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I've not done this for a while, but there have been some great hopeful sets recently that I've really enjoyed. Here's five of 'em...

@lorii from London is just gorgeous, and her set Cat Lady showcases that very nicely. I love her natural beauty and her cute body art. And those eyes... I could just lose myself in those eyes! This set is her fourth...
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We've got a new starter in the English department this term. She's a very personable woman and she's an NQT (newly qualified teacher) so the department has been helping her out, settling her in and generally trying to warn her of the various idiosyncratic (a word here that means "utterly insane and manifestly counter-productive") practices that tend to proliferate in a school that's run as...
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This is just a quick update to say that I know I haven't blogged in a while and feel a bit bad about it. Things are busy (as they generally are during term time), but good. I mean really genuinely good. That's not to say that the existential worry about the job has gone away entirely but it has receded quite a bit, which is......
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... and it is ridiculously hot. But also relaxing, beautiful and wonderfully slow-paced. Just what the doctor ordered! 😊

Pics will follow. Eventually... 😃

I know I've been quiet the last few weeks. I've found it difficult to keep up with things, partly because work's been so busy. Last week, I visited Cambridge, taking some of our students there for the university's open day. While the journey down was a bit of a nightmare (spending all morning on the M6 was not in the itinerary!), once we got there,...
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I've got some catching up to do. A lot, actually. I try to peruse each and every set that's posted on the site, but it's difficult sometimes to keep up. Below are a few SG sets that have kind of stood out to me over the last few weeks. My usual disclaimer about these not being in any way a 'definitive' list absolutely applies here....
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Is it just me or has this month flown by? I've been unable to visit the site as often as I'd have liked this month for a variety of personal and work-related reasons, so I've spent the last couple of days trying to catch up on what I've missed. The hopeful sets have been impressive this month - so many eye-catching photos, some great themes...
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My initial comments on the first few episodes of the frenzied madness that is Attack on Titan can be found here, if you haven't read them already. This is going to be a shorter reflection on the series as a whole and what I think of it. If you've not watched Attack on Titan, you should. It's on Netflix currently and is 25...
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I read @adoado 's nomination while I was at my parents'. Today is Bank Holiday Monday, so we went round for a family tea and the opportunity to spend some time with my brother, his wife, five year old and newborn. (Who is gorgeous, by the way! Absolutely beautiful little baby girl!)

Here I am in my mum and dad's front room, looking pensively out...
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Well, life is still busy, as life tends to be. Today, though, there will be no marking. Today is for family. Mrs D and I are getting ready for a surprise birthday party for my mum round at ours. She thinks the party's for my sister-in-law (whose birthday was last week), but really it's for her. She does so much for the family and we...
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