Monthly Archives: August 2022

“When we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.”

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Kate Stover

When I was deciding whether to come back to teach one more year, I realized that the part that I like best is not giving information, it’s getting questions – especially questions that I have never explored before with students. … Continue reading →

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“Americans, it turns out, smile more than any other society on earth.”

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Kate Stover

Susan Cain, whose book Quiet launched her career as the Patron Saint of Introverts ten years ago, has written a new book that validates English teachers, artists, and everyone who is drawn to sad stories. Her argument – that “sorrow … Continue reading →

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“She gave me a piece of gingerbread which was so generously spread with salt butter that the richness was too much for me and I couldn’t eat it.”

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Kate Stover

Molly Weier, who was born in 1910 in Glasgow, had her own definition of what it meant to be rich. To her, it was having real butter instead of margarine and spreading it generously. This is how someone in her … Continue reading →

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“I became a fine singer . . .in later years I was to be of great help to my husband with his song writing.”

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Kate Stover

As a fan of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, I was unaware of the role that Burns’ wife played with the development of his songs until I toured the home that he lived in at the time of his death … Continue reading →

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