I’d heard there was a big storm coming in but I didn’t believe it. I kept waking up at night to see if it was snowing yet, but of course I saw nothing, on account of its being dark and all. Around 7:00 I tromped downstairs in my slippers and, sure enough, snow was falling like nobody’s business. Two little birds had gotten into the barn and were slamming their poor little heads into the […]
Read moreMonth: December 2009
Sweet Sixteen
Sixteen was the temperature this morning. Fortunately, it has rocketed up to 23. The sky is dramatic and threatening, icicles are getting long in the tooth, and there’s a lot of white stuff all around. This is the view from my “bedroom” window yesterday morning. It’s hard to believe that not long ago I was staring with trepidation at a schedule jammed with four month’s worth of classes. Now I’m starting the last full week […]
Read moreReturn of Chopped Liver
When Lulu was little she could say the letter s just fine: see, shoe, stop. She had also mastered n: noodle, nothing, no. But put the two together and she’d fall apart. Snake was hnake; sniffle became hniffle. Thus, the stuff outside is called hnow. So my older daughter won’t feel left out, it’s because of her that I call raisins rambeens and Kleenex neegotz. I sincerely believe that one can never have too much […]
Read moreThe Green Fiddle
I saw big-time fog on the way to school this morning. For our last Kiswahili class last night, all the various language groups — Arabic, Cantonese, French, Spanish and I forget whatall — assembled to do end-of-semester performances. Here is part of ours. [Left to right: Carlos, Mow, Moi, Cindy, Aprili and Dawn.] I wish I sang louder. You can’t hear me. Or maybe that’s good. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/video/t-anthem.flv image=wp-content/video/t-anthem.jpg /] [Movie by Ryan] And here […]
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