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In Honour of Earth Hour 2012

Earth Hour 2012 is taking place today from 8:30pm to 9:30pm all around the world.  People are turning out their lights for the hour as a way to bring awareness to environmental conservation and climate change. At 8:30pm in each different time zone, millions of people are saving electricity, lighting candles and thinking about taking [...]

Happy Earth Day!

HAPPY EARTH DAY, PLANET EARTH!

My favourite things about our beautiful and wonderful Earth:

1) my family’s adorable, beautiful, well-behaved Cairn Terrier Birkly, for bringing light, life, humour and healing (who I haven’t seen since Christmas – but we’ll be reuniting this Easter weekend!)

2) the beautiful, strong trees that provide oxygen for people and animals, homes for [...]

Children's Poetry Part One

I have been working with children in various settings over the last fourteen years, the last seven in the capacity of a professional primary/ junior teacher. My Honours Bachelor of Arts degree is in Drama in Education, through which I participated in twenty Drama Education courses, including creative drama, curriculum studies, creative movement and drama [...]