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Monthly Archives: March 2019
One Last Gasp
On Friday, one of my students asked me if winter was truly over. Before I could answer, she started making declarations like; “It’s Spring.” “Winter is done.” I wasn’t in the best of moods and though not as grouchy as … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, cycling, group rides, New Year's Resolutions, Newmarket Eagles, seasons, snow, training, weather, winter
Tagged bicycle, cycling, fat bike, goals, group B, group C, Newmarket Eagles, one last gasp, resolutions, riding, seasons, snow, training, weather, winter
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It Strikes Me As Odd
Way back on Thursday, just after I purchased my coffee maker, and shortly before I purchased the chicken burrito that I was planning on devouring for lunch, I came across the scene pictured above. Just a few weeks earlier and … Continue reading
Coffee Old School
If my coffee maker had died after it made my coffee yesterday morning, I could have then gone out and bought a new one (fixing the old one would be preferable, but it was beyond my skills). Since that is … Continue reading
And She Didn’t Order Coffee
It’s been a while since I wrote about a character from my bus ride. And I suppose it will be a little longer because this character actually comes from the coffee shop. The back-story My coffee maker died this morning. … Continue reading
Posted in actor, actress, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chance meetings, coffee, dance, dancing, free stuff, taking chances, Tim Hortons, Yonge and Eglinton
Tagged actor, actress, beautiful, book store, bookstore, chance encounter, chance meeting, free stuff, model, Roll up the rim, Tim Hortons, to win, Yonge and Eglinton
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A Digital Experiment
I tried an experiment in my class on Monday, and I am a bit at a loss as to what to do with it. You see, my students need to write better in English to progress through their levels. They … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, digital, ESL, experiment, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, starting a blog, students, teaching, writing
Tagged 21st century, blog, blog posts, blogging, digital experiment, ESL, experiment, modern world, practice, students, teaching, writing
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Joiners and Non Joiners (Catching Up Part two)
A long time ago, one of my neighbours, when talking about her husband and his hobby of running, explained that he joined a running club. She said that it was a little “unusual” because her husband was “not a joiner.”. … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, clothes, club, coffee, cycling, cycling gear, jersey, Newmarket Eagles, sw, zwift
Tagged clothes, coffee, cycling, cycling club, fitting, joiner, joining, Newmarket Eagles, try on, uniform, zwift
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Catching Up (part one)
First and foremost, I just want to reassure my faithful readers that I have not given up blogging. I am still really into this. I am still committed to this. In addition to reassuring my faithful readers, I must also … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cleaning, compensation, pizza
Tagged bills, cold pizza, early, filing, Hilton, late, mayhem, Mississauga, philately, pizza, stamp show, taxes
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What happened to Facebook?
As an ESL teacher, I am sometimes caught in a time warp. Of course, teaching people younger than I am is always going to expose a generation gap, but actually it is the textbooks that are a bigger culprit. This … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, ESL, nostalgia, social media, students, teaching
Tagged ESL, ESL students, evolution, facebook, generation gap, nostalgia, old, outdated, rate of change, social media, speed of change, students, Toronto
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Rolling Up the Rim to Support a Friend
If you’re not Canadian, you may not have heard of the promotion** from one of our most ubiquitous coffee shops called Roll Up The Rim. If you are Canadian, you’ve been inundated with it since February. Basically, if you buy … Continue reading