Getting on this, for great justice!

I sent out holiday cards last year and had a lot of fun doing it, so...here's to Round 2! If you'd like a holiday card, please comment with the name you want it addressed to, your mailing address, and (if you have a preference) the holiday you celebrate. Comments are screened!

Waes hail! ♫

To whom it may concern ( Read more... )

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Today in the course of my homework reading, I discovered an interesting fact. Observe these two characters, if you will. (And if your computer can load them.)

心中If you read them as "shinchuu", they mean "sympathy". As in, "My sympathies!", or "I feel you, man ( Read more... )

100 Things you've done or haven't done.

Bold the things you've done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited ( Read more... )

Why is it that the big things, the events and dinners and formal conventions, never make it into this blog, but the minutiae of life here gets chronicled in loving detail ( Read more... )

Day-Making Moment #215 ( Read more... )

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn...
-Disney's TarzanSo, the sixth graders I taught in elementary school this winter have become first years at Uryu Middle. They've been making my professional life a little better, every day I spend with them; they see me as a real teacher, someone to greet and joke with and look up to and ( Read more... )

One in a series of posts I've been meaning to make for a while; therefore a bit out of date, but!Spring sneaks up on you in Hokkaido ( Read more... )

You know, it's a sad thing when I'm more determined to post about something bad than something good. The Easter Egg hunt that Miss Kakizaki and I organized this Saturday went beautifully, and I'll post all about that later, when I have photos ( Read more... )