I write about a lot of things but most of my research is around #parentalengagement and much of it can be found here:

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My personal email is showing as (404). Apparently that's the number of unread emails but I'm taking it to mean the whole thing is not working and I can go just knit. Right?

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My co author seems less than impressed with this evening's work.

I was reminded of this today - it's from

RT @samaritans: It’s not always easy to know what to say when someone you care about is going through a rough time. But reaching out, even….

I went looking for photos of what doing research was like when I was a postgrad. We weren't allowed in the stacks - but this is what they looked like, apparently.

I have discovered another gender disparity. I have a bad cold, and husband offered me one of his new handkerchiefs. It's *twice* the size of mine! Are we supposed to have delicate little colds that only require tiny hankies?

And this, my friends, is what we call, ‘Winning at yarn chicken’

At the moment, my feed here is about every third post being an ad for a backpack that is far more expensive than I would ever buy. Y'know, I can cope with that. .

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