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| with love from England and Newfoundland via Riviére-du-Loup (Christmas 2010) |
Dear friends and family,
Another year, another Christmas letter.
Unfortunately, the fact that it’s being written at the last minute from the
other side of the world (what else is new?) means that I risk infringing on the
privacy of those nearest and dearest to me. (Sorry, daddy, but by the time you’d
proofread this, I’ll be in Bangkok
Mom is working, singing, and “computer-ing”
with confidence. (Now, to convince her and dad to join Facebook.) She is my
source of information on everything familial, arts and culture, and
Regina-related. My teachers can’t get over how わかい (young) and きれい
(beautiful) she is.
Dad hunts (______), shoots (______), kills
(______) and provides for his (_______) family/deer/pucks/zombies. He continues
to maintain a mustache and a fleet of Hondas, neither of which fails to impress
my elementary and junior high school students.
John is a moneyman by day and a wildman by
night. If you haven’t heard his band’s latest stuff, you should: http://thewildmen.bandcamp.com/ Most
of my female students are in love with him. わかりません (I don’t know why.)
Scott is a student, philosopher, and
concerned citizen. He takes after his older brother in his ability to
impressively articulate his complex criticisms and concerns about the world. My
students call him “Scott-o.”
When I’m not Skyping my family, I’m whipping
up worksheets and surprising students, hiding out in my teeny-tiny apartment getting
domestic with my one stove-top burner and combination microwave/convection oven,
or listening to CBC Radio podcasts in the great outdoors while pondering my
bizarre but blessed existence.
In less than six hours, I’m off to Thailand
to throw a bikini on a sun-starved body fueled for the past month by spicy
chili, homemade eggnog, creamy green curry (none of which I made – I have good neighbors!),
rich restaurant food, fudge, and peppermint brownies. (Fun fact: some Japanese
people don’t care for peppermint or root-beer because the flavours remind them
of medicine.)
With dreams of English Christmas Eve church services and
Christmas Day movies, beach parties, meditation, snorkeling, and elephant
rides, this Christmas could be my weirdest yet, but here's hoping it’s a merry little one, nevertheless.
And, of course, I wish the same for you!
Lots of love,
Echo
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| with love from China, America, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, and the Philippines (who'd I miss?) via Japan |
