Linguistics, Art, etc.

Fiorella linguistic ear strikes again! That new character on Doc Martin--her accent was right on, but her attitude was a stereotype and her reference to her homeland as "America" was off base. We call ourselves "Americans," but refer to our country of origin as "the United States." 

For some reason or other, Fio's Russian has been popping up every now and then. Wouldn't it be great if more of her Rooski yazeek came back? Hmm...wonder what it was that made her dip into her language-loving past.

Your girl is working hard on her art studio, clearing out boxes, then taking in yet more loads. Yes, she leaves a trail wherever she goes. 

Ralph, Darlene, Bobby Heyer, and Mrs. Lehman--the important elements of her second grade experience in Akron. Nasty Ralph, whose family lived in the basement of a half-finished church addition, was the one who squashed the robin's egg that Fio passed around in show-and-tell. Darlene was the sad-looking blonde girl who sat in back of her, and whom Fiorella felt so sorry for that she moved her own cover page during a spelling test to let Darlene copy her answers. Mrs. Lehman, who saw what Fio was doing, kept your girl in from recess, which meant she couldn't play boys vs. girls on the playground, with Fio leading the girls and Bobby Heyer, the principle's son, leading the boys. He was her first crush...aside from the paper boy. that is.

Fiorella is still awaiting that calendario that Son L ordered for her last week.

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