Subscribe
Commute Photos
Game Reviews
Archives
Other Places I Write
Dialect Magazine
Indie Game Mag
TechCoquette
I Heart Chaos (Game reviews on a fairly NSFW site!)
DIY Gamer
ThumbGods
All clipsA Torn Page: Anthology
-
Sponsors
Tag Archives: Bethie
My Sister The Pirate (Again)
My sister Bethie wrote on her own journal about shipboard customs, one of which warms my classicist heart: On another unrelated note, whenever we had all hand get togethers where we were toasting anything, we would toast, then pour one … Continue reading
My Sister The Pirate
My sister Bethie just returned from three months of sailing the high seas, so naturally when I got to talk to her tonight, I asked her all about her pirate life. “Did you call your friends, ‘me hearties’? Do you … Continue reading
Posted in ESL, teaching language
Tagged Bethie, ESL, mail, my sister Bethie, teaching, teaching language
3 Comments
Without Thanksgiving
I’m heartbroken that I’ll miss Thanksgiving at home this year. I love every part of the holiday, but especially the food and my family in all our dysfunctional glory. I love getting home on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Last year … Continue reading
Cheddar, edam, brie, gouda
When I’m traveling, I tend to blindly assume everything’s going to come out all right. There won’t be mice in this bathroom! Of course we’ll get off this island! Sure this is the right bus! But traveling with Zorro is … Continue reading
Bethie’s Artwork
Other people would just say “Meg, I broke your hanger” but my sister? She makes existentialist artwork and explains it in great detail. My sister left for America today, but her artwork will remain in my apartment for months to … Continue reading
Beijing Mecca
I really wanted to go see the Niu Jie mosque in Beijing, mostly because I was curious what Chinese-Muslim architecture would look like. It was on my list of cool places places to see when I went to Beijing with … Continue reading
Drum Tower
We went to the Drum Tower and climbed some more steep stairs. At the top, we saw an awesome show on huge old drums. (yes, that is the technical name for them) Unfortunately, Bethie couldn’t perform her solo here. There … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life
Tagged awesome, Bethie, China, chinese, hutong, latin, street food, tech
2 Comments
Meg and Beth on the Great Wall
This is my sister Bethie and me on the Great Wall of China. At the Great Wall, Stick and I did a impromptu skit. I talked a vendor halfway down and then said “I really want it, but my husband … Continue reading
Hot and Heavy
My air conditioner died. I know, I know, you were expecting this post to be all about Stick and how great he is and stick-figure romance and our trip to Beijing to pick up my sister and our visit the … Continue reading
Travel In China
Tonight I had my adult students. Now, I don’t really like teaching adults because they have all the idiosyncrasies of my middle school students (refusal to speak above a whisper, inability to separate “L” and “R” but an insistence that … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life
Tagged Bethie, British, China, chinese, Eric, games, Harry Potter, jEFF, my students, teaching, travel
5 Comments
