It is the eve of my exam. Wonder how much the kiddos have studied? Foreign language exams are last this year... the only thing standing between my students and 10 weeks of freedom is me. And pages of verbs, adjectives, object pronouns, etc. You get the picture. Hope you aren't having flashbacks. We still have …
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Reflections
It is almost time to say Au revoir to 2016. And Bonjour to 2017. 2016 had some tough days. In life, though, that's pretty much par for the course, n'est-ce pas? That's when we learn valuable lessons. It's when we learn to appreciate the whos and whats in our lives. If we are smart. And …
97 and 41
A post from the past entitled 94 and 47 popped up on my Facebook page yesterday. It was from 2013. At first, I couldn't figure out what the title meant. Then, looking at the smiling faces of La Blonde et La Brune, it dawned on me. The countdown until my 2014 trips to France! I …
“News is bad for you”
photo credit: Amanda Whitlock "And giving up reading it will make you happier." The Guardian I admit to being semi-addicted to Facebook. I get up every morning, make my hot lemon tea water, start the coffee brewing, and open up the computer. My day just doesn't seem to start off right without reading Sean Dietrich's …
The BFF Hometown Tour
I would love to say that I will make Hometown Tour a regular feature of The Sabbatical Chef, but, well, I think that it would go the way of most of my best of intentions. As Mama Mildred has said to me more than once "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." …
Gratitude Project
This is an earlier post that I am moving over from my original blog. It is one of my most meaningful experiences and I like to look back on it often. It keeps me grateful and less likely to get wrapped up dramas or concerns that I cannot control. Can you teach someone else to …
A Life Well-Lived
Saying good-bye in any language has always been very difficult for me. Au revoir, ciao, adieu, arrivederci, salut, see you later, see you soon. They all mean the same thing. I hope that I will see you again. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Yesterday, we said good-bye to Dave Gould in a packed school auditorium. A …
Making new memories
This has been a summer of memories for me. My high school class held a long overdue reunion in June. We didn't track everyone down, but we tried. The 35 or so of us who attended had a great time. At one point, I just sat back and watched everyone hugging, talking, laughing, and sharing …
Sean Dietrich aka Sean of the South
photo credit: Amazon I love this man. I am not sure the Ex-Ex knows, but he will soon enough. If he liked for me to read to him first thing in the morning, he most assuredly would know him. But while I am reading Sean's daily Facebook post, the Ex-Ex is still blessedly asleep. I …
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