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Muna

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About Me

There's nothing so grand. I traveled and taught in many different countries, including Hungary and the Middle East. I teach ESL. I play the clarinet, piano and the cello. I love to read and go to the cinema. I would LOVE to go to Montenegro.

My Interests

World travel and foreign languages, especially German.

I'd like to meet:

Barry Morse (actor) Yo-Yo Ma (cellist) Richard Weiss (cellist) Hilary Hahn (violin genius)

Music:

Beethoven, Beethoven, Beethoven!!!!!oh, and this "Cello Rondo"
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Movies:

The IllusionistNo Rules

Television:

I don't watch it anymore. It's all rubbish. BUT... I adored the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series......
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Books:

Robertson Davies' The Deptford Trilogy, ANYTHING about Sherlock Holmes

Heroes:

The late Jeremy Brett,ANDone of my dear colleagues at school... I'll give you a hint: he teaches Social Studies.

My Blog

And ANOTHER day off tomorrow too!

Yes, unbelievable!!!!  Due to the frigid weather the Cleveland district has shut school for tomorrow too!  That includes us!I'm getting ample time to recover from my vacation.  However,...
Posted by Muna on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

No school tomorrow!!!!! SNOW day (without the snow)!

What a surprise!  "Big C" just called and said he is closing school tomorrow because of the coooooooooold weather.  That's good!  Cleveland schools are all being shut tomorrow.  If...
Posted by Muna on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:23:00 PST

Back from Cayman again/Hilary Hahn in Cleveland

Well, two trips to Cayman in 2 months!  Amazing!The weather was warm and sunny!  Now it's freeeeeezing cold in Cleveland.  Last night we attended Hilary Hahn's concert at Severance Hall...
Posted by Muna on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:05:00 PST

Brunch with "B" and family

The New Year's Eve brunch that was cancelled by the fruh-fruh restaurant was rescheduled for today at 11:00...today, a MISERABLE, COLD and RAINY day... ugh.Ed more or less dominated the conversation a...
Posted by Muna on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:33:00 PST

Praxis IIIs are coming!

Oh!  "DM" was already called for his Praxis IIIs!  "B", his mentor, said, "I don't think he is ready."I went to a working lunch with "RL", my mentor, and workshopped one of my lesson plans.&...
Posted by Muna on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:53:00 PST

B's own Monticello

B and Mrs B insisted that I come to their house for brunch anyway, so I did.  I made, from scratch, a cheesecake with cherry glaze and a border of cherries around the edge and a few in the middle...
Posted by Muna on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:24:00 PST

Away for ages

I know I have been away for ages...  But I still have been rather unwell.  (Malaria?  I wonder!!!)  I don't even want to set foot at the doctor's...not with our crummy health plan....
Posted by Muna on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:26:00 PST

15 Days until Beethoven's Birthday

Beethoven's Birthday has always been like a HOLY DAY to me and for years and years I have made some sort of observance.  About 6 years ago I started having a formal dinner party and soiree. ...
Posted by Muna on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:44:00 PST

Two days of hell

On Thursday I wanted to talk to "RL" again about the mentoring thing.  We had had that talk a couple of times before she was out for illness.  I know I talked to her about it the day she was...
Posted by Muna on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:51:00 PST

So busy/"B" HONORED (he said)

I am leaving the USA in 4 days and I am not ready!  I am frantically trying to sort out everything before I go. Today was SUSHI day for "J" and I AND I invitied "K, the Violinist" too.  No f...
Posted by Muna on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:59:00 PST