Author: sarahbrennanseriously
Today we need empathy for others more than ever…and we get it by reading books.
Photo credit: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2020/03/17/doctors-and-nurses-are-on-the-front-lines-of-the-war-against-covid-19-theyre-digging-in-for-a-long-fight.html It’s trite to say that these are troubled times. Every day the news brings more horror stories of the Covid-19 epidemic and the havoc it is reaping to people’s health, livelihood and lives. We are also …
Read More "Today we need empathy for others more than ever…and we get it by reading books."
An Ancient Warning to Wayward Young Women…
While cleaning out my study today, I found a poem I wrote a long time ago, and thought it needed an airing! I wrote it for an eccentric young man I was rather keen on at the time, who had …
Give them bread and circuses
Photo credit. So today we wake with the news that yet another far right politician has achieved success at the polls – Jair Bolsonaro, who has just won the presidential election in Brazil. He promises reform of the economy by …
What do the Tech Founders in Silicon Valley know that we don’t?
Photo credit. It’s long been known that the Waldorf Schools in Silicon Valley – which do not allow access to screens AT ALL in primary school, are stuffed with the children of tech founders and that Steve Jobs was a …
Read More "What do the Tech Founders in Silicon Valley know that we don’t?"
Why digital games and screens are NOT good gifts for young kids this festive season!
Hello everyone – I hope you’re all having fun in the run up to the festive season! I guess that in the next week or so, if you haven’t done so already, you’ll be buying gifts for all your nearest …
Read More "Why digital games and screens are NOT good gifts for young kids this festive season!"