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from husband Bill, May 5, 2026

Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day. May 4 to May 8, 2026, is National Teacher Appreciation Week. (It's the first full week in May.) I was a teacher twice in my life. 1. While working as an "all-purpose" journalist (reporter, writer, editor, photographer, page designer) for a daily newspaper in upstate New York in 1989 and 1990, my boss asked me to be a guest speaker for one journalism class at a nearby high school. I declined, but my boss then told me that I'm doing it, so I did it. I had a good time talking about journalism with those kids. 2. In July 1981, when I was 20 years old, I was a golf instructor/counselor-in-training at a famous golf school in North Carolina for three weeks. I taught golf to adults for one week and then children for two weeks. I attended the school/camp almost every summer from age 11 in 1972 to age 19 in 1980. The ages for the kids camp is 10 (formerly 8) to 18. I was given special permission to attend as a "camper" when I was 19 years old.

Teaching is one of the highest-paid professions. There are more millionaire teachers than millionaire lawyers. It's true.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dave-ramsey-more-millionaire-teachers-145901564.html

from husband Bill, May 5, 2026

My favorite hoagie is turkey, preferably smoked, and provolone cheese with mustard and mayonnaise with a dusting of ground black pepper. I will sometimes add pickled jalapeño peppers or pickled banana peppers.

from husband Bill, May 5, 2026

My paternal grandfather grew up in Porto, Portugal, and came to the United States when he was a teenager. He had forgotten how to speak Portuguese. In his older age, he had a stroke and then was able to speak Portuguese again. At this moment, I question whether he really forgot or if he just never spoke it throughout his life. I remember him speaking it once. Maybe there was never an opportunity for him to speak it. Hmm.

from husband Bill, May 5, 2026

From 2002 to 2011, I was an editor and page designer for the supermarket tabloids, specifically Star, Globe, National Examiner, and National Enquirer magazines, in Boca Raton, Florida. I became friends with a gent there who was an editor with the British version of Globe magazine. He told me that he was a cartoonist. He drew the comic "Bizarro." I don't think he wrote the text. (I checked online to discover two "Bizarro" comics; I don't know which one he drew.)

from husband Bill, May 5, 2026

A chipotle is a smoked and usually dried jalapeño pepper.

from husband Bill, May 5, 2026