Phone numbers in Kyrgyzstan are six digits long; sometimes they write them as two sets of six digits, sometimes as three sets of two. My phone number this summer can be written 52 25 48 or 522 548. I've chosen the first way because I think it's… more »

At 11:30 a.m. I met with the Kenje, the director of The London School, the location where our students will be taking classes. Wow, she is one smart cookie: not only is she intellectually on the ball in regards to language and teaching methodology,… more »

I've finally done my unpacking and got the feel for some of the items in the place. Do observe my Soviet-era telephone, and how do you like those Disney princess stick-ons? No wonder I love this apartment. [image:147:] and my clothes hangers that… more »

I've often wondered just how much bandwidth a Skype call takes. I just got off a 47 minute call with Kathleen, both video and audio. It took only 72 megabytes of data. The system had automatically reduced the video load, I think, to compensate for… more »

My friend Carla just posted to Facebook a comment that she doesn't care for poetry, mostly. I rarely read poetry, but I once heard a recording of Edna St. Vincent Millay reading "Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies." The recording was from a… more »