Free Daily Lessons

BALTIMORE, USA – Here’s a question for you.

Imagine you want to become the best pianist in the world. 

Your first step is to find a teacher. Read More >

CASTLETON, VIRGINIA 
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, fifteen years ago, two young men graduated from the same high school. They were very much alike, these two young men.  

Both were intelligent and hard-working. And both wanted to achieve success, to go places, and to provide for their families which they hoped to start soon.

Recently, these two men met each other again at a business conference. Read More >

CASTLETON, VIRGINIA – I need a new hobby.

My last hobby, swing dancing, died a very silly death.

(silly= absurd, ridiculous, comical, not serious)

Let me explain. Read More >

CASTLETON, VIRGINIA – When was the last time you saw an advertisement for broccoli?

Maybe in a magazine…?

On the side of the road…? Read More >

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – “Life is difficult.’

Don’t you agree?

That’s the first line from the classic, The Road Less Travelled, by M. Scott Peck. Read More >

Here’s how you answered:

(1=never, 5= absolutely)

So it looks like my job is safe, at least for now.  Read More >

CASTLETON, VIRGINIA – Look what I found online: 

It’s a new invention that translates foreign conversations into your language.

It’s not perfect.  Read More >

BALTIMORE, USA – It’s a short test. Just one question.

Ready?

Imagine this…  Read More >

BALTIMORE, USA – I had big plans for Sunday.

Here’s the list: 

1. meet a friend for coffee.
Then she cancelled. Read More >

BALTIMORE, USA – Fools!

I really love that word. 

Try shouting it the next time you open the newspaper or the next time you walk out of a meeting with your boss.  Read More >