Dust on a dragonflies wing

My dear lady retires today.

She is giving up her teaching job because she just can't do it the way the new regime wants it done.

I know she is a good teacher, I know she cares about her students deeply, I know she feels for her colleagues left to work in a system with all the fun sucked out of it.

She may well do some other work, if she wants, when the dust settles.

Until then we have her all to ourselves.

Tender thoughts