Xmas in Summer? Yesterday was that kind of day… I got presents from people! One present was biscuits1 from France. One of the students in my French class gave them to me. They were a souvenir from Reims. Reims is in the Champagne district2. Yes, they produce champagne3! She told me people dip [...]
Horse or Hippo? Last Sunday, I took a Spanish exam. Before the exam, I had to pound a lot of Spanish words into my head1. Since I don’t have a good memory now, unless2 the new words have something in common3 with English or French, [...]
Ampersand Did you know? The sign & has a name . I got to know1 that recently, and so did Will2. (To be correct3, Will was first.) Recently, it seems that Will bumped into4 this topic somehow, and he was talking about it in the car. I went "Wow!." That symbol’s name is ampersand. [...]
Hospital Experience in Modern Times Will went through1 an operation on his shoulder 3 weeks ago. No, please don’t worry! Unlike our experience with his lymphoma2 17 years ago (which threatened his life), this was a repair job that really didn’t worry us. (… but sorry, it kept me from3 catching up on4 [...]
A Fresh Delivery from the U.S.! Do you remember seeing this package somewhere? I think I talked about this in my blog a couple of times in the past1. Yes!! Our friend came from the states2 again with them. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! My favorite cinnamon [...]
