Tag Archives: culture

Annoying Expressions

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Barb Knowles

When I was a teenager/young adult, a common expression when one was astounded or upset with news was “You’re kidding me!” Meaning, that’s crazy or horrible or wow, I can’t believe that happened. I used it all the time. It … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, Uncategorized | Tagged adults, age, culture, expressions, generational differences, generations, Humor, idiomatic expressions, life style, millennials, no problem, no worries, parents, teenagers | 29 Comments

25 Random Things I Like

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Barb Knowles

I’m stealing this idea inspired to write this from Paul who got the idea from Aaron who stole it from Jess. It’s looking like the 12 days of blogging, right? At any rate, I’m not up to listing 100 things, so here’s 25. people who … Continue reading →

Posted in humor | Tagged blogging, culture, funny, Humor, lists, opinion, personal choices, random thoughts | 21 Comments

Billboards and Catholics

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Barb Knowles

Did you know that no longer do people put billboards up with a bucket of glue, a brush and paper? I kid you not. I don’t know when it became an automatic thing. Techno-billboards. At any rate, almost every day … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged billboards, blogs, Catholicism, church, culture, holy spirit, Honda, Humor, Mass, religion, Roman Catholic, signs, spirit, welcome, welcome home | 7 Comments

The Shoe

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Barb Knowles

The last week of school I was driving to work and my line of traffic had to stop for a school bus on the other side of the road. I looked to my left and saw something in the road. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accidents, blogging, blogs, culture, fashion, horror, shoes, sinister, stories | 18 Comments

Neither Jesus Nor Rabbits Lay Colored Eggs

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Barb Knowles

What a strange holiday this is in the United States. I’m hoping that my friends and readers from other countries can tell me how you celebrate Easter. I have done absolutely no research on this. This is just an opinion … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catholicism, Christians, church, culture, Easter, Easter bunny, Easter eggs, Jesus, opinion, pagan, rabbits, secular, springtime | 35 Comments

In A Non-Niche Niche

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Barb Knowles

When I started this blog, I intended it to be about teaching. Particularly about the crazy things that happen in a classroom that are wholly unexpected and that education courses never talk about. Which would make a pretty good college … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, culture, ecuador, Education, essays, kichwa, memoir, niche, opinion, Peru, Quechua, TEACHING, United Nations, writing | 47 Comments

BICS is okay, but CALP? Forget it.

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Barb Knowles

Wait, what? I uttered this in our office the other day and everyone laughed. To help you understand why this could remotely be funny while not putting you to sleep instantly, here’s a quick, so-don’t-stop-reading, crash course on learning a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BICS and CALP, bilingual, culture, ecuador, ell, ENL, esl, high school, kichwa, language learning, languages, Spanish | 11 Comments

Top 5 Favorite Songs

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Barb Knowles

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I started a weekly series about my favorite books by genre. I started with Saneteachers’ Weekly Genre Feature-Fantasy and thanks to being a knucklehead and very ADD, I never wrote another genre … Continue reading →

Posted in music, Uncategorized | Tagged add, Adele, Blind Faith, blues, Cream, culture, Eric Clapton, favorite songs, Led Zeppelin, lifestyle, music, rock | 36 Comments

Hairdressers and Coincidences

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Barb Knowles

What are coincidences? Are they truly random events that have a personal meaning to us so that we connect two events and think “Oh wow! What a coincidence”? Or as my mathematician friends will undoubtedly say, is there a statistical … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alaska, bartenders, blogging, coincidences, culture, Elmendorf AFB, hairdressers, salons, storytelling, therapists | 34 Comments

Letting The Genealogy Out Of The Bottle

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Barb Knowles

“Mamoo, you have the same eyes and lips as this lady.” I responded to my grandson with “Wow.” Mamoo is the affectionate Gaelic word for grandmother, much like abuelita is the affectionate term in Spanish. I have always identified myself … Continue reading →

Posted in genealogy, Uncategorized | Tagged ancestors, culture, family, genealogy, history, Sarah Richards Bradley, Stephen Rowe Bradley, vermont, William Czar Bradley | 25 Comments