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A Word from the Webmaster
You will notice a change in the form used for making comments. Thanks to an enterprising (among other adjectives) spammer, I've had to...
sursumcorda, 24 January 2006 |
A Word from the Webmaster
You will notice a change in the form used for making comments. Thanks to an enterprising (among other adjectives) spammer, I've had to...
Family
This Orlando Sentinel column by Leonore Waldrip needs a wider audience. So for the dozen or so of my non-robotic readers, here it is.
Home Birth is Looking Better All the Time
Imagine: You are happily expecting the birth of your child, and when the thrilling moment approaches you check into your local hospital,...
Monday Jan 16- Friday Jan 20 (Intellectual Bible study?!...
This week I let work consume me, but it wasn’t all that exhausting. But fist I’ll talk about Monday Bible study. The...
First Week of School in the New Year (Jan. 10-15, 2006)
It was a busy week of school because though I planned the semester I hadn’t made all the handouts for it or given much thought to my...
Tragedy at Milwee Middle School
Most of you will hear about this sooner or later—it was on the front page of the CNN website tonight, so no doubt it will be on the...
First Week in 2006
Monday, Jan. 2 was a holiday so I took the opportunity to sleep and soon after I woke up it started snowing! This was the first snow...
The Giver
The Giver , by Lois Lowry (Dell Laurel-Leaf, New York, 1993) I doubt I would have found The Giver had it not been required reading...
8 Days of Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dec. 26, 2005 I slept in again and it was a beautiful, warm (relatively) day. I hung my futon and washed my sheets. There...
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2005 - Japan
I had a much needed sleep, read more of Gatto’s book, then finally sat to thinking about what to play for the Christmas Eve service....
Last Week of School Dec. 19-23
It was a bit of a crazy week since we were using class to try to pick someone for the recitation contest. There was less than...
O Holy Night
Time spent celebrating the season precludes (for the moment) collecting and publishing my thoughts on Christmas and culture. That will...
A Philosophical Thought in the Midst of My Daily Chronicles
I’ve been reading John Taylor Gatto’s Underground History of the American Education and it has me thinking deeply again about...
Busy Week Dec. 12-18
This week was a little crazy for personal reasons. School went pretty well and I had a few fun opportunities. Monday (Dec. 12...
Weekend (Dec. 9-11)
Friday (Dec. 9 th ) my pipes froze so I had no hot water in the morning. Shimzu sensei took me in the afternoon to check and it was...
Watch What You Mail
While browsing the USPS website for international postage rates, I found it amusing to note some of the items one cannot mail to...
Where Is this on the Developmental Charts?
Jonathan has his own small electric screwdriver, which he uses to remove and replace the tiny screws on the back of his (non-working)...
Irish music in Tokyo, sex in the Bible study, student...
Saturday was a good day for laundry and cleaning and having some down time which I need so much. I declined the offer to make a trip...
He Peels Eggs
I could write so much more about the great things Jonathan is doing, and I probably will, eventually. But what impelled me finally to...
The start of oral exams (Wed. Nov. 30 – Friday Dec. 2)
So, oral exams have started for my ichinensei (1 st year students – do you see the 1 in that word?) and I’m pleased as punch....
Thanksgiving with Bible study, Chorus rehearsal (Mon-Tues...
Monday (Nov. 28) was a fairly normal day at school as far as I can remember. I did a Thanksgiving lesson for ICC (English club) since it...
Sunday (Nov. 27th) Kofu Castle, Updates, Pictures
As you will read in this post, I spent a long time putting pictures up on Shutterfly. I have now put everything up, so knock yourselves...
Saturday’s Adventure with Deaf Japanese (Nov. 26 2005)
Saturday (Nov. 26th) I woke up naturally a bit before 8am, which always makes me happy! Sadly, I once again tried to go shopping on a...
Rice Cutting Weekend (Oct. 1-2)
I believe I left you on Friday September 30th on my way to Fujiyoshida. I said I had an interesting bus ride then left the update after...