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A Celtic Fantasy
There were any number of reasons why we shouldn't have gone to the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's A Celtic Fantasy concert last...
sursumcorda, 19 March 2006 |
No, I can’t speak Japanese
I can’t let one failure bring me down, but man, it’s so hard to understand my students! I’ve had such great chats with...
Happy St. Patrick's Day to All!
Forget the green beer. After having discovered genuine Irish ancestors in my heritage, I'm even more convinced that any good...
Shirane High School Sports Festival (March 13 and 14)
I don’t think it was really a sports festival since they translated it as “ball game” for me, but I think sports festival is a...
Brass Band Concert
On Sunday March 12 th I played in the Live in Shirane! concert with Shirane High School ’s brass band club. I had begun to...
Update March 9-16 2006 (more acupuncture and another...
Well, I’m just having too much fun. It’s been another week and a bit since I last wrote and again so much has happened! Once...
Habana Grill
We should visit restaurants more often when they are closed! My post about the Sake Moon tells how we discovered that fine restaurant...
Unschooling in the News
Two recent articles on homeschooling were brought to my attention; specifically, they are about unschooling, that branch of the...
Sake Moon (aka Saikyo)
For many years before he died, my father would come visit us for a month each year around February (usually a good month to exchange...
3.14....
Happy Pi Day , everyone! Since I don't habitually use the 24-hour time format, or more truthfully, since I have better things to do...
Two Interesting Questions, with Answers
Our local newspaper includes Parade Magazine in its Sunday edition. I find it generally to be a waste of paper. (A judgment almost...
Japanese Family Visit
One of my students is going to do the rest of his high school study in Ireland (who’s jealous?!) so before he leaves his family...
Graduation, Last Day of Class, etc. (Feb. 26 - March 6)
This week was a sad week because I saw the last of my sanensei and taught my ichinensei for the last time. Graduation was March 1 st...
Ash Wednesday
Last year I was well prepared for Ash Wednesday, with a rather extensive personal program planned out for Lent. This year, what with...
Another Study for Chocolate Lovers
It is nearly as dangerous to base life's decisions on individual scientific studies as it is on Bible verses taken out of context....
More on Critical Medical Decisions
What is worse, dying because you can't afford medical treatment, or dying because the cogs in a socialized medicine system decide they...
I Can Speak Japanese?!
On my walk back from Courtnay’s (Saturday Feb. 25 th ) I stopped in the music shop that I pass every time I walk to the train...
Last Full Week of School Feb. 20-24
And a full week it was! I stayed a long time after school every day for some reason or another. It was exhausting! I don’t...
Affluenza
Affluenza , by John de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor (Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 2001) affluenza , n. a...
Weekend Update (Feb. 17-19)
I visited brass band after school to rehearse for the Live in Shirane concert I’m doing with them in March. We’re doing to pop...
Yeti ski trip
February 3-5 I went to Nagano-ken with the YETI group for a weekend of skiing. I had planned on ski on Saturday and recover on...
Glossary
I friend of mine has a glossary in her blog so she doesn’t have to keep defining the same terms over and over in each post. I...
Japanese Funeral
February 1 st was the funeral for Erika, the second year student in my high school who died suddenly. I went, and it was the first...
Language Learning Update 2/16/06
So, how’s my Japanese? It’s still coming slowly. I listen to Pimsleur tapes on my commute to work so I was very upset when I...
弓道Kyudo Update 2/16/06
I’ve been to kyudo club four or five times now and I’m enjoying it very much. On my third visit a student (Daiki) asked if I...