I can't believe this story. This geography teacher was suspended for flying foreign flags in his classroom. He's teaching geograp...

I have been reading these profiles of people who died on Flight 5191 and crying. Such a sudden, unexpected death. So many bereaved family...

I come from a culture where it's rude to stare. I live in a culture where it isn't. Not only that, but I have a different skin col...

Here are some things that caught my eye today. The Norwegian police found those Munch paintings that had been stolen two years ago. Don...

There were some glitches in the high school schedule, and the high school class I was supposed to teach didn't happen at all, but I had ...

from the Book of Common Prayer Strengthen your servant M., O God, to do what she has to do and bear what she has to bear; that, accepting yo...

Here's a blog I found recently called Simplicity.

It's a sad world where even a planet can be demoted . Poor old Pluto. Well, I say that being a dwarf planet is every bit as good. So ...

In the in-flight magazine for American Airlines, American Way , I read about a flight attendant who has founded a charity in Central and Sou...

This headline is one I just had to click on. I'm sure it was very unpleasant for the poor guy, but I have to admit it made me snicker ...

I've only been blogging four months, and this is already my hundredth post. It seems as though I should have something profound to say,...

Here I am, back in Tecwil. I'm trying to get things unpacked and organized at home, and next comes my first foray into my classroom of ...

I enjoyed reading this post at HuffEnglish.com . Donna is sharing the school memories of her great-great-grandmother, through a letter wri...

Take a look at this link about the world's wildest Shakespeare Festival. Hamlet in a bouncy castle?

In this post , I wrote that I was looking for some of the Lebanese blogs mentioned in the AP story I read. What I found was mostly in Arabi...

Here's another blog I just found, Doorways Around the World. Beautiful photos! There is a link to submit some of your own photos, if ...

Well, not surprisingly, some people have rather different ideas on buying children's clothes from the way I do it. Just point me to t...

The greatest risk in an American summer is of freezing to death. Air conditioners everywhere keep the temperature indoors at painful levels...

I wanted to share this blog that I just found on a teacher site ( Adventures in Educational Blogging , a blog by a woman working at an inte...

Here's an article about bloggers in Lebanon. I've been trying to find some of the blogs mentioned in the article (none are linked)...