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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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STILL HERE
Swamped in study. This week’s unit is twice as big as any other. I have completed all the reading and all five of the quiz’s and the peer presentation for this week’s unit of study for my TEFL qualification – next I have two assignments to complete by Sunday. All about grammar – which frankly…
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PERSONALLY
One of the questions I received before I left for Christmas was how do I get so much done. Blogging almost every day and studying and farming and running a home.
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HIDING IN A BUSH
We have windy wet weather today. Still in the Hawkes Bay winter, I come from Hawkes Bay in New Zealand and our Illinois weather is so much like home that I am wondering how they cope with this infernal mud!
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CHUBBY CHOPS
I often find things when I examine images in the morning as I prepare them for publication. I think that is a jacket? On the post behind the peacock. I know exactly where my one work jacket is so it must be the woodcutters!
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A QUESTION FOR YOU
So, I am writing a lesson plan this week for my course in teaching English as a Second Language. I have a question for you.
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