Who the hell puts cream cheese in ice cream? Cream cheese is okay. Cheesecake is okay.…
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Directions & Perspective
For a while now I’ve been eying some of the brightly patterned back packs my students…
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Lost Wallet
I lost my wallet on the bench in the subway station near my house. Is it…
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Complaining Like Americans
Substitute teaching survival English: The topic was returns, complaints, refunds, and exchanges, stuff like that. I…
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Poland, Czech Republic 2000
July 2000 The first thing everyone asks when I say I went to Poland is always,…
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L: Rockaway Canarsie, Brooklyn
Sunday, March 13, 2011 After 18 years here, the cultural associations of this city are still…
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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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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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Poetry is Fancy
My sister, who teaches high school English, had to leave home for a meeting with a…
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Alaska 1999
July 1999 My sister Carita is doing a second master’s (first one was in from the…
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