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Fits and starts
Writing is like that for me.. it comes, it goes. It’s inconsistent. My journal is the same. – Trouble? I write a lot. Not so much? Then it’s a blank page. And I start a lot of writing but don’t always have a conclusion or get further. However, that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t write more.…
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Mejor llegar Tarde que Nunca
Better late than never – Mejor llegar tarde que Nunca. This is a HUGE sign that is on the autopista on the way through Sinaloa México if you are ever driving through the interior of México. – It is really a sign to ‘slow down’ but there is an interesting cultural shift of ‘late’ from…
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Give me the salt..
When asked what I do to maintain a sweet attitude toward my position at the college, I think of bread. It has a natural rise and fall to it, it is massaged, it NEEDS the leavening ideally the tang of sourdough, but what it really needs is a reasonable dose of SALT. Without the salt,…
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Greatest apps – It depends….
Well, truth be told, my answer is almost always the same when someone asks about this and my answer is.. it depends. As a language teacher, are you looking to improve your vocabulary? Go to spanishdict.org or babble.com. Are you looking for grammar – there are a lot of sites but I love Maestro Kaplan…
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Avispa en la casa
The wasp came in from somewhere while I was on a Zoom meeting with my students in Pennsylvania answering questions and trying to be my professional teacher self. But I was distracted from them. Where did this distraction – the wasp – come from? Clearly in Northern Arizona in late Sept and early Oct. the…
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Avispa en la casa
The wasp came in from somewhere while I was on a Zoom meeting with my students in Pennsylvania answering questions and trying to be my professional teacher self. But I was distracted from them. Where didthis distraction – the wasp – come from? Clearly in Northern Arizona in lateSept and early Oct. the wasps were…