Welcoming the New Year
Lunar New Year is right around the corner. I am very grateful for the chance to welcome a new year, again. Quite frankly 2018 has been a little tough so far. Why? Well, I'm glad you asked. Sickness. It seems that I and many around me have been struck with lingering illnesses. The cold and flu season in the States has been vicious. Many of you know that I've been a casualty, laid low for several days by the dreaded flu. Cancelled lessons, delayed announcements, uncontrollabl
A Reading Rainbow
When I was a little girl I spent a great deal of time watching television. My mother worked the dreaded , by me anyway, 3-11 shift at a local nursing home. I spent those hours with my Nana. Nana was a strong, loving woman with skin the color of a Hershey's kiss and big toothless smile that was just as sweet. Nana loved me. I knew this. But her first and truest love was gardening. And it was very evident that every growing thing felt the same about her. She could make anythi
