Bernard Walter

Tag: Daily Update

  • July 6, 2024

    I really hope this works. šŸ¤žšŸ½

  • July 5, 2024

    Weā€™re looking after a friendā€™s kids tonight. I never babysat. When Iā€™d look after my younger sisterā€¦sheā€™s fiercely independent. Eloise expresses our sentiments best.

  • July 4, 2024

    Iā€™ve been struggling with a project that Iā€™ve been working on for a while so tonight I decided to take a break and reorganize the shop.

  • July 3, 2024

    I think Iā€™m starting to come down from the school year. I hit a wall tonight. Hard. The day was fine enough. We both left early because they shut the water off again. I went to the shop and Hannah went to school. We both had a frustrating day, in different ways. For each of…

  • July 2, 2024

    At 6:17 this morning, Eloise started scratching at my butt through the duvet to let me know that she was hungry. I told her to go away and wait until 7. She hopped over my leg and snuggled into Hannah. Eloise soon learned that she wasn’t going to get fed.

  • July 1, 2024

    My writing setup looks a little different than I’m used to but it should do. I’m looking forward to starting this writing project, with a direction but few expectations.

  • June 27, 2024

    Sharing my intentions is the most effective way to ensure that I wonā€™t follow through on them. Iā€™ve been thinking about writing about the things Iā€™ve learned from woodworking since starting just over two years ago. It might make for an interesting story, and should definitely be a good point of reflection. It might be…

  • June 26, 2024

    After today, I could leave tomorrow. I packed up my office and filled the car today, readying myself for the move to a new school. When I had my first classroom, I brought some of my old computers in for the students to use. That didnā€™t really happen, and Iā€™ve been holding onto them since.…

  • June 25, 2024

    The boxes that Iā€™ve been working on are doing a number on me. Every time I think Iā€™ve got a handle on what Iā€™m doing, another problem arises. While staring at the problem, all I want to do is force it into a fix. Often, once Iā€™ve stepped away and taken some time, even just…

  • June 24, 2024

    I went to the grade eight studentsā€™ graduation today. It was nice to see them walk across the stage, but something felt different about this one, it didnā€™t have the same gravitas that the ceremony has had in the past. Iā€™ve been working with the same group for three years so it felt right to…

  • June 19, 2024

    I donā€™t know if itā€™s the heat but Iā€™ve been incredibly irritable lately. Working in a 100-year old building, without AC, and about 700 students running through it likely isnā€™t helping. The air feels like breathing through Parmesan flavoured cotton candy. Everywhere I go, in all aspects of my life, Iā€™m frustrated. Iā€™m annoyed. Iā€™m…

  • June 18, 2024

    I gave my grade eight class some pencil boxes today. I often feel like giving gifts to my students at the end of the year, so I do. It was amazing to watch them try to put them together. For the most part, they struggled, providing every reason for more STEAM programming. I was shocked…