September 2007 – Brooke Allen

Fire Was No Stranger to Tokyo

© 2007 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Just before noon on September 1st, 1923, an earthquake struck Tokyo. Since so many people were using fire to cook their lunch, nearly the entire city was set ablaze. High winds (there was a typhoon just off the coast) spread the fires rapidly. More than half a million homesContinue reading “Fire Was No Stranger to Tokyo”

Mr. Rieur

© 2007 Brooke Allen brooke@brookeallen.com http://www.BrookeAllen.com Originally published in International Family Magazine You most want to be like the person you most admire. That is why, ever since 1963 when I had Mr. Rieur for the sixth grade I have wanted to be a teacher. His classroom was unlike any other I’d seen before; acrossContinue reading “Mr. Rieur”