words :)

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Unsettled

Created a long time ago after getting some bad news. This was one of those times where the screen reflected my emotions. It's weird when that happens. Looking back I…

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Floating Twin Tunnels

Perfect for both the 'high road' and the 'low road'. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting a lot of 'little' things done today.

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Feather Wrapsody

As in a feather wrapped up in fractal string. Today's Gratitude Item: A brilliant turn out for dance class. This could be a sign that the weather is getting warmer…

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Big “O”

Or should that be 'big oh!' - this one was a bit of a surprise :) Today's Gratitude Item: That the days are finally getting longer - noticed that it…

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