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We were happy as I am now, but for different reasons; and our happiness then was based on a richer but less secure foundation. A palisades palace along the faultline of love. Our trip was outrageous enough with two pre-school kids; you insisted on a Howard Johnson basecamp outside the city and I... Sign in to see full entry.

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And a wealth of knowledge is what I carry with me. Infuriatingly, as a retired, there is no one to lead around by the nose. So, when my biggest Spanish 2 class reached the frustration level on Friday, I ground everything to a halt with "turn your card over and number top to bottom from one to five."... Sign in to see full entry.

This is not survival. There are seven blocks (out of eight, one is for planning period) with an average of twenty-five students in each class. The kids are very ruly; as I mentioned before mostly all above average academically; smiling and seem to enjoy our class. In the old days we used to call... Sign in to see full entry.

I taught foreign languages -- Spanish and French -- at the middle school level for twenty-two years in Des Moines and for several years in high school. In all I've been a teacher since 1974. My first Spanish class had text books. When I switched to the public schools from the Catholic in 1979 I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sarah has continued her refusal to go away. Gotta love that. Her daily tweets DSS to my blackberry every day, and often at unruly hours. She wants to be 'out there' in case she is drafted by the GOP -- or anyone -- to run for president some day. She now has stepped into the racial divide, and has... Sign in to see full entry.

You walked to me and I felt words like April snowflakes melt, and thoughts as hopping sparrows; Aged I was, and targeted, me amid sunny blue skies and reflecting sea, unforgiven; hot feet on sandy shores and gritty narrow steets; your secret look furtive issues orders, amid separate worlds' clashing... Sign in to see full entry.

Your wise comments RE: my post entitled "From Russia with Love" have all been received and processed for what they most surely are: the caring of a real family. I thank you. Today, Barack sent out a statement concerning the Iraq War II. The simple facts on the ground -- and no one even tries to... Sign in to see full entry.