In Brita's case this came about naturally due to changed habits; she sel- dom used her mobile phone and travel card nowadays as she most often stayed at home. It could also be a con- scious strategy, as for Eric who had stopped watching TV with his wife in the evenings. Knowing ...
Some non-fiction writers are just naturally funny, such as Bill Bryson and David Sedaris. Here the comedy is in the writing. Let’s look at an example from Bryson’sThe Road to Little Dribbling: One of the things that happens when you get older is that you discover lots of new ways t...
All Arab children in Israel study Hebrew from about Grade 4. As adults, some seem to have mastered it while others can only weakly express themselves. Jewish students can opt to study Arabic in high school but few do and fewer remember much ten years later. Curiosity: I’m told that Arab...