The gods must be angry…

I’m beginning to think the gods are angry with me. At the beginning of this week, a debilitating stomach virus took me down.  For three days, I accomplished next to nothing.  This is not typical for me. Last night, feeling stronger, I decided to get back to...

Ugh… passwords.

I hate passwords.  By now, you know that. There are some useful sites that will help you keep up with all of your passwords.  I highly recommend you take the time to learn how to use one of these sites. I use Lastpass: https://lastpass.com/ There is also...

French?

One of my former students wants to learn French.   He asked for my advice. Here it is:  Whenever starting a new language, I always start with the free, and excellent DuoLingo.   My 14-year-old daughter started tinkering around with their French course while we were in...

The Pledge

For seven years, or so, I spent evenings and Saturdays behind one of these: This outdoor leaf vacuum was part of one of the odd jobs I took.  I took on many odd jobs to rescue my family from financial ruin. You see, for years, I had a bad financial habit.  I taught in...

Don’t dither.

In many ways, I left America to cut myself off from daily unproductive habits. Ran across this quote the other day.  Sort of sums up what I have been thinking. “Time in the wild reminds me of how much of what I ordinarily do is mere dithering, how much of what I...

An American in Paros

I have not written much about our time over here in Greece.   There are several reasons for this. First of all, I am still working over here.   I still spend 25 to 30 hours a week answering emails.    I am also still teaching.   And, quite honestly, teaching has...