Daily Lessons / blog posts

This week we’re talking about rules.
Not the rules you must follow.

…the rules you must break!

…and break them like Van Damme breaks bricks. Read More >

“How did you learn English?”
I ask this question almost weekly.

Only once I heard the answer: “I learned to speak English at the _____ School of English.”

Sure, you can make progress at a school. Read More >

How was your weekend?
Did you break any laws?

I did.

No, I didn’t dress in black and steel valuable jewels from a museum. Read More >

I must admit something.

It’s not something I tell everyone.

You see, although I’m an American… Read More >

Imagine…

Two students in an English class.

One is an accountant. Read More >

Yesterday I gave you a short tour of the doors of Prague.

I’ve always been curious about them.

For years I wondered, “What’s on the other side?” Read More >

I love old doors.

And Prague has some really great ones.

Yesterday I went for a walk and took some pictures. Read More >

It snowed last night!

(For me readers in Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, it’s the white stuff.)

the view outside my window Read More >

I just got back from the dentist

This was a return visit.

Two weeks ago I went for a checkup and I heard the words you don’t want to hear when you’re sitting in the chair. Read More >

What to do on a Sunday afternoon when everything is closed?

Go for a walk, of course.

Even if it’s 2 degrees, windy, cloudy, and about to get dark? Read More >