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Graduation Speech

June 6, 2010, 3:55 pm by

Emma and I attended our second graduation ceremony here last week, and I gave my second graduation speech. I wrote the thing in English (as simple English as possible), translated it myself, and then got help from my Russian tutor to correct the mistakes. Then I practiced it for a week. My Russian’s improved over [...]

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April 16, 2010, 10:21 pm by

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Winter Wrap-Up: Our Snowy Town

April 1, 2010, 8:30 am by

Everyone here says this winter has been exceptionally snowy.  For that, I’m actually glad.  Without snow, winter here seems to be very brown, gray, and somewhat gloomy.  A good snowfall, however, gives our town an austere charm and turns my daily walk to school into an arctic trek. This February especially, snowfalls came one after [...]