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           Here I am, back in the States and beginning the first legs of my journeys around Illinois to visit numerous churches on my newsletter list.  It’s been hit-the-ground-running from the moment I landed.  I am happy to say that … Continue reading →

            Since my 091 class received their fair share of blog pictures, it’s only right that 092 should also be in on the photo show.                 We had a nice evening and were joined by Isaac, who tagged along beside me … Continue reading →

Isaac’s Back!              Those of you keeping up on my blog entries most likely remember the story of Isaac (Qin Haibo), a third year Business English major who loved to play games with me in theEnglish Center.              I never … Continue reading →

              My second year English Education majors and I are saying farewell.             After the summer, they’ll be returning to our campus for a month of classes before disappearing into the teaching world to do their practice teaching.  While they … Continue reading →

Dragon Boat Festival: June 6          All of China enjoyed a marvelous 3-day weekend due to Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional day which is, as of 3 years ago, now one of the official 1-day holidays we have off.             … Continue reading →

           As mentioned before, I had some difficulty accessing my site to post the pictures to go with the previous blog.  Here they are!  Enjoy.  

Note:  Once again, there’s been difficulty here in China for 2 weeks getting to access my site.   Sorry for the long wait.  Photos will follow later, if I can get on again! An Evening at Joe’s Home              As many of you know, … Continue reading →

             Every year, for the past 10 years, I’ve always given each of my students 2 laminated photographs as a memory of their foreign language teacher. The pictures are usually of me and Little Flower, with poses around our school … Continue reading →

             I am not a great one for participating in games.             As a teacher, I love to organize them in my classroom. It’s fun to officiate over mini spelling bees, student blackboard contests or “Simon Says”.   But actually participating in … Continue reading →