An Afternoon of Poetry and Music with Friends

An Afternoon of Poetry and Music with Friends

On Saturday, January 24, twenty folks from the San Ramon area gathered at the home of Barbara Thompson and Fil Silbey to enjoy a delightful afternoon of poetry and music. Johann Benavides, a poet and local Spanish teacher, read English translations of his poems from...
What’s All the Buzz? Why, a Spelling Bee, of Course!

What’s All the Buzz? Why, a Spelling Bee, of Course!

At the end of June, I had the distinct pleasure of getting to learn a bit more about my community and my neighbors when I was invited to be a judge in the English Fest Spelling Bee and Celebration at La Union Elementary School in Palmares where I live. In Costa Rica,...