Atomic Homework

A reader asks: How do you use ‘get’?

My answer: I don’t know.

So let’s have a look at Murphy’s English Grammar in Use. Read More >

Perseverance.

Know what it means?

Here’s a story that will make it unforgettable. Read More >

Quantity!

Yesterday, I asked you which photography students improve faster.

The type that takes a lot of pictures. Read More >

Have you read Atomic Habits, yet?

Such a good book.

Recently, a student reminded me of a story from chapter 11. Read More >

I made it!

Last night, I arrived in Prague after a week in Italy.

As we say in English, back home safe and sound. Read More >

Here was the plan for my last morning in Milan…

I’ll take it easy.

No rushing around. Read More >

I have a new travel buddy.

She goes everywhere I go.

She’s never late. Read More >

“Who comes to Venice to eat Chinese food?”

That’s what I wondered when I discovered a Chinese restaurant yesterday hidden in the maze of Venetian streets.

As I got closer I got my answer: Chinese people come to Venice to eat Chinese food. Read More >

“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”

-Truman Capote

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In 2004, when I first moved to Prague, my students told me they took SIX WEEKS of vacation every year!

I was shocked.

Then, in 2019, when I got a job at an American company and moved back to the US, they gave me only TWO WEEKS of vacation. Read More >