One of my New Year's resolutions was to keep up to date with my blogging. Of course we all know that New Year resolutions are for breaking, but with the best will in the world I couldn't drag myself to the computer on January 1st, in fact due to a combination of business, tiredness and […]

1,437 people took part in my Christmas quiz. I don't know how they all got on, but I do hope they enjoyed it more than my husband's Aunt who stayed with us over Christmas. Now remember I prepared the quiz for ESL/EFL learners from other countries, but she never completed it even though she tried […]

Now, I am not going t0 name and shame like some blogs do - I know, boring, boring. But, suffice to say that somewhere in Germany there is an American style bar. After a hefty evening's Christmas shopping my husband and I were in need of some sustenance. We both fancied a burger and being […]

Some of you may have guessed by now that I'm not your average, run of the mill English teacher. My philosophy is - If you're not having fun, something's wrong. With that in mind I opened the Pal Talk room today using the Christmas song - Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer as the topic. I think […]

This week I read a Russian story. The Dun Horse Part One Long ago there was an old man who had three sons. The older sons were strong and handsome, they looked after the farm, but the youngest, was a crippled simpleton whom people called 'Ivan the Fool', he just sat all day by the […]

This is a true story. Anyone who runs a web site will be able to tell you how often they are attacked by viruses, trojans and worms. I am no exception, despite the fact that my sites are small, friendly and free to use I get my fair share of rubbish from the bored and […]