Tj’s prompt today… An image of a cactus, or the word dry
I tried to use both…
Image from Pixabay
The ground, parched and dry
Yet still a source of beauty
Where cacti can thriveRitu 2016
TJ’s Household Haiku – Dry Cactus
18 Jun 2016 29 Comments
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Photo prompt #writephoto – pale
18 Jun 2016 24 Comments
in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Pale, Sue Vincent
Sue’s Photo prompt.
I found it quite hard to think up something for this one, but here goes!
A family
There once were three
Now there’s nothing leftA calamity
Took their dignity
And no one has confessedA community
presumably
Are now feeling bereftFutility
They cannot see
This happen to the restRitu 2016
#SoCS June 18/16 – Class
18 Jun 2016 30 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Class, Socs
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “class.” Use any meaning of the word in your post. Enjoy!
Class – well it’s pretty obvious what I’ll end up rambling about when I hear the word class, being a teacher!
It’s nearing the year end, reports are being written, progress reports are being filled in, thoughts of next year are forming…
But what of the class?
If you remember, back in September, I was nearly bald with tearing my hair out!
This is my first full academic year if being a teacher. Yes I’ve worked I education longer, but I decided to take the plunge and actually use my degree properly last year.
My first ever class…it was described as a ‘baptism of fire’!
Then, I felt my mornings and afternoons were being lived in a parallel universe.
As a Nursery teacher in a school we operate on a morning and afternoon session method, so 20 kids in the morning and a different 20 in the afternoon.
It should be relatively simple, similar things happening in each session…. But oh no!
The morning class were what we expected, but the afternoon class…. OMG!
From language, to behavior, to Special Needs, to protected children, we had em all! Spoilt only children, unloved, neglected children….
4 adults in the room weren’t enough!
I can’t say I hated it, but the challenges were (and are) so great, I was exhausted. I’d been bitten, sworn at, accused of allsorts, amid the snotty hugs and “I love you Mrs Bhathal’s”.
Would we ever be able to do anything with this class apart from baby sit? It was doubtful…
Now we have 5 weeks left.
And even though I can’t say that developmentally, they are where we would want them to be, there is improvement.
And over the year, there has developed an attachment between me and them.
Yes I’ll be glad to see them move on, but I’ll miss this class. Crazy or not, they will always be my first class, and from them, I’ve learned a lot!
Next month I’ll be meeting our new intake, due to start in September… Heaven knows what class of children we’ll be blessed with this time?!
Poetic RITUals – Available To Buy NOW!
16 Jun 2016 94 Comments
in My Writing, Poems, Poetic RITUals, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Amazon, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Kindle, Poetic RITUals, Poetry Book, release
After all this time, finally, you can buy/download a copy of my new Poetry Book, Poetic RITUals, on Amazon UK, Amazon.Com, Amazon – India, Amazon – Australia, Amazon – Canada. The paperback edition is available via Amazon UK and Amazon.com, and from the European sites at the moment, the rest have the Kindle version available.
The Kindle version is available for pre-order, to be released on 29th June 2016, as that is my son’s birthday, so if you would rather get the digital copy, there is a little wait.
But if you are bursting with excitement, and NEED to get a copy in your hands click the above Amazon UK or Amazon.com links.
Poetic RITUals, my first poetry book, is filled with a variety of verse, inspired by family, life, love and laughs.
Please take a dip, and enjoy my rhymes.
If you do, please be sure to leave an Amazon review!
I’m dying to know what you all think!
I got the proof copy in my hand today… it feels surreal!
Editing… It’s not just books you know!
16 Jun 2016 24 Comments
in My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, editing, Poetic RITUals, reports, writing
After spending an age and a half scrupulously combing through the online paperback review checker for my poetry book (due for release soon!) and then doing the same for the Kindle edition, submitting for reviews, finding tiny errors then correcting and resubmitting, oh about a thousand times (slight exaggeration😋), I thought I would be done editing for a while at least.
But no…. That appears not to be the case!
Now I’m also in the throes of writing my first ever end of year reports!
Oh what joy! 😐
This is one of the hardest tasks I have had to do! Trying to be positive, where maybe you only have negative things in your mind. I’m becoming a real Spin Doctor here (another string to my bow?😜)
The first editions are almost complete, I think I have 6 more to go, then we sit, my editor (co-teacher) and I, reading each other’s takes and politely trying to change things we don’t necessarily agree with! She is doing one half, I am doing the other, the we get to be each others editors!
It won’t end there.. The cover is not the issue, it’s the data entry that then has to be synced with the reports… Waaaaay too technological!!!!
Oh, and hopefully I’ll get my proof copy today of my actual book! Admittedly I ordered it when I did the first edit check, thinking all was perfect, then I found a few school girl, and formatting errors. Those have been sorted and resubmitted, but once I have a physical copy in my hand, I will press that PUBLISH button, and don’t worry, you’ll definitely hear about it!!!!
