by Tammy Davis | Mar 30, 2012 | Daily dose
By the time you read this, I should be whiling away the hours in France. Although I will technically be vacationing, rest assured that I expect to gather loads of fodder for this blog. Opportunities for communications faux pas always abound when languages collide, but...
by Tammy Davis | Mar 29, 2012 | Daily dose
I can hardly believe that a year ago today, I launched this blog. In the real world, a year really isn’t a long time, but in this fast-paced virtual society, that’s practically an eternity. Most bloggers abandon their efforts after a few months or weeks,...
by Tammy Davis | Mar 28, 2012 | Daily dose
You’re welcome. We don’t think about what those words really mean when we casually drop them following an expression of gratitude. In fact, in many cases we don’t even say them at all. We’ve replaced them with phrases like no problem, sure, and...
by Tammy Davis | Mar 27, 2012 | Daily dose
Whoa, Nellie. This morning I received the following text message from a local news outlet: 97.3 WMEE: BREAKING NEWS: All Southwest Allen County Schools are on lock down due to shooting in the area. Stay tuned 4 more details on this story as they break. As a parent...
by Tammy Davis | Mar 26, 2012 | Daily dose
When I wrote Beyond your ZIP code a week or so ago, I thought my passion for international youth exchange had been rekindled. Boy, was I wrong. Last Saturday I took part in the International Youth Exchange Expo that started this discussion. I represented one of four...
