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What’s in hand?

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

As a child, I loved salted licorice. I frequently pestered my mother to get me some (although I don’t recall how well I succeeded – or failed). When I was around five years old, she gave me some coins and pointed me at the store. “Go in there and buy it yourself,” she said. “I […]

My Spelling Bee-related story (Gimme dat ding)

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Belfry Theatre’s production of Spelling Bee prompts a reminiscence of learning English, …and confronting the dreaded th-sound.

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