This past week I gave a short story to my English conversations students to read as homework, titled “The woman at the station” from the most recent edition of Spotlight Magazine.
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Making our own traditions
My husband and I have developed a few traditions while living here in Germany, generally relating to the weekend or holiday days.
Eat, Move, Learn…love!
In one of my last posts I mentioned my husbands and my struggle with our own version of the “freshman fifteen”
There is a multi-volume historical dictionary of American slang?!?!?!
I think I am in love…
On love and marriage…or An ode to my husband
I saw this quote on a friends Facebook page and liked it. I don’t know who said it or when, but I think it makes sense: “Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whetherContinue reading “On love and marriage…or An ode to my husband”
Happy Oregon Statehood Day…also known as V-Day or that other day
Today is a big day… in 1859 Oregon officially became a state of the United States.
Somebody that I used to know.
Who the heck is Gotye? (pronounced “go-tea-yay”)
This is how I have lived my life…
Thanks to blogger Ayotimotysocial for this one:
Nerd discovers exactly which day was Ice Cube’s “good day”
Thanks to bloggers Andrea in Vancouver & Murk Avenue for sharing this originally.
Cars Kill Cities…Yes They Do
I just read a blog, with the same name, by Progressive Transit, in California.I admit I stole the name, but it is a good one, and a good blog post too. Here, I would like to just put my own spin on it…
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