Lost wallet

Lost Wallet

I lost my wallet on the bench in the subway station near my house. Is it…

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Complaint department

Complaining Like Americans

Substitute teaching survival English: The topic was returns, complaints, refunds, and exchanges, stuff like that. I…

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Warsaw police

Poland, Czech Republic 2000

July 2000 The first thing everyone asks when I say I went to Poland is always,…

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Welcome to Canarsie

L: Rockaway Canarsie, Brooklyn

Sunday, March 13, 2011 After 18 years here, the cultural associations of this city are still…

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Sparkle

Annika, Auntika, & Grandma-ika

Today is my niece Eden’s tenth birthday. Next week she’s coming to spend her spring break…

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Salamanca, summer 1982

Reflections on an Inspiring Teacher

Last weekend while I was in Chicago for my high school reunion, I visited one of…

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Sparkly Book

Poetry is Fancy

My sister, who teaches high school English, had to leave home for a meeting with a…

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Iceberg

Alaska 1999

July 1999 My sister Carita is doing a second master’s (first one was in from the…

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decimals

Decimal Dummy

On Sunday, The New York Times Metro section featured a giant profile of my pal Hackett.…

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television

National Exposure!

Just pissed off another morning show. Don’t guess I’ll be hearing from them again. They wanted…

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