Teaching the days of the week.

I love my cleaner. I really do.

She takes the chaotic wilderness that is my classroom at the end of the day and turns it into an oasis of calm and order. She makes my board shine as if it has never been used. She even writes the following day's date in the corner so I won't have to bother in the morning.

She has taught me things I thought I'd never know about cultures I never thought I'd know about. She has impressed me with her knowledge of current fitness regime trends, capital cities of the world and recipes involving broccoli.

She is beautiful, caring and deeply complex - a fascinating human being.

I love her dearly - and I know that English isn't her first language - but I do wish she would learn how to spell Tuesday.

Murlough, Co Down

Tough as it is for me to admit, this place comes close to being as beautiful as the north coast.

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You don't fatten a pig by weighing it

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Bible Belt (Portrush) #1

getting out there

I've decided I have to start getting more serious about photography. And if I'm going to start getting serious then I'm going to have to start getting better, which means more practice. I reckon, with a pro-consumer SLR, a handy little compact, a couple of professional DV Cameras and a camera phone, I should be taking photos everyday. That's exactly what I intend to do. Good, bad, horrendous - high def, low def, no def.I also think I need to start making these photos available for the world (that's you) to see, comment, sneer at, steal, print, parody... So I am going to start doing that right now. I got myself a little web thing called Posterous that I will be using to distribute my photos across various social networking platforms. If I annoy you with a constant stream of mediocre images then I apologise. I'm hoping the odd glimmer of gold in the pan will make up for the tonnes of grit.
Regards, Sam.

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

‎"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
- Steve Jobs