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(Taken from: A Monk in the Inner City: The ABCs of a Spiritual Journey by Mary Lou Kownacki) Two farmers were walking through a field when they saw an angry bull. Instantly, they made for the nearest fence, with the … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I shared one of my former student’s pictures of students in her classroom enjoying my carving-a-pumpkin video clips. They tried their hands at carving pumpkins themselves and did a very impressive job of doing so. A … Continue reading →

The final installment of my Halloween video clips for next year’s lessons will be the following:

Planning my China Halloween lessons for a year from now took some thought. I have numerous costumes from my childhood, many of which my mom sewed herself, but few still fit. Her best creation, the Zorro costume with silky satiny … Continue reading →

Once again, Halloween Activity Night did not take place this year at my school in China. My absence made it a bit difficult to organize the event. I’m the one to fully get our English Association members signed up for … Continue reading →

During this wait to return to China, I’ve done fairly well not to wallow in a depressive state at still not being at my school. I was doing fairly well, that is, until recently, when my students and colleagues began … Continue reading →

My teaching placement in the far south of China (2009-2011) had me teaching in a very small town called Longzhou at Guangxi Normal University for Nationalities. A majority of my students were of one of the ethnic minority groups in … Continue reading →

“How many rainbows have you seen in your lifetime?”“Do you remember your first rainbow? Can you tell us the story?” Yesterday, I placed these questions, along with two pictures, in a new WeChat group I now belong to. A former … Continue reading →

As always, my days are spent trolling the Internet for signs that China will start moving away from their Zero-Covid policies and enter into a resignation that opening up to us “regular” foreigners (returning overseas teachers and students, even tourists) … Continue reading →