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Month: December 2016

Winter Solstice

December 21, 2016December 21, 2018 / ianfrostblog / Leave a comment

Winter Solstice December 21. Shortest day. All walled in, I watch the windows And the leaking sky, waiting for the last light Of the waning year. Deep, all-day dark. Racing clouds and bedroom weather A dark and hopeless time. Finally the dog and I brave the cold And hopscotch the spaces Between farm-track puddles. Nut-brown and … Continue reading Winter Solstice

Lessons from Zimbabwe

December 11, 2016July 11, 2018 / ianfrostblog / 5 Comments

After a geography degree with some development economics thrown in, I flew to Zimbabwe and lived for two years working in a remote school on the border of Mozambique up in the Eastern Highlands. It helped me to grow up, find something that I believed in and that I thought I could eventually be good at. Since then I've … Continue reading Lessons from Zimbabwe

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