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Friendly, everyday English to help the anxious language learner. Texts, grammar notes, and photos on the blog page. Another great podcast by LibSyn.com
Friendly, everyday English to help the anxious language learner. Texts, grammar notes, and photos on the blog page. Another great podcast by...
I'm feeling really happy with myself at the moment. It's almost ten o'clock at night, and I have just finished a DIY project that has been (...
There are few things as relaxing as walking on a beach. I don't think many people would argue with that. And when I say "beach", it could me...
There is a place like no other for a brief get away from where I live. If you don't mind a twenty minute drive on a highway that goes into a...
It's already 2025. Can you believe it? The celebrations for the New Year came and went so fast! Typically I don't do much on New Year's Eve...
Lights, decorations, games, there are so many photos in my camera of the recent Christmas celebrations. For me, it is one of the best times...
The sky, when I woke up this morning, was a blurry white all over, not of snow, just a layer of cloud with the light of the sun behind it. I...
I wasn't sure, starting this podcast, about the title. "I love Turkey, part one" is very basic, and sounds like a child is saying it. But, h...
I have discovered a local (1)haunt that I have (2)made my own: Steamer's West. It's a cafe/ restaurant I can pop into in between my interpre...
Peace. Imagine this: a cool evening, a quiet street, no one around, birds already asleep in the darkened trees, a blanket on the grass, the...
"My soul has been tested today," is a saying that a friend of mine uses on a regular basis. Sometimes, when problems pile up, it feels that...
I'm sitting in the local library writing this podcast, and honestly, it is one of my favorite places to be. There are so many reasons to fee...
I thought I would start this podcast with a cheery English idiomatic phrase: (1)Things are looking up. This, (2)as you can probably imagine,...
Friendly, everyday English to help the anxious language learner. Texts, grammar notes, and photos on the blog page. Another great podcast by...
"I had no idea that there are so many!" I said to the lady in the garden who was busy cutting off dry flower heads. "Oh yes!" she said excit...
Shocking isn't it? If you can see this photo, I'm sure you will be thinking, "What a mess! What has Anna been up to?" It's renovation time,...
As I looked out of the kitchen window this morning, I was shocked but partly pleased to see a sheet of ice on the entryway to the back door....
A week ago I went on a drive to explore an area of Eastern Washington that I'm not familiar with at all. It was the rolling countryside nort...
Hello happy podcast listeners, I've missed you! However, I have resurfaced, as I have done in the past, with exciting news. I am going to ru...
What do you do on your lunch break? Some people barely have one; they have to quickly grab a snack, eat for a few minutes, and then continue...
Since my last podcast, I have started working full-time at a middle school. I am an eighth grade ELA and Social Studies teacher. ELA means E...
Winter is a special time. I suppose all of the seasons are. I find winter to be a struggle with disappointment which is relieved by exciting...
The frosty days of early winter are here, so most people are staying indoors. Covid, of course, has made that worse. However, everywhere I s...
Saddle rock is the name of one of the hills that overlooks Wenatchee. It's name comes from the fact that, from a distance, it looks like a h...
I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish my nurse's assistant training this summer because of Covid. The last part of the course was going...
The Goldfinch is the Washington State bird. I learned this from my enthusiastic mother-in-law, who was trying to encourage me to get a speci...
I've been busy for a few weeks, as you might have noticed. I didn't mean to abandon you, but I had to for a short while. As you can see from...
Spring is notorious(1) for changeable weather. Over the past month that is certainly what we have been experiencing. We have had hot, still...
Mother's Day in the U.S. is May 9th. It's supposed to be a day when people show their appreciation for their mothers in different ways. Some...
Online group chats have become so common in the recent few months. And is it any surprise? With so many people staying at home, and travel p...
One of the great distractions of this time of year are the dogwood trees. Like many other kinds of flowering trees, their display is brief b...
Here are some of my thoughts on the stay-at-home mandate because of the Coronavirus, and how I have been feeling about it. First of all, I m...
Staying close to home to exercise is one of the mandates that we have to follow to combat Covid-19. I see people biking, jogging, and walkin...
With all that is going on around the world with the Coronavirus, I have felt overwhelmed recently, probably you are too. If you are followin...
My son was flying home. Thank Goodness! He was coming back from Sevilla, Spain where he had been studying. "I'm really sad to be leaving, mu...
As I work in the schools in Wenatchee, I see, on a regular basis, all kinds of posters in the classrooms. They are designed to encourage the...
As I looked through my photos today of my recent holiday, I came across one of a bar in Sevilla. I hadn't gone inside, but I certainly did l...
The news is full, these days, of reports about the Coronavirus, now called COVID-19. There is a sense of panic in the reports, as we hear ab...
A couple of weeks ago, I took my son to Sevilla in Spain. He is staying there to study Spanish and the culture. What a place! I had been the...
Have you ever met anyone who is afraid of airports? If you have, he or she is probably a person who is not familiar with them. It takes a wh...
Have you ever heard of the word 'tacky'? This a word that I love. It's actually more of an American term than an English one. I thought abou...
When I walked into my mothers house yesterday I smelled something wonderful. "What is that smell mom?" I asked. "Well you know what that is,...
Have you heard of the phrase, "Small talk"? Can you guess what it is? I have been thinking about it for a few days, as my oldest son sent me...
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are the biggest times of celebration in the United States. New Year's Eve iin particular is a time of part...
Well, here are the grammar points for the podcast about me resisting the temptation to buy a cat. 1. To drag your feet. This gives a great v...
There are only eight days to go until Christmas including today, so people are rushing around trying to get the last few things organized. M...
Here are some super useful grammar points from the last podcast. 1. A few ......... apart. This can be used with different measurements: tim...
"Ow!" I said to myself, as the pharmacist put the needle in my upper arm. I hadn't expected the vaccination to hurt. It wasn't a regular one...
I love stones, rocks, and crystals. I always have. I wouldn't say that I am a student of geology, but nevertheless, that subject does fascin...
1. 'To put your toe in the water' means to test something, to very carefully have a look, or try something out. a. When I first started my p...