In the grand scheme of things a human life is little more than a blip on the timeline. My 80 years or so on the planet will be nothing. I know for some people the impacts of COVID-19 have been minimal. That is not the case for me. As an international educator COVID-19 not only impacted how we do our job, but it impacts our way of life. Most people become international educators not just…
As COVID-19 sank its teeth into Turkey, the government made a decision to move Spring Break up by three weeks, and then to move teachers and students into the realm of online learning after that. I had planned to spend my spring break within Turkey because I want to explore this beautiful country, which I call home, just as much as any other–if not more! Amazingly I was able to move all of our plans–rental…
This marks week three of work-from-home, or rather our current do-everything-from-home existence. I don’t know about you, but I am feeling diseased. No, I am not sick or ill, I have no symptoms of COVID or any other illness. But I have great dis-ease with the reality of our lives right now. I feel like the sea looked on Monday morning (featured image above)–rough, choppy, gray, and menacing. The first hour of my day has…