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Tag Archives: november

What happened to blogging?

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

At the beginning of November I committed to blogging daily as part of NaNoWriMo as a way of trying to get myself back in the blogging habit and doing some daily writing. I managed to get to about day 16 Continue reading What happened to blogging?→

Posted in November21 | Tagged nanowrimo, november | Leave a reply

November 14th

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

(Pointless?) Gardening I don’t know much about gardening. Like many things house-related, I’d like it all just to be perfectly ordered and tidy ALL the time, without me actually doing much. And given the state of our house which is Continue reading November 14th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged 2021, gardening, nanowrimo, november, weekend | Leave a reply

November 13th

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

Saturday poem. I am tired today (late night last night) and didn’t much of any significance but I love Autumn and in honour of my Lockdown II poems which I blogged every day last November, I decided just to choose Continue reading November 13th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged 2021, autumn, mary oliver, november, poems, weekend | Leave a reply

November 12th

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

Fridays. Ah Friday! The end of the week. The promise of the weekend beckons. Yay. These are all good things. Fridays should be days of celebration. Or at least a feeling that you close the week on a positive note. Continue reading November 12th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged 2021, friday, nanowrimo, november, planning | Leave a reply

November 11th

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

Remembrance day. I was in Birmingham today. This was very exciting! It involved an overnight stay in a hotel, two train journeys, all on my own without smaller family members, a dinner out and then an all day conference. It Continue reading November 11th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged 2021, birmingham, conference, mental health, nanowrimo, november, wellbeing | Leave a reply

November 10th

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

I was asked to speak today at UCL’s educational leadership programme, which was a real honour. I was asked to think about what I had learnt as a leader during the pandemic (well we are probably still in the pandemic Continue reading November 10th→

Posted in leadership, Lockdown, November21 | Tagged 2021, covid-19, leadership, nanowrimo, november | Leave a reply

November 9th

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

10 reasons why I am a school governor/trustee I had a meeting of one of the committees of the Academy Trust of which I am a Director/Trustee tonight so I thought this might be a good opportunity to reflect on Continue reading November 9th→

Posted in November21, personal | Tagged 2021, governing, nanowrimo, november, school | Leave a reply

November 8th

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

A “normal” day. I cheated a bit with the blogs over the weekend as I used them as an opportunity to catch up on my monthly photo blogs which I have been hitherto weeks behind on. So that is one Continue reading November 8th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged family, home, monday, november, work | Leave a reply

November 5th

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

Gunpowder, treason and plot! I love autumn and I love Bonfire Night. I have lots of happy childhood memories of the excitement of going out after dark to stand in a field (well school playground) watching fireworks. Sadly this year Continue reading November 5th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged children, forest, holiday, nanowrimo, november | Leave a reply

November 4th

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Susie Quinsee — No Comments ↓

The gift of time. This is a phrase I use a lot. When a meeting finishes early (“you have the gift of time), when a meeting is cancelled etc etc. Its a favourite phrase of mine as its that delicious Continue reading November 4th→

Posted in November21 | Tagged nanowrimo, november, time | Leave a reply

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