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Saturday night I met my friend’s new girlfriend.

He’s Czech; she’s Jordanian.

Their common language is English. Read More >

When I travel to a foreign country I order the local food.

Tacos in Mexico.

Curry in Thailand Read More >

Lunchtime in a Stockholm restaurant.

In back of me, a family finished their meal and stood up to leave.

As they were about to exit, the father called out to the waitress, “Hi.” Read More >

I’m back home! 

I took a quick trip to Sweden for the weekend. 

I’d always wanted to visit, so why not now? Read More >

Have you ever been to Sweden?

I can recommend it.

It’s much more interesting than Ikea.  Read More >

This week, I’m saying some really terrible, awful, nasty things about our friends, Mr. You and Mr. Tube.

And I’m having a ball!

But since I just arrived in a new city, maybe I’ll give it a rest for one day. Read More >

Last month, I met with about 20 Vig Village members in Sofia.

One of the members brought her 16-year-old son.

And his English was almost better than mine! Read More >

I used to live in Baltimore.

Long ago, Baltimore was a rich port city and the second-largest city in America.

But now, Baltimore is famous because about one person every day is shot and killed there. (333 killed in 2022, 337 in 2021) Read More >

“Do you have a YouTube channel?”

I get that question a lot. 

Now I finally have a good answer.  Read More >

I just deleted all my YouTube lessons. 

Last month, when I was in London, I met a lot of YouTube teachers. 

Some of them have millions of subscribers. Read More >