Dr. Mary Roche

@marygtroche.bsky.social

Author, bookworm, Ed Consultant. Creator of CT&BT dialogic pedagogy approach. Likes: chns lit, picbooks, action research. Co-founder of NEARI. Views all mine. https://padlet.com/marygtroche/useful-resources-for-picturebook-enthusiasts-t35ovhnmv107

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

Nancy Jane Moore@nancyjane.bsky.social · last wk.

I have mentioned it before, so maybe, but I know others liked it too. Hooray for word of "mouth" (or post) for getting it seen.

My beloved sister Rosie left us, after a sudden illness, 20 years ago today. She is so missed. Thinking of her husband and children. She'd be very proud of them & would be completely besotted by her 5 little grandchildren. We take some comfort knowing that people live because she was an #OrganDonor

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75 years ago they were married. The wedding breakfast was in my Nana's. They were on an early train then to Limerick-NewcastleWest. Granfaad met them at the station with the pony and trap. Pop said it was the happiest time of his whole life - a sunny autumn honeymoon in Sugar Hill, Templeglantine.

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Hearing Ella McSweeney on RTE Countrywide, asking the expert from Galway University whether coffee will be a luxury food by 2050 “All foods will be luxury goods by 2050”. It’s incredible that we are still sleepwalking towards this cliff. We need to start getting jittery about #ClimateCrisis

REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT Professor Develop Technology That Could Detect Ovarian Cancer Before It's Too Late After losing loved ones to cancer, MIT Professor Angela Belcher developed a technology that detects ovarian cancer early, before it spreads.

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