“If you would be known,
and not know,
vegetate in a village;
if you would know,
and not be known,
live in a city”
Charles Caleb Colton

"Two things
are bad for the heart
running up stairs
and running down people."
Bernard Baruch

"Truth, like light, blinds.
Falsehood, on the contrary,
is a beautiful twilight
that enhances every object."
Albert Camus

"A life is not
sufficiently elevated
for poetry,
unless, of course,
the life has been
made into an art."
Mark Strand

"Frisbeetarianism
is the belief that when you die,
your soul goes up on the roof
and gets stuck."
George Carlin

"The red balloon
follows Pascal through
the streets of Paris..."
The_Red_Balloon

"As a viewer,
the minute I start
getting confused,
I check out
of the movie.
Emotionally,
I'm severed."
Quentin Tarantino

"Digital for storage and quickness.
Analog for fatness and warmth."
Adrian Belew

Some Joaquinn and Elliott videos

Bubbles!

In about 12 years this might be the most embarrassing thing on the internet. At least in the eyes of two teenaged boys.


Bragging to your friend

Joaquinn lets Elliott know about his accomplishment earlier in the day


Sliding boys

Elliott and Joaquinn sliding down the double slide. Checka is suppose to catch Elliott, but kind of misses.

Slide!

Johanna and Joaquinn sliding down the slide


francesca

Greetings,

I hosted an "Italian Dinner" last weekend; the Foreign Teachers dutifully ascended the floors to Apartment 903.
Photo: From left to right:Jim (Canada), Zac (Wisconsin), John, (Minnesota), Linda (Canada), Kevin (New Mexico), Charles (a Christian Brother from the Bronx), Ruth (China), Mary Jane (Indiana)

Plenty of "Italian" songs that evening including "On an Evening in Roma" by Dean Martin",

Feel free to sing-a-long.

Be well,

Kevin