I have become an addict. I admit it, but I won't be engaging in any 12 step programs. I love my addiction and I keep learning more and more about how great it is. As you know, I normally do not re-post articles on this blog, but today I came across this great run-down of… Continue reading Coconut Oil Addiction
Category: Animals
Mexican Birds
I swear Mexican birds cheep louder than any where else. I am sitting here at my expansive living room window, where my desk faces out onto tall trees and trying to read the latest chapters for one of the grad classes I am taking and I can't concentrate. The birds are so happy in these… Continue reading Mexican Birds
Nigeria is Wonderful
One week left of my fun adventures in Nigeria. Since my last post, life has found a lovely rhythm. Working out, watching a friends choir perform, eating good food, HASHing etc...it has been nice. Work remains good, even though the kids are getting so excited for the last day of school it is hard to… Continue reading Nigeria is Wonderful
Abuja Color
Another fun week in Abuja, Nigeria. My fourth graders are simply wonderful. They are so kind, polite, funny, talkative, inquisitive... I love them. The week just flew by with major wind and hurricane rains three of the evenings. One of which I went to a great Indian restaurant and sat up on the top floor… Continue reading Abuja Color
70 hours of Flying: Rescue Mission
September just whizzed by mostly due to preparing to head back to the USA for a quick rescue mission: flights booked, extra detailed lesson plans for my Assistant Teacher, organizing the troops on US soil...Back in August the gal that was supposed to care for my cats and my belongings through July 2014 decided that… Continue reading 70 hours of Flying: Rescue Mission
Paw Prints
If the cat walks across your manuscript when you weren't there, does it leave prints? If you could tell the tale about what happened in this picture, what would it say? Cairo purred his deep, undulating rhythm. As he unfurled his long, ringed tail and stretched out revealing the star on his belly, the Master… Continue reading Paw Prints