Read Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout ★★★★★, maybe not quite as great as Olive Kitteridge but still… got better and better as it went on and the last paragraph… 📚
Thanks for this link Aaron. The idea that creating by copying is not very creative has often weighed on my mind. Especially in activities like coding in my multi-stage classroom, some pupils are mostly copying instructions. This link made me realise/remember the value of copying. Personally in my own creative endeavours I often start there.
I’ve been a fan of Display Posts since the days of straight Non-Programistan. Despite the fact that I can write my own stuff from scratch, Display Posts still comes in handy all the time. The following are just two little tricks used in a recent course site. I’m just skimming the surface of the ...
Another fan of display-posts-shortcode. My favourite plugin on Glow Blogs.
The OceanMaker
I used this video in class as a writing stimulus. I also watched a few time in preparation.
I’ve had got a lump in my throat every time I’ve watched. The class liked it too. HT @LiteracyShed.
Every time we watch we see more detail and things to talk about.
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Read: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier ★★★☆☆ I enjoyed the gentle pace and mild despair. For the most part it felt like it was right in place in between the wars. 📚
osm-haiku

@vasta on micro.blog posted about satellitestud.io/osm-haiku/app (one of my favourites)
we automated making haikus about places. Looking at every aspect of the surroundings of a point, we can generate a poem about any place in the world.
I’ve been having fun generating random haiku and then matching with photos from my camera roll of the same places.
Repost of WordPress Glasgow on Twitter
https://twitter.com/wp_glasgow/status/1206917356846551040?s=20
Watched: The Lion in Winter
Watched: The Lion in Winter (1968 film) – Wikipedia ★★★★☆ 🎥
Eleanor: Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It’s 1183 and we’re barbarians!
Where Succession got some ideas.


