We spent another great weekend camping -- although the crowds of people and noise wasn't so fun dur...
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Part 2 : First camping trip of the autumn season
Our favorite activity as my student know is to go camping -- this is a follow up post with some of ...
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I had a few students request some information about my camping trip vacation : Day 1 5am wake up a...
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Learn about NOVA SCOTIA culture and special English vocabulary
Would you like to learn about my home province Nova Scotia? If yes ! -- I am offering two classes ...
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Dear Students, My apologies for not writing a blog for a long time --honestly our life hasn`t been ...
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Looking forward to Spring --upcoming events and other updates !
Hello Everyone ! Here is an update blog of our Jan - Feb events --- Well -- Jan and feb have been s...
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Hello Everyone ! Here is an update blog of our break --Christmas Dec 23-24 -- we had my mother in l...
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Christmas Virtual Church Choir -- Fall on Your Knees
This Christmas I had the wonderful opportunity to make music again with my musician friends back in...
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Eventful November -- Camping , road trips etc
Hello everyone ! Novemeber has been a busy month of camping, travel and many things in between. Lat...
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TRAVEL -- June ( IZU ) and July ( SOUTH NAGANO) trips
We`ve gone on a few trips over the last couple of months -- We had a nice trip to Shimoda, IZU in J...
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PART 2 : Favorite books read from Jan - July 2022
PART 2 : recommended reads from my list of 240 books read so far this year . SCIENCE FICTION : Kl...
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Learning something new -- PRIME TIME -- entering the midway of the 2nd stage of life
I am now 40 years old -- and almost half way through the second stage of life -- I am newly learnin...
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PART 1: My Favorite book reads so far this year from January - July 2022
Dear readers , These are my recommendations from my reads from Jan- July 2022 -- during that time I...
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Well folks, this has been an eventful year of travel for us again! We always have plans every month...
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Travel Abroad with me by letter ! -- Let`s Travel Together !
Hello everyone ! I would like to introduce my new lesson for upper intermediate and advanced studen...
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Cancer Pre-Screening Japan Vs. Canada
Today, I had my first set of Cancer pre-screening / prevention tests today. I had four cancer scre...
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I've become a Mountain Person - Urabandai trip
Hello Everyone ! When I lived in Canada I was definately a beach person , I loved going to the seas...
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My Favorite Reads of the Year ! Available on my Bookclub Lesson!
Hello Everyone ! Today I would like to share with you my favourite books I`ve read so far this year...
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New Books added to The Bookclub class ! My Renewed Hobby : Reading !!
Hey Everyone ! I have updated a few new books to the list for people to choose from for my bookclub...
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I got my first COVID- 19 Vaccination Shot!
Hello students, Today, I would like to write about my experience getting the first shot of COVID-19...
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3 best tourist places in Annapolis Valley area of Nova Scotia, Canada
The Annapolis Valley, in Nova Scotia's charming countryside, stretches northward from Digby and Ann...
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Anniversary weekend ! Best weekend ever.
Dear Students, Thank-you for your understanding while we took 4 days off to celebrate our wedding a...
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My Happy Belated Birthday Trip
This year like every year , my birthday falls on a national holiday in Japan, which 1. makes it dif...
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Tea or coffee ? The drink of choice for relaxation .
I'm going to be honest I'm a tea drinker and specifically green tea or herbal teas . One of my trav...
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What are you doing for Christmas ?
Hello Everyone !What are your plans for the Christmas Holidays? Currently we are undecided. We migh...
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Northern Kyoto -- Ama no Hashidate
After spending 1.5 days in Shiga prefecture at the beginning of our trip we took a 2.5 hour drive &...
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My Favorite Christmas books to read out loud !
Hey Everyone ! I`ve started a holiday reading class and writing letters to Santa class f...
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South Biwa lake (Shiga Prefecture) Adventures
Last week on Oct 21st we headed out on a short 5-6 day holiday. We drove about 5 hours to Shiga pre...
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The Pillow Book ( Makura No Soshi) Adventures
On our recent vacation we went to Kyoto and searched out differnt places that Sei Shonagon would ha...
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My Favorite books I have read/ listened too in 2020 ( so far... )
Hello Everyone! Well, So far 2020 has been an interesting year! One of the things I have gotte...
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