Teacher! My nose is a blueberry!

As I cannot speak without going into horrific spasms of coughing, I chose an art lesson for today that required minimum involvement from Teacher. No cutting, no gluing, no “Teacherrrrrr, help-puh me!!!”, no paint, no clay, no mess. Just straightforward old drawing with pencils, crayons, and sketchbooks. And what always amazes me in situations like [...]

I’m an alien, an illegal alien…

(…I’m an Irish girl in Daejeonnnnnn…) Well, thanks to all the lovely people who wrote me sweet emails and comments offering advice following yesterday’s post. You helped me. No decision has been made yet, but I’m thinking more clearly. I’ll keep you posted! Of course, following today’s developments, I may actually have been deported before I [...]

Crossroads

No, the cold did not kill me, although it is still here in the form of a horrible lingering cough. I am, however, in the midst of a very uncertain and somewhat distracting time, as my deadline for renegotiating my contract approaches at breakneck speed and I try to realistically picture where in the world [...]

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