Tag Archives: macedonia

  1. Thoughts on Global Travel and Facebook

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    July 29, 2010 by WITS Houston

    I am in Bitola on the Macedonian border with Greece.  One of the wonderful things that happened my first year …
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  2. A Walk in Old Tetovo

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    July 28, 2010 by WITS Houston

    So tomorrow is my last day in Tetovo.  Yesterday my fellow teacher Besa took me on a walk around the …
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  3. The Macedonian Express and the Best-So-Far Awards

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    July 26, 2010 by WITS Houston

    Today was the first day of the WITS Creative Writing Camp in Tetova on the border of Bosnia.  The camp …
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  4. Hot

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    July 23, 2010 by WITS Houston

    I know that you think that it is hotter in Houston than anywhere, but I am so glad that I …
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  5. More from Macedonia

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    July 22, 2010 by WITS Houston

    We just finished doing four plays this morning with the younger kids and two plays this afternoon, including a Vampire …
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  6. The Museum of Stip and the Triple Hecate

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    July 20, 2010 by WITS Houston

    More from the Macedonian Express Yesterday, I had a great time in the WITS Creative Writing Camp in Stip, not …
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  7. WITS Meets Stip (Macedonian Express, continued)

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    July 19, 2010 by WITS Houston

    Yesterday, I left Skopje for the mountains of Macedonia (the word “Balkans” means mountains) and the hills of Stip, an …
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  8. The Play is the Thing (Times 7!)

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    July 14, 2010 by WITS Houston

    Shakespeare said, “The Play’s the Thing,”  and it was!  Here in Skopje we just finished producing seven plays —  4 …
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  9. More from Macedonia: Haiku House and the Tower of Love

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    July 13, 2010 by WITS Houston

    Today each of the Skopje students built a Haiku House out of small lego-like sticks and blocks, clay and beads.  …
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  10. WITS and the Macedonian Express: Year 3

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    July 12, 2010 by WITS Houston

    Beginnings are exciting, thrilling really, particularly when you know that they are filled with fun, energy, learning, reading, writing, and …
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  11. Skopje Celebrates Young Writers

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    August 11, 2009 by WITS Houston

    You are reading the blog of a woman who has been through five small earthquakes and did not feel a thing, …
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  12. Young Poets of Skopje, Macedonia

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    August 7, 2009 by WITS Houston

    The children in the Creative Writing workshop in Skopje were ready to select their images for the Ekphrasis assignment and …
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  13. Our Indiana Jones and the Macedonian Hamburgers

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    August 6, 2009 by WITS Houston

    Mere technology interrupted my transmittals from Macedonia. It seems that I was in line for a new computer at my …
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  14. Mayor and Ambassador Praise WITS Writers of Bitola

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    July 24, 2009 by WITS Houston

    Yesterday the United States Ambassador to Macedonia came, with the mayor of Bitola, to give out the awards to the …
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  15. Young Authors Gather in Bitola, Macedonia

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    July 22, 2009 by WITS Houston

    Yesterday was the first day of the Creative Writing Camp at Bitola in Macedonia.   In the morning we had all …
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