The marking is all done, the students are spread to the four winds for semester break, school holidays are upon us.

Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;

(Then people long to go on pilgrimages
and pilgrims to seek strange shores
far-off shrines, known in sundry lands;)

In short, we are off to the beach house for the winter break, as Geoffrey Chaucer recommends.

Log fires, walks on the windy beach, books, Shiraz, S’mores, the complete boxed set of West Wing DVDs.

No broadband.

See you again in ten days or so.

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It’s that time of year again in Australia. Everyone (including me) is either at the beach or wishing they were at the beach.

I’m off to the beach house for three weeks. Marital diplomacy requires no blogging during this period.

So I will see you all again on the other side.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and an excellent New Year.

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The opportunity has come up, due to a miraculous absence of work, church or wider family commitments, to make a break for the beach house. We’re taking it.

I’ll be back in just over a week.

I hope that Hawk Wings readers have a happy, relaxing and joyful Easter. I know that I will:

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We’re off to the beach house for a few weeks. That means rock-pooling, reading, rolling around with the kids in the surf, mountains of seafood, deciding whether Chardonnay really is the new Sauvignon Blanc and afternoon siestas.

There’s lots to read (Hawk Wings Greatest Hits 2006, Getting started with Hawk Wings and more) and a fat list of plugins and addons, full of things to play around with, while I’m gone.

Last year, I said I would take a break. But I broke down after two days and kept posting over the wonky dial-up connection at the beach.

This year I am determined to be stronger. Well, that is to say, someone I know very well is determined that I will be stronger.

Thanks for a great year. Thanks for reading. Thanks for commenting. Thanks for donating.

Have a most excellent Christmas and the finest of new years.

I’ll be back on 8 January. I’m looking forward to it.

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