Buzios

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Use as much description as possible to paint a picture of this place. Buzios. (This is a hypothetical account, based on experiences I had during a 3 day visit to Buzios in Dec. 2003. I fell in love with this beach resort […]

Creation Stories

This is the first of what I hope to be a series of commentaries about the Bible. I start at the beginning, and am reading the Revised Standard Version, which is the one I prefer. Genesis Chapters 1-2 This is, of course, the Judeo-Christian creation story. It has been passed down for thousands of […]

English and Grammar

A lot of people (myself included) bemoan the fact that kids today – and adults too – cannot spell and have terrible grammar. Some call it laziness. Some say it’s because of social promotion. As an educator, to me the issue is more complex. Here is a short piece that I wrote in 2009 in […]

Protected: Learning to teach, learning to remember

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Memories of my father

The Farmer’s Almanac My father was a calm and gentle man. He was an intelligent and successful attorney, as well as a good husband and father. I hardly ever saw my father get REALLY mad. My mother was a yeller, and we often argued, but my father was slow to anger. I remember once he […]