Thanksgiving 2013

For lives here in this place,

For lives yet to be,

And for the unknown that

Fuels our curiosity,

For the bonds of both family

and friendship given in amity;

for the air we breathe,

for the water we need,

for the food we enjoy,

and for your grace that we employ,

we offer this our Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving 2013

For lives here in this place,

For lives yet to be,

And for the unknown that

Fuels our curiosity,

For the bonds of both family

and friendship given in amity;

for the air we breathe,

for the water we need,

for the food we enjoy,

and for your grace that we employ,

we offer this our Thanksgiving.

Christmas poem

                        Saying Merry Christmas

Saying “Merry Christmas” 100 times per year

For 60 years yields nearly 6000 smiles of cheer.

Must we? And, you don’t have to have it white,

In order for Christmas to feel right.

Nor do we have to have three wise men standing

In awe beside a manger, each one handing

Over costly gifts: frankincense, myrrh, and gold.

Angels are nice, especially when they sing five-fold

Amens and Halleluiahs, announcing the birth

Of the Child, the Messiah, a King on Earth.

But we’ve had Christmases before sans seraph,

And no one reported the loss to the sheriff.

What some must have is the vision

Of a halo of love for each precision-

Made person. When you celebrate the Christ-

Child’s birth, what’s preferred? How’s it spiced?

Books by Larry

Numerous articles in referreed journals and the following books:

Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, New York, Longman Publishing Group, 1993.

Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, (Reprint of the 1st edition), Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 1996.

Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, 2nd edition, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 1998.

Linguistics for L2 Teachers, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2001.

Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, 3rd edition, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2006.

Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, 3rd edition, translated into Korean language, Pagijong Press, Seoul, South Korea. 2010.

Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love (Novel). AuthorHouse. Bloomington, IN May 2010

The China-Africa Parallax (Novel). AuthorHouse. Bloomington, IN December 2010