sabato 3 dicembre 2011

Christmas is coming.....watch this space!!! ;-))

http://the-round.com/labs/webinars/

Check out this interesting now ebook available in January!!!

Photos from "Let's have fun with grammar" Christmas special workshop, Jesi ,2 December 2011.




Hi there!
Here I am back again after another long pause....too much work at school and elsewhere!
I held two workshops in Jesi - 25 November and 2 December together with my colleague - Roberta Accorroni. The title was "Let's have fun with grammar" - Christmas special!
Aimed at Primary school teachers, I can happily say that they were a great success and the audience of about 30 teachers, responded really well to all the activities and of course, it was also great fun!!
I've posted some photos you can take a look at!
Ciao!
Elizabeth ;-))

lunedì 24 ottobre 2011

What is a friend?
A single soul dwelling in two bodies. ~Aristotle
Hi All!
I Haven't posted anything for a while, so busy at school.....
Well, soon I'll be doing a couple of workshops for Primary school teachers; "Fun with Grammar".
I'll give you more info soon!
Bye for now
E.

domenica 23 ottobre 2011

The Magic of Samhain

Samhain (typically pronounced sow-when) is a Celtic harvest festival that was celebrated on or around October 31st. The finer points of this celebration has been essentially translated to the modern world as Halloween.

Some people believe that on Halloween, and Samhain for that matter, the vail between our world and the next is at its thinnest. This means that it is more common to have "visitors" than any other time of the year. Some also believe that because the vail is so thin that our world is not quite as dense as it typically is and that magic is that much more effective.

The colours that are typically associated with this time of the year are Orange and Black. There is a good reason for this. Black is a very useful colour for dispersing negativity and absorbing that which is no longer serving us. Orange is a powerful colour for change. The ancients considered Samhain/Halloween to be the equivelent of our New Years Eve so the colour combination of Black and Orange can very literally be translated as "Out with the old, in with the new!"

This holiday try a simple manifestation spell. Regardless of your personal feelings about the accuracy of the origins of this holiday, even a cursury glance around you can tell you that change is in the air. The seasons really start to shift around this date that is palpable on both sides of the equator.

You simply need to obtain an Orange and Black candle, cleansing and dressing them if you are familiar with this rite and feel it is necessary. Hold these candles in your hand and into the Orange candle put your hopes and wishes for the new year. Into the black candle put everything that you no longer wish to be a part of your life. Light the candles and let the magic of your intentions work through them and yourself.

If you want to go for the extra bit of cheek, you may place those candles inside of a pumpkin and serve the dual purpose of entertaining your neighborhood. It makes you wonder how many of your neighbors are casting this very same spell while no one is the wiser!

This is of course a very simple spell and you may finetune it as you see fit, but it can be very effective all the same. Have a wonderful, and safe, holiday!

venerdì 3 giugno 2011

"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time."
Tagore, Bengali Poet.

martedì 31 maggio 2011

To a Stranger

Passing stranger! you do not know
How longingly I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking,
Or she I was seeking
(It comes to me as a dream)

I have somewhere surely
Lived a life of joy with you,
All is recall'd as we flit by each other,
Fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,

You grew up with me,
Were a boy with me or a girl with me,
I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become
not yours only nor left my body mine only,

You give me the pleasure of your eyes,
face, flesh as we pass,
You take of my beard, breast, hands,
in return,

I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you
when I sit alone or wake at night, alone
I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again
I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

Walt Whitman

A friend . . . Strengthens the heart; Repairs the hurt; Encourages the discovery; Enlightens the mind; Dissolves the pain; Banishes the loneliness; U

A friend . . .

Strengthens the heart;
Repairs the hurt;
Encourages the discovery;
Enlightens the mind;
Dissolves the pain;
Banishes the loneliness;
Understands the anxieties;
Increases the joy;
Deepens the spirit;
Frees the soul.

domenica 29 maggio 2011

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. I am not afraid.

Marco Aurelio

domenica 22 maggio 2011

"No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change."
I'd like to share this interesting radio show hosted yesterday by a friend in Brighton.

http://www.archive.org/details/BrightonHoveCommunityRadio-talkingBrighton-alanMoroneyGuestHost-

Enjoy!
Hello to all!!
had a great workshop last Monday with 16 Primary school teachers, doing activities connected to Holiday revision!
They were all really motivated and worked hard and with enthusiasm and we had a lot of fun.
We sang two great oldies, Octopus's Garden by Ringo Starr and Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard!!
Great fun and I hope, useful and informative all in all!
Elizabeth ;-))

domenica 15 maggio 2011

Mind

Mind is the master planner that molds and makes
And man is mind and forever more he takes,

The tools of thought and shaping what he wills
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills

He thinks in secret and it comes to pass
His environment is but his looking glass!!!

James Allen

martedì 10 maggio 2011

...."If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
G.B.S. :-))

giovedì 28 aprile 2011

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