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Continue reading →: Hop on the Bus!
Since starting my new job at ISS, and waiting for my bike to arrive, I have been a bus commuter. I’m not a bus newbie; I spent two years living in New Jersey and commuting by bus into New York city, so I know the ins and outs of it. …
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Continue reading →: More Learning WITH my students
A fellow teacher gave me a book a few weeks ago titled, Story Starters on Ancient Japan. She is the middle school humanities/history teacher at ISS, and I am the writing teacher. She thought we could collaborate – I would teach the eighth graders to write a story, and she…
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Continue reading →: Restaurant Ordering Via IPad
This weekend, we had dinner at the Hong Kong Kitchen in Roppongi Hills. Most people think of Dim Sum for weekend brunch, but this restaurant has an all-you-can-eat Dim Sum Menu in the evenings. Dim Sum is a Cantonese word for “snack” but is commonly comprised of a meal of…
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Continue reading →: When Teaching Informs Writing – or How I Can Resucitate My Character
I met with my writing group earlier this week, and as always, they give me excellent suggestions on what to do with my manuscript. I am working on a novel, my second (though the first has yet to be published), and I am determined to whip it into saleable shape.…
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Continue reading →: Renewing My Driver’s License – What an Experience!
In Japan, your driver’s license gets renewed every three years but it expires within a month of your birthday no matter when you first received it. So since my birthday was in August, I knew I had to renew right away after the summer. On my first try – and…
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Continue reading →: A Hopeful Sign – Writing About My Daughter
I don’t normally link my writing here, but this piece seemed pertinent. My latest work is up on the “A Hopeful Sign” website. It’s a nice piece about my daughter and how she has defied my fears to have a wonderful transition to her new school. The link is HERE…
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Continue reading →: Writing – Teaching It Is An Art
Besides teaching part time at the International Secondary School, I’m also teaching freshman composition at Temple University’s Japan campus. Today was my second class of the semester. What a total blast! First of all, I could go on and on about the elements of good writing forever. But get me…
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Continue reading →: The Umeshu!
This past Sunday was the long-awaited unveiling of the umeshu (plum wine) that my good friend, Saori, and I put together back in June. We had been storing it in a cool, dry place (as cool as we could get in sweltering Tokyo) for at least two months. When we…
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Continue reading →: Teaching As A Writer – A New Adventure
This week I have been doing a completely different type of writing than usual. Usually my work involves stories and characters, plot and scenes. This week, however, I have been working on curricula, goals, outcomes and syllabi. Yep, it’s that time of year again: back to school. Here at Chez…
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