You know, when you are approaching a “big” birthday, you start reevaluating your life, or looking back and seeing what you have achieved over the past decade. Although I still have another year, as I was getting ready to go out with my girls on my birthday last month, and was trying to decide what…
Lithuanians love apples (among other things). We use them in salads, bake meats with them, cook them in soups to add a bit of tartness.When in doubt, apple is always a good idea in my book. Pretty much like bacon. When I was a kid we used to go apple picking to our “sodas”. Back…
It was a dreary rainy day. One that makes your kids zonk out in front of TV for hours on end and a simple request to “please turn it down” or “wash your hands” turns them into groaning zombies. It is on a day like this that we all reached the peak of discontent with…
Today I stopped by a classroom to talk to a teacher about one of our students. As I entered the room, she was looking at an upcoming professional development schedule on her computer and shaking her head. “This is all good”, she said. “But I could really use some information on strategies for reaching English learners.…
Long weekend in the fall…The possibilities are endless in terms of where to go and what to do because fall in New Hampshire makes one forget the desire to seek warmer climates that hits you, say, right after New Years (give or take a few weeks or months:) So today, the boys and I decided…
“I’m an Italian”, “I’m Irish”, “I’m part Lebanese, part French” – these are all phrases you can hear in just your regular conversation in America. Everyone identifies with a certain culture but when you ask “Do you speak Italian/Irish/Arabic/French?” the answer is quite often “no”. I’ve been thinking about it for quite some time now…