Eskişehir, Türkiye Wednesday (Çarşamba) 26 November (Kasim) 2024 Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensationDarkness stirs and wakes imaginationSilently the senses abandon their defenses Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendorGrasp it, sense it, tremulous and tenderTurn your face away from the garish light of dayTurn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling lightAnd listen to the music of… Continue reading Songs without words
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Canada Slim and the Final Curtain
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 25 August 2017 Back in May an employer of mine and I made an agreement: The school didn’t want me to work for them and I didn’t wish to work for the school. The position was ended to our mutual satisfaction and with little discomfort on either side. Despite my age diminishing my abilities of… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Final Curtain
Thus endeth the lesson
This coming Monday I will be thinking about a woman I have never met who will teach for the first time my last student whom she has never met. Final lesson of my teaching career until October (and maybe final one of all?) took place yesterday evening. My private student in Weinfelden (See: No smile… Continue reading Thus endeth the lesson