An important household conference, and Emily is front-and-center for the discussion.
Month: April 2015
Spring Semester: Done
The end of the term. . . finally. The spring term is a notoriously breathless run from January through to April every year. The semester starts a bit early down here, and it is relatively unbroken by vacation days. The exception to this rule is, of course, spring break, but, this term, it did not …
In search of the perfect crust. . .
A few years ago, Stephen and I visited Spain. It was quite an experience. I had enough of a working knowledge of Spanish, gained through many increasingly distant years studying the language, and Stephen, a merchant marine, had all kinds of expereince getting by in foreign environments without language proficiency. Of course, one of the …