You have to use all the letters of the alphabet

You can't just go around ignoring the ones you don't like. Mr. Capital H might get hurt feelings about this. 

Another hurricane survivor

These pictures are from my first session with this 5-year old survivor of the hurricane in Puerto Rico. 

He was happy and excited to start learning English. 

Fatima’s mother is a henna artist

Fatima is one of my sixth grade students.

A present

I was feeling blue, so I bought myself a present. It's a healthy present, which I can use now and after my surgery so it's a good thing.

Seen on Sanford Street

My 7th grade students made a slideshow with voice recordings

Click here for the link to the slideshow.

Click on the word Present at the top right of the page, then use arrow keys to advance the slides. Please let me know what you think!

I think English teachers will always have jobs

I came home from school and the power was out.

This truck was messing around in the backyard.
They fixed it, after about 15 minutes.

Paper quilts seen in the hallway at school

Shizuka and I went on a field trip today

She gave me some roasted barley tea from Japan awhile back, and I've used it up, so we thought it was a good opportunity to go to the Asian stores and replenish my supply. She needed to get some dumpling wrappers and homemade kimchi (items which would never appear on my grocery list). We went to the bubble tea place afterwards.

The little lion

Isn't he cute with his little folded up feet, and curled up tail?

I didn’t think it would stick!

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this April snow. It's still below freezing at night, too.

Still Snowing

We're expecting more of the same tomorrow.
Click here if you can't view the video on your iPad.

Out my front door this morning

And it started to snow again in the afternoon.

Spring.

Looking toward downtown from the Meigs Street bridge

We have a tiny little downtown, and a big breezy sky.