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From Fixed Frameworks to Fluid Lessons: The Joy of Tailoring English Online

    After years of teaching in classrooms—and a brief detour running a mountain farm, where I disco...

A New Life on the Mountain Final Part Summer

Summer came hot and heavy to the mountain, and with it, the full weight of the season—and of the fa...

A New Life in the Mountains Part 3 Spring

Spring came slowly to the mountain. At first, we were still feeding from the silo, but the silage, ...

A New Life on the Mountain Part 2 Winter

Winter didn’t just arrive; it buried us. Each day began with the same backbreaking task: digging in...

A New Life on the Mountain Part 1: Autumn

Last September, my wife and I traded convenience for cows, moving to a small mountain in Ehime to l...