Tag: Africa

• Travel for Beginners

  I know almost nothing about soy sauce. I know I like to dip my sushi rolls into it and I know that the colored tops of the soy sauce bottles on the tables in Asian restaurants denote whether the soy sauce is regular (red) or low sodium (green). I know it is one of the…

  michardillo

  February 7, 2016

  Essay

  A Moveable Feast, A Week in Winter, Africa, Asia, Asian, Bangladesh, Baton Rouge, Beryl Markham, British, Circling the Sun, Ernest Hemingway, Europe, Hadley Richardson, Ireland, Irish, Kenya, Kirstin Chen, Louisiana, Maeve Binchy, Memphis, Monroe, Nell Freudenberger, New Orleans, Paula McLain, pub, reading, Singapore, soy sauce, Soy Sauce for Beginners, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, The Newlyweds, The Paris Wife

• The Adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  It’s halfway through the second quarter of the school year and I’ve finally reached my favorite part of 8th grade literature, the beginning of an extended unit on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First we read his short story, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, which serves as a warm-up to third quarter when we take…

  michardillo

  December 6, 2015

  Essay

  8th grade, A Study in Scarlet, Africa, Agatha Christie, Belgian Congo, Body of Proof, Bones, C. Auguste Dupin, Columbo, Dr. House, Dr. Joseph Bell, Dr. Watson, Edgar Allen Poe, England, Heart of Darkness, Hercule Poirot, Joseph Conrad, literature, Monk, Perry Mason, Psych, Queen Victoria, Rizzoli and Isles, Scotland, Sean Spencer, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, teaching, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Great Mouse Detective, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mentalist, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mysteries of Laura, Victorian Era, Vienna, Walt Disney

• Living and Loving Life as a Lifelong Learner

  My summer break is coming to a close; I am just one short work week away from my teacher orientation days that precede the start of each new school year. Next weekend at this time, I will be of course putting together my weekly essay as part of my “essay a week for one year”…

  michardillo

  August 16, 2015

  Essay

  A Lady Writing, Africa, Beryl Markham, Circling the Sun, Da Vinci, Ginerva de’ Benci, Girl with a Pearl Earring, learning, lifelong learner, Mona Lisa, National Gallery of Art, Paula McLain, Princess Anne, summer break, teaching, The Girl with the Red Hat, The Paris Wife, Tracy Chevalier, Vermeer