Where have you been?

It is finally bright and sunny in Warsaw today but it seems that winter has returned. Right outside our window, on the sixth floor, our thermometer says that is is -9C (or 15F for you standard types) and the ground is covered in snow! Okay, at ground level it is probably only like -5C and the 'high' today should be -2C but its still really cold. This especially when Los Angeles is right around 20C (~70F), as it has been since Chirstmas.

Funny thing about the word weather is trying to explain why the word whether is pronounced exactly the same but menas something completely different. How about poor, pore, and pour too. Last week one of my female students announced in class that she had learned a new, funny word from her Irish friend. 'Kunte' she said with a smile. Her pronunciation was excellent but I obviously had to correct her spelling.

This is a photo of what the Colorado River is like in summer at the Water Wheel Resort. Boats, jet skis, wakeboarding, and warm warm sunshine.