Today I participated in the 5th annual Corpus Christi procession. It started at Our Lady of Lourdes church and we walked to St. Peter’s church. It’s a 1.3 mile walk but we stopped twice for Benediction. Our first stop was in Hansom park and our se…
A Visit from a Jubilarian
May 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today we had the wonderful fortune of meeting a Sister, a Servant of Mary, who is celebrating her 60th year as a Sister. Sr. J was so kind to take time out of her day to visit with my students. She was born in South Africa and came dressed in the …
Skyping Success!
May 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
When I began my teaching career many years ago, I never imaged that technology tools would come so far. The best technology we had, in college, were Apple IIes with floppy discs. Technology has come a long way! Today, we had a video chat with an A…
Skyping with Afghanistan
May 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Tomorrow we have an opportunity to Skype with a family friend of one of my students. He has begun a 6 month tour and has agreed to Skype with us! We have some good questions ready. We want to know about the weather, what he eats, and what his livi…
Serendipity
May 10, 2010 by 2 Comments
Or the story of a stubbed toe, the love of dogs and the Schwinn recumbent exercise bike. Our story begins on Wednesday morning. I was going through the garage to the deep freeze to get a pork tenderloin to defrost for Wednesday night dinner. I stu…
Poetry and Skype: Made For Each Other
May 7, 2010 by 2 Comments
Today we had another successful Skype call with Patti Harju’s 2nd graders in Grand Rapids, MI. This was the 3rd time we have Skyped with her students. Today St. Isidore of Seville, the patron Saint of the Internet, must have been smiling down at u…
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