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As well as teaching at the school full-time , her music teaching and musical activities have continued apace , including gaining Grade 8 on descant and treble recorder , with distinction . But , hey , what do you expect ? Cows are extremely sacred , and freely wander the streets of Indian towns and cities , checking out the piles of garbage there . And we've had one or two scary , adrenalin-pumping experiences as well - - but of these , the less said the better . The weather has been abysmal for pretty well the whole month of December : far colder than usual , with little sign of summer . Poor visitors - - and there have been many - - coming all this way from Europe and N. America to find our summer nearly as bad as the winter they thought they were escaping . On Dec 22 's Weblife page ( p.21 ) , under Links worth a visit , get this : " As the post-food lull kicks in , try a Queen-style Christmas message with New Zealand 's Witten family , who round up their year , every year , at www.cs.waikato.ac.nz / ~ ihw / xmas / xmas.99.html . We marvelled at massive blowholes , walked to the celebrated " Wineglass Bay " on the Freycinet peninsula ( we think Matai Bay , described above , is even nicer ) , strolled around Salamanca market in Hobart , ate and drank well , and generally had a great time . The job involved liaising with parents , outside workers such as physio , speech , and occupational therapists , and class teachers , to set up an individual programme for every child and to oversee its implementation and monitor its success . For Ian , musical life resumed when we returned after six months in the doldrums in Calgary .