I take a deep breath, hold it, and step into the dank room. (When the students ran into our shared room an hour earlier and exclaimed, “It’s the most foul thing we’ve ever seen in…
Browsing Category story time
peace of pun
>New Pictures in the Ecuador Album A bus ride across Ecuador will leave anyone aspiring to be a National Geographic photographer, as you don’t need a talented eye to see or appreciate the vibrant visions…
Things That Make Me Go “Hummmmm”
“You’re finally here! What took you so long?” “Hey, I had some trouble catching “Manchas” and getting him on a leash. He’s not used to these things you know. What the heck are we doing…
Past and Present Tense
“Okay. Let’s move on to conversation. Tell me what you did this morning before coming here. Try to use complete sentences that are in the past tense.” He puts down the book of the “4…
Curiosity & the Cat
Despite the standard sterile-ness and uniformity of airports, like a spot on a suit, something gives this one away as being…different. Perhaps it is the stray cat that wanders its way through a maze of…
Lost in Found
Spain Photogallery There are times in my travels, when I simply stop and sink hard into the present moment. The world, for timeless seconds, spins around me — and in that dizziness, all I can…
Foiled Fake Frenchie
I speak photo-French, which means I can give a variety of commands directing a person into any number of positions and poses — and then ask them, “how would you like to pay for that.”…
universal language: cartoons
Ever given your food order to a waitress like this?
Excerpt from My Korean-English Translation Dictionary
Excerpt from My Korean-English Translation Dictionary American Dream Academy: Actual name of a camp in South Korea that recruits naive American college graduates to create, organize and facilitate the activities and academic curriculum of 200-500…