2014-11-13 03:55
Why do I write songs? I've been absorbed by songwriting since I was around thirteen years old. When the Beatles hit the stage on the Ed Sullivan… Read More
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A blog about teaching in China
2014-10-04 10:20
Westerners going to a Chinese theater movie theater is quite the experience. Chinese theaters often play western movies but they have differences which are a change of movie experience for t… Read More
2014-10-03 01:31
As a teacher in China we are sometimes oblivious to the opportunities that western companies are finding in China. We come as educators and have a directive to teach our pupils the bes… Read More
2014-06-27 03:37
When you are a music teacher working in China or other places, such as international schools, you often will find yourself with few, if any, materials to work with. I found this true w… Read More
2014-06-12 02:35
Wherever I've lived, I've looked around and seen my neighbors and reflected on who they are and what part of society they are from. I suppose that's the bit of soci… Read More
2013-10-30 07:59
In 2010 I moved to Suzhou, China and immediately was confronted with what must be one of the longest running smog alerts I had ever experiences. I had lived in LA m… Read More
2013-08-27 04:01
How does the mind work? What jogs your memory and directs it a certain way? I live in the Clifford Estates, Panyu, Guangzhou, China and ride the… Read More
2013-08-09 07:45
When I arrived in China in October of 2010 I was whisked from the Shanghai airport to Suzhou in the middle of the night. I couldn't see much other than freeway… Read More
2013-07-30 00:49
For people in the United States and many western countries socialized retirement came into being in the 20th century and caused a revolution in the way families deal… Read More
2013-07-25 06:24
In 1974-5-6 my family and I were living in Eugene, Oregon. I had just gotten off the road working with my group Johnny Golden and the Family Jewels and I was looking to continue in… Read More
2013-07-16 04:03
I came to teacher in China in the fall of 2010. As a teacher in an international school I had a mix of many children from throughout the world. That is t… Read More
2013-07-15 02:34
When you wake up in the morning and you are lucky enough to live in a place where the birds still sing at daybreak you know that God has provided the inspiration of… Read More
2013-07-12 06:09
So often songs are written which don't really have a true "subject", meaning a specific and exact person or direct purpose from which the song takes inspiration.&nbs&hell…Read More
2013-07-06 11:53
We had just moved to Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach, California (California Street and I occasionally would ride the bus to my job at South Coas… Read More
2013-06-27 10:20
When I was a boy growing up in Portland, Oregon I would sit in front of the TV each Saturday morning and watch the cartoons that would continue till early afternoon. &nbs&hell…Read More
2013-06-17 04:45
When I had moved to Guam in 1990 the common question by most of my friends in the US states was, "what is Guam?" Of course they also said, "where is Guam?"&nbs&hell…Read More
2013-04-19 23:30
In the early 60s my family, father, mother, and two brothers were living in Portland, Oregon. On one occasion that I clearly remember a friend of my m… Read More
2013-03-22 03:35
In August of 1993 my family moved back to Guam. Actually that is not totally true. My daughter moved simultaneously to a job in Phuket, Thailand while we move… Read More
2013-03-19 08:27
In 1989 I got my first job teaching music. The school was Orchard Hill Elementary School in the Phoenix-Talent School District in southern Oregon. &nbs&hell…Read More
2013-03-07 03:03
In 1993-4 I was working at Tamuning Elementary School in Guam as the music specialist for grades 2-5. I shared office space with a teacher of advanced learners for… Read More
2013-03-05 02:49
Why do I write songs? I've been absorbed by songwriting since I was around thirteen years old. When the Beatles hit the stage on the Ed Sullivan… Read More
2012-05-29 19:49
One of the interesting things about a big school like Suzhou Singapore International School is that it has a budget for dealing with all aspects of teacher's visa needs. Because I had… Read More
2012-05-21 03:16
I had arrived at Suzhou Singapore International School the second week of October. School had been going since the middle of August so all the classes that I had were late to begin.The… Read More
2012-05-16 20:37
I had stayed in contact with my Chinese friend who had greeted me the first day in Suzhou. That late night mishap was now a standing joke between us. She, her fiancee, and their… Read More
2012-05-11 20:50
By the second week in Suzhou I had met a Chinese friend who invited me to go to church at a Christian church. Let me say first of all that I was totally surprised by finding an outgoin… Read More
2012-05-10 01:40
The phrase "on the bus" means many things to people. For some it might mean buying into a particular program, following while the leader steers you and others toward a destination whic… Read More
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