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Teaching English and El Día de Amor y Amistad

Feb 26, 2015

Thursday, 26 February 2015 Teaching English and El Día de Amor y Amistad

Have you ever stopped and given thought to the letter 'u'? Probably not. Why would you? It's just a vowel. Nothing special. But I discovered that the letter 'u' has many sounds, not just what we think of as the traditional "long" and "short" sounds.

Some words to consider:

I need a little help from my friends

Feb 10, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 I need a little help from my friends

Helping others help themselves

Jan 9, 2015

So how are things going for me? You ask? Well, actually, nobody asked. But I will write a little about it anyway.

In 2006, Tucson Arizona, my wife, Cheryl, and we thought we had a future. We had plans to build a house on a 1 acre lot, which we already owned, in the Sonoran desert. I designed the house and had an architect draw up the plans. Then my job went away, her job went away, and we both worked contract jobs. The architect committed fraud, not just against us but against several other clients as well. We never built the house.

The Christmas celebrations start today

Dec 7, 2014

Hi everybody! I hope all are doing well. I am.

Today, December 7, is the beginning of the Christmas season celebrations. Today is the celebration called "La Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepción" which is "The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception". It is also commonly known as "El Día de las Velitas" or "Day of the candles". They celebrate this day all night long. They have a farolitos (luminarias).

BarranquiJazz and my job at Kal Tire

Sept 18, 2014

Hi everybody! I hope all are doing well. I am.

Things have changed quite a lot in my work situation - Kal Tire, my employer, is not my employer any more. I was laid off from my job, as well as 4 or 5 other people, here in Barranquilla, and many, many more at other Kal Tire locations worldwide. The worst part about this is not the loss of income but the loss of the work visa.

Fixed refrigerator, english learning web site and more

July 30, 2014

Hi everybody! I hope all are doing well. I am. It's been a long time since the last blog I posted, sorry about that.

My niece Nicole got married this past week. Congratulations Nicole and TJ! I hope and pray for all the best for the both of you!

I finally have a working refrigerator. Took a couple repair guys a couple visits to get it fixed, but now it's working better than ever. Yay!

Rainy season has arrived, finally

July 28, 2014

Hi everybody! I hope all are doing well. I am.

It had to arrive eventually - rainy season. A bit late, but coming on strong. Finally. All this entire year we've had only a half-dozen rains and all only a few minutes of light rain. This week the heavens broke loose. And it has been raining quite a lot, and quite heavily. A couple days ago I was on a bus going across town when the street was suddenly a river.