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Day 7: Memorable teacher

August 30, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Are there any teachers that stand out from your school days?For positive or negative reasons?I’ve been racking my brains and all I can come up with is teachers who traumatised me in some way—like

Day 6: Read a Book Day

August 30, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Apparently it’s Read A Book Day today.Every day is a read a book day for me, of course… I’m currently reading three. Which is probably one too many because I’m not making as much progress as

Day 5: Favourite class

August 30, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

As it’s September, I’m rocking a back to school theme this month.What was your favourite class at school or uni? Did you have one?I’m trying to remember mine, and I think it might have been physics

Day 4: Live forever?

August 30, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Spoiler alert. Kind of. I’m watching The Sandman at the moment (LOVE IT because it’s brilliant but also because Neil Gaiman).One of the episodes features a young man who decides he’s not going

Day 3: World Beard Day

August 30, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Joe won’t grow a beard.I mean, I don’t mind; beards are scratchy and unpleasant to kiss.He won’t grow one though because he thinks he’ll look like a badger if he does. Joe has vitiligo, and it

Day 2: Back to School

August 30, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

What does “back to school” mean to you?Does it bring back any memories, of new school shoes, new uniforms, new exercise books?I remember very little except the excitement of new exercise books, all

Day 1: September Goals

August 29, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

It’s the first of the month which means: tiny beetle steps to getting where we want to go.I know big hairy goals freak some people out (including me).So let’s set a couple of reasonable ones—and

Day 31: Celebrate your month!

August 26, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Good lord it’s the end of another month how did that happen etc. etc. passage of time.But that does mean it’s time to celebrate your wins.Because we all spend a ton of time brooding about what went

Day 30: Middle Names

August 26, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Names are interesting things. We don’t choose our own names, for the most part… we’re stuck with what our parents chose.I’m utterly ambivalent towards my name; I don’t know what that says about

Day 29: Public Holidays

August 26, 2022
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/ By Vicky Fraser

Today is a public holiday in the UK—hurrah!One of my American Power Hour writers always asks, “My god is it another public holiday?” whenever I have to cancel a writing sesh and it makes me laugh