Blinded by Beleaf
Image by Grant Osborne Osaka, Japan – A trip to the Body Shop proved near fatal for one American man on Tuesday when a bottle of their “Beleaf”fragrance sprayed sideways into the right eye of Marlen...
View ArticleFinding the Right Words
The television has been turned off, the lights in the living room have dimmed. The rain has stopped falling, and there is no sound. I lay down on the soft bedroom carpet, feeling the fibers against my...
View ArticleGive Mary Gods
Having grown up in South Florida, the land of “the third exodus” as I like to call it (the first was when the Jews left Egypt, the second was when they arrived in New York, and the third was the …...
View ArticleThe Power of “No”
“Maybe she didn’t even realize it,” I tell myself, “maybe she was so concerned about what she was saying that she didn’t stop to consider how she was saying it in this draft.” As she previously...
View ArticleThe Closet in the Classroom
On my first day as a university teacher in Western Japan, I entered the classroom and felt both a flurry of excitement and wave of heated fear. “Would they like me?” I wondered. “Will they accept me?”...
View ArticleThe First Life of Edison Hartwell
(from The Five Lives of Edison Hartwell) It's difficult to say when the first life of Edison Hartwell began. For although an official birth certificate lists a time and date, many who knew him found...
View ArticleThe English Teacher: About these stories
So you've been reading some of the stories from The English Teacher and no doubt wondering, "What's this nonsense, then?" In short, I'm still not sure. I wrote stories inspired by my experiences...
View ArticleThe English Teacher: Ghost House
I arrive to my new home at around 8pm after a 1 hr drive form the airport. I am sleepy, hungry, bewildered and ecstatic at the same time, but after my recent bon voyage proceedings, this is actually...
View ArticleThe English Teacher: Tomodachi
Excerpt from Book 1, Japan; Part 2, Tomodachi (Friends) I Hope We Can Be Friends As I finish my lesson Makiko is waiting for me outside room 13. She is wearing green horn-rimmed glasses, bright-red...
View ArticleThe English Teacher: Strawberry Cockroach
Excerpt from Book 1, Japan; Part 1, Hajimeru (Beginning) As any learner of a foreign language knows, it is sometimes challenging to remember the meanings of words, not to mention the pronunciation. As...
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