Bonjour from Lac du Bois, where even if the little kids are having a blast, some of them will refuse to smile for a group photo Coming ...

I know, I know.  I don't need any more books.  (Non-packrat, non-teacher husband nods his head vigorously while bookcases cower in fea...

Saturday afternoon, small town in northern Minnesota, gas station.  My friendly mother smiles and says " merci " to the lady who h...

Griffin and Gwyneth in front of their school, Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer I sent my second grader and preschooler to school yesterday and t...

Ten years ago this day, before I became a mother, while I was still working full time as a French teacher, I wrote my first post on Brin...

Griffin, now age eight, just this morning learned to write il y a  [there is/there are] instead of ils yas [they…uh…what?] .  His teache...

I might not have posted for three months, but I promise that I'm still speaking exclusively French with my kiddos!  And leading a monthl...

The curse of having been an ESL/EFL teacher is that I am still compelled to collect and keep examples of American culture and English langu...

I hate soccer. Je déteste le foot. Griffin, par contre, adore le foot. No, wait, that's too strong.  Rather, I am ambivalent abou...

Okay, so now you have listened to more French alphabet songs than you'd ever thought possible .  Enough listening!  You won't learn ...