the roamer

University teacher, father, dog walker. A European in England. Posting micro-comments on all things that come my way, large and small. #pedagogy, #taoism, #literature, #programming, #typography, #TeX, #politics, #covid. Kindness will prevail.

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2025-05-03 21:28:49 UTC

A moving piece by Sheila Hancock on VE day and how she experienced it as a young girl.
She makes us see how VE day meant a difficult-to-navigate end to an unbearable strain, not a glorious triumph that healed all wounds. Beautifully written. Concrete childhood memories that make us feel the complexity of that time.
She ends by talking of herself "as a wartime child who, along with her contemporaries, will soon be gone, taking our painful memories with us."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/ve-day-second-world-war-sheila-hancock
#SheilaHancock #VEday

2025-05-02 18:38:40 UTC

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"As part of your earliest remarks, make sure to talk about some kind of link you have with the audience. Preferably something the audience knows more about than you do. Give them something to feel good about, and feel good about listening to you. This opens up their ears & will make them care around 100 times more about the rest of your presentation."
This is sound advice, from someone who knows what they are talking about, 100% yes.
#talks #presentation #authenticity #HowToConnect #ThouAndI #MartinBuber

2025-02-01 13:38:54 UTC

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"On the other hand, not all miss their old posts."
That is such a powerful statement about change and decay and growth, made laconically in a way that would make any classical Roman writer proud. So lovely.