The Maison: Late afternoon on Frenchmen Street, discovered the Cigar Box Serenaders playing interesting tunes, so we stopped in for dinner. Musical instruments are all homemade from upcycled materials, including a guitar with neck added to a cigar box, electric bass made of a dresser drawer, an...
my clothes 洗我的衣服 wash my face 洗脸 play ping-pong 打乒乓球 eat lunch 吃午餐 at home 在家 after lunch 午餐过后 in the morning 在早上 in the afternoon 在下午 at night 在夜晚 on the weekend 在周末 watch TV 看电视 cook dinner 做晚餐 play music 演奏音乐 其他短语 clean my cave 打扫...
My uncle died last week. He was the Canadian-born second son of his family of Jewish refugees, his parents and my father, who made their way from Czechoslovakia to Sherbrooke Quebec in the middle of World War II. I should be writing a eulogy for his funeral next weekend, but instead I...
We must trust in God’s promises, for He is a faithful Father who will never leave nor forsake us. He has His plan for us, and He will not always lay His plan out for us to see. He got all the power and wisdom we ever needed to be at peace within and without and succeed in ...
law — two of them — my husband’s biological mother and his stepmom. However, both are some distance from us, and we don’t see them as often as we had seen my mom. My mom and stepdad used to come over every week to my home for dinner… We did that for about ten years!!!
The induction dinner will be held there at a date yet to be announced. “It’s a difficult process,” said Scott Bradley, who is a member of the Wall of Honour selection committee. “It’s an honour to be one involved in the Foundation and the process.” Bradley is in his 32nd ...
"I don’t know whether I succeed in expressing myself, but I know that nothing else expresses me." - Henry James
Well, first, I read Obama’s book, “Dreams From My Father”. This is the book that he wrote, I believe, at the end of his college years and at the beginning of his political career. I seriously thought that I was going to hang myself. The details in every description were over ...
Our final dinner was epic and as we took in a final sunset over the South China sea it was hard to believe the sun was also setting on the trip. I was not staying any extra nights this time, which in some ways made it harder as I was envious of those in my group who would ...
“Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.” Attributed to Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T aut...