Hi all...still struggling with old computers to get some pictures up for you.

My first day of classes this morning, went well. We are assigned homeroom groups. Mine are all girls! They're really good kids, and all my classes went well. We talked literature, Shakespeare, I read a Ted Kooser poem to them, a lovely poem about his grandmother (babca)...As you'd expect, there are engaged kids & those who hang around the margins picking up the pieces.

Food continues to be remarkable. Last night for supper, the first we had with the kids (110 overall) the cooks did up these great crepes slathered with chocolate, plenty of fresh strawberries, golden raisins & stuffed with some kind of cheese. A little Polish ham and the ubiquitous tomatoes & sliced cucumbers on the side completed the picture. Their potatoes are creamy yellow; they say it's because they only fertilize them with manure, no irrigation, no synthetic fertilizers

For those who've been to Folklore Village, the experience resembles a festival. We have committees who agree to organize sports, music, craft, drama, etc activities. Tomorrow I'm going to help do American football. Tonight there's a scavenger hunt for all the students, with homeroom groups competing.

I'm still jetlagged, most of the time exhausted, but getting by with it.

Pictures coming soon -- though because of the speed of the internet, not many!