About me: I’m a San Diego high school teacher, flamenco dancer, writer, and artist who speaks French, Mandarin, and Spanish and grew up making everything because I had eccentric and stubborn Renaissance immigrant parents. I also love the ocean, […]
Teachers give too much during the school year. They call it “empathy burnout.” It used to be just teaching the material in an effective and equitable way, but now it’s about policing mental health, phones, social skills, learning difficulties, […]
Sometimes I imagine that I’m in a shiny red kung fu robe and about to face off with my most fearsome enemies. I think about how I come from a long dynasty of kick ass women who overthrew Tang […]
What inspires you? What images and stories fascinated you as a child? Were there dragons? Ships?Treasure? Magic? Wizards? St Exupery’s Little Prince says: “And It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is […]
Welcome to my blog about DIY world crafts, travel, foreign languages, nature, food, raising a Renaissance kid, and other antiquarian pursuits. From teaching foreign languages (French, Mandarin, and Spanish) to dancing flamenco in Spain and diving with sharks in […]