Carnival of Australia
Today was Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. I was teaching, and so the closest I got to it was walk through the tail end with my class. It was interesting to watch the class’s response to it. I told them that of course they could all join in if they wanted, showed them the brochure (it’s a charity fundraiser) and then said “But I’ll keep teaching while you’re away.” Each and every one of them chose to stay in class. This was the highlight of my day.
The lowlight of my day is my virus having returned (which means I have unintentionally shared it with two classes - sorry folks!). I have a lovely fever. I’m taking my sick self back to bed and I’m leaving you with the Carnival of Australia and with a cool website to visit.
I keep telling food history students that if they want to time travel, they need to be super-careful about what they eat. The Unadulterated History of Food Dyes tells you one of the reasons why.



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