Heat Wave

Shhhhh. I’m in hiding. Technically, I’m just keeping a low profile in my basement, since we’ve finally broken into the true summer weather. It’s going to be more than 30 Celsius today, just like it was yesterday, and we’re supposed to keep riding this wave of glorious heat for at least a week. It’s arrived…

Would You Trade?

This post stems from a conversation I had with my colleagues in the English department at my junior/senior high school earlier this month. After marking a common writing assessment where students were asked to describe a talent they wished they possessed if they could have any ability that appealed to them, we started talking about…