Author: Miriam McCaleb

hols gonna hol

hols gonna hol

kia ora friends, week two of the spring school holidays, here. Although my kids are older and well’n’truly capable of self-management, they still like hanging out with me. I ask…
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a great, big library day

a great, big library day

Kia ora friends, I’ll try to be efficient, today. Body and brain and eyes could use a break from sitting and screens. Biggie, yesterday, getting stuck in to the report…
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blooming and sneezing

blooming and sneezing

mōrena e te whānau it’s like a blossom festival around here. I love the visuals, but jeepers there is some sneezing going on. Not gonna grizzle, though, I’ll just continue…
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signs of strain

signs of strain

Kia ora friends, The photo accompanying this post was a slightly performative selfie, taken on a Monday morning a few weeks ago, when I was about to deliver a zoom…
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just a little cha-cha

just a little cha-cha

Kia ora friends, For years I had a quote displayed in my bedroom – I can’t completely remember it, but it was about the notion that a step forward followed…
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perception and presentation

perception and presentation

Alrighty friends, On Saturday I did the Parenting hour on Newstalk ZB, and we wound up veering off my area of expertise and stumbled into the realm of having conversations…
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dahl, darl

dahl, darl

Kia ora friends, Seems to me, there are two types of people in this world. Those who get excited about a pot of dahl, and those who don’t. I guess…
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un-enrolling and making peace

un-enrolling and making peace

Kia ora friends,Some months ago, I submitted abstracts to present my work at the forthcoming World Association for Infant Mental Health conference in beautiful Toronto. When I was accepted to…
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