http://www.bibliogrind.com A Writer & His Words . . . Working Their Way Around the World Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a one-on-one lesson with a student from a large Czech company. He's a nice guy in his late fifties, likes to travel, eat, drink, be merry. He doesn't use English for his job, but wants to keep his skills on the same level just for foreign travel. Last ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/03/04/doctors-orders/ Going to a yoga class WITH someone is more fun than flying solo, I think. This is one reason why I haven't practiced yoga in a class-like environment. But Asia has been a yogi for some years now, and has a yoga instructor's certificate. We decided to start going ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/03/01/yoga-sunday/ Last weekend Asia and I hung out at my place. The sun shined through the windows, but it was cold outside. What a good time for the little fox to sift through my little library. While Asia explored, I worked on my novel. What a fabulous muse! The book selection is ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/25/books-in-the-house/ Today at 2.48, Asia turns 30-something years old. She's ecstatic. Or, at least I'm ecstatic for her ... because I got to buy her presents! This is Asia admiring my home-made birthday card. This is Asia using her birthday gift(s). I use the plural because at this point in life Asia still ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/18/asias-birth-anniversary/ Prague saw the sun last Sunday ... no pun intended. Asia and I went for a walk because that what you do in a Prague winter that seldom gives you sunlight. Vysehrad is the old castle (as if Prague Castle's A.D. 900 origins aren't old enough) that sits atop a cliff ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/18/vysehrad-walk/ East Is East by T. Coraghessan Boyle Part farce, part satire, part love story, Boyle takes us to the heart of the American South, with all its chiggers and mullets and swamps and perfect American English, to tell a story about a Japanese who's jumped ship, trying to find help in ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/17/books-lately-read/ By Friday, Prague is supposed to get 40 cm of snow. Sounds fun. Not if these City Numpties can't figure out how to use a plow, though. But today while walking from the flat to the metro, I was thinking how nice a winter it's been: lots of snow in the ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/09/winter-snows-on-and-on/ While in Mt Dora, Florida, over winter break á la Americana, I picked up a pair of wine stoppers at a craft shop. The rule of thumb for gifts is "buy the indigenous art". Therefore: alligator stoppers. Guess why this is the HIS ...  ... and this is the HERS: http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/08/his-her-wine-stoppers/ Saturday afternoon I brought Asia to my flat for a "home cooked" lunch. We basically made her now-famous toast, but in the traditional way: baked in the oven (an appliance which she doesn't have at her flat). It was a sunny day and yellow rays burst through the kitchen sheers, basting ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/08/toast-at-my-flat/ Salaam! Last Sunday Asia took me along to a dinner part, hosted by her student, Parisia. She's from Iran and, along with her husband, Ahem, they're hanging out in Prague for awhile. Parisia writes Persian novels, though I'm not sure what kind (we never got into the whole "what do you ... http://www.bibliogrind.com/2010/02/08/persian-night/