Mother’s Day presents First, I brought you petals from collapsing rosesAnd you would hold them, wet and full of dewAnd marvel face to face, each drop reflectingClouds across a clear and liquid view.You’d cup your hands …

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Amazing Opportunity!
Harris Westminster is looking for a new Principal - taking charge of a school which is objectively the best one in the imaginable universe (I am also personally fond of it but don’t let that cloud my view).
Message me if you want a chat
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Torridon frames

Just when we thought the news couldn't get much worse ... (via @apiln.bsky.social)

🙌 really nice Claire. Great reflections each side x

Exploring wild places on the north side of the Torridonian giants

You realise this is gold dust don’t you Claire? There’s a blog in this. Well actually a novella.

This is true!

Gorgeous skies. I love everything about this Claire - except the phrase: ‘while the footie is on’

Everyone is Very Tired of Wet Play.

Having better conversations We have talk enough, but no conversation. Samuel Johnson  I’m working on having better conversations. I want to focus on how I listen, what I say and how I behave when I’m talking with colleagues. …

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Having better conversations We have talk enough, but no conversation. Samuel Johnson  I’m working on having better conversations. I want to focus on how I listen, what I say and how I behave when I’m talking with colleagues. …

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Loch Coruisk in its typical mood!

Thinking of you all Simone

Claire these are excellent 😍 love the foreground in first, and the crisp contrasts in the buildings in the second. Tree effect works in both! Keep going - you are doing great 😊

Strengths, not weaknesses Whether it’s losing weight, getting off the phone, or trying to read more books, new year resolutions are mostly about fixing our weaknesses. It’s tempting to apply this preoccupation with our fail…

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Strengths, not weaknesses Whether it’s losing weight, getting off the phone, or trying to read more books, new year resolutions are mostly about fixing our weaknesses. It’s tempting to apply this preoccupation with our fail…

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Strengths, not weaknesses Whether it’s losing weight, getting off the phone, or trying to read more books, new year resolutions are mostly about fixing our weaknesses. It’s tempting to apply this preoccupation with our fail…

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They are so lucky to have you Claire!

Gorgeous landscape

The practice of writing cards (saying thank you, better) One of my former bosses would, every time he visited my school, make a clandestine card drop on my desk, which I’d discover only when he was driving off into the sunset. The card was simple, the ha…

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The practice of writing cards (saying thank you, better) One of my former bosses would, every time he visited my school, make a clandestine card drop on my desk, which I’d discover only when he was driving off into the sunset. The card was simple, the ha…

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The practice of writing cards (saying thank you, better) One of my former bosses would, every time he visited my school, make a clandestine card drop on my desk, which I’d discover only when he was driving off into the sunset. The card was simple, the ha…

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The practice of writing cards (saying thank you, better) One of my former bosses would, every time he visited my school, make a clandestine card drop on my desk, which I’d discover only when he was driving off into the sunset. The card was simple, the ha…

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Da-dah .... Roll of drums ...
Here's the Christmas 2025 Barton Bookshelf: 10 books that have entertained, disturbed, provoked or transported me in recent months - 5 fiction / 5 non-fiction. Full notes on my LinkedIn page. Enjoy!

Thanks Claire 🙏

Walking in winter It’s November. It’s wet, and it’s getting cold. This morning I walked round a lake. It was pond-like, the air misty, even milky, and during the whole walk the sun promised to slip through, but neve…

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Walking in winter It’s November. It’s wet, and it’s getting cold. This morning I walked round a lake. It was pond-like, the air misty, even milky, and during the whole walk the sun promised to slip through, but neve…

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Tom Paulin's 1986 LRB piece on Yeats' letters is a glass of champagne - both dry and sparkling. Look at these 3 sentences! "The impulse dissolved in helpless love..." What a writer he was.

The joy of the job We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. Joseph Campbell There’s a scene in Star Wars – a New Hope that used to give me nightmares as a boy. Our heroes Luke Skywalker,…

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