the gang plus one husband and two kids home for dinner. glad they came. the day was not a total washout after all.
a very nice morning today. dewy. drops kept falling onto our faces and arms as bro drove me to the bus. frosted windows.

things are looking up.







waiting for summer. pomegranates. very oriental. very my name is red. fruit salad time.






reading teesta's manga shakespeare version of romeo and juliet. liking it. plan to use it next year to design a unit on the bard. also thinking of using excerpts from the original, some abridged peices and baz luhrmann's william shakespeare's romeo+juliet. should be fun.

here is a review of the book - readingyear.blogspot.com

the cover looks thus: