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Brown-Eyed Girl
Like all of my posts, I start writing them in my head first. I sometimes fixate on a phrase. Sometimes it is a single word. I’ve rewritten whole paragraphs because I wanted to include a particular word and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Covid 19, driving, ESL, missed opportunity, music, musings, nostalgia, students, teaching, university, western, work
Tagged beer, Brown-eyed-girl, Covid 19, driving, Eddie Van Halen, GT's, guitar player, London, memories, music, news, nostalgia, radio, singing, traffic, transported, UWO, Van Morrison, western
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From Students to Shaving
I was working on phrasal verbs with my students today and one of the words in phrasal verbs in question was “tire me out”. After seeing the phrasal verb, along with some others we were looking at in context, I … Continue reading
When ESL Teachers Clean Up
I was at work today….really at work, not teaching from a chair in my extra bedroom. And for all the significance that should have in this yet unresolved pandemic era, it wasn’t that remarkable at all. Instead it was something … Continue reading
Posted in cleaning, co-workers, Covid 19, ESL, online, teaching, work, working from home
Tagged cleaing, Covid 19, deep cleaning, diversity, ESL, organizing, pandemic, teacher's room, teachers, teaching
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Back in the Classroom
The students have been clamouring for it and today we made it a reality. We had face to face classes for the first time since mid March. For me, it was the first time back in the classroom since mid … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Covid 19, ESL, obstacles, teaching, Toronto
Tagged coronavirus, Covid 19, ESL, safety equipment, teaching, Toronto
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Finding Refuge
Based on the anecdotes I have read or heard, I am not really following the classic pattern of this pandemic. I am watching less TV rather than more. I have not exhausted Netflix. I have managed to watch a few … Continue reading
Posted in Covid 19, entertainment, TV
Tagged Being Erica, entertainment, exercise, gaining weight, losing weight, refuge, Warehouse 13, watching TV
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Some Reading Material
While it didn’t happen today, it is recent enough that I don’t mind writing about it. It may sound funny, but since we are still in lockdown, maybe it won’t. I was finally able to check some books out of … Continue reading
Posted in adapting, books, bookstore, Canada, Canadian, Covid 19, e-book, imagination, library, magazines, perfect moment, reading, tools, woodworking
Tagged adapting, books, borrowing, Covid 19, ideas, imagination, library, lockdown, magazines, new way to do thing, pandemic, woodworking
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Last Teacher Standing
Even before the whole Covid 19 thing hit, my work had experienced a downturn in student enrollment. That it came after finally securing a CBA struck me as ironic because people who expected that unionization would secure their jobs were … Continue reading
Posted in co-workers, Covid 19, ESL, online, perfect moment, social distancing, teaching, work, working from home
Tagged Covid 19, ESL, last person standing, seniority list, teaching, union, work, working from home
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Too Drained for the Kitchen
It’s funny how we develop and break patterns. I could be talking about habits, but really I am just talking about where I get my takeout food from. Lately, I’ve mostly had pizza or Chinese food, or Shawarma. Pizza because….well, … Continue reading
Posted in burrito, comfort food, Covid 19, ESL, ethnic food, food, food blogging, mask, perfect moment, problems, restaurant, students
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From the Mailbox
The mail carrier/postal worker arrived rather late today. This didn’t bother me, but it did make for a good starting sentence to this post. Long after work was done, I made the short pilgrimage to the mailbox. When I got … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, bicycles, Canada Post, Covid 19, cycling, cycling gear, mail, online, perfect moment, quarantine, shopping, tools, waiting
Tagged Amazon, delivery, forgotten, Japanese standard, long wait, mail, mail order, order, post, screwdriver, tools, waiting
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Being Bad
I have a short story to tell. It feels like a confession, even though it isn’t. My girlfriend is rather neat. I don’t mean that she is a neat freak or anything like my third roommate in Japan. She just … Continue reading
Posted in confessions, Covid 19, organization, perfect moment, randomness
Tagged being bad, confessions, cosmetics, Covid 19, experiments, girlfriend, having fun, making waves, neatness, organization, physical distancing, randomness, reorganizing, reorientation, ripples, social distancing, The Big Bang Theory
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